Working for the whole of Esher Ward
Great news! It has just been announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that they have upheld the recommendation of the Planning Inspector and dismissed the appeal made by the Jockey Club on the Sandown Park planning application. Well done to all those who put so much work into objecting to this proposal – in particular Linda
Read moreThank you to all our supporters for all your help on the 2021 Elmbridge BC campaign and for all of you for voting on Thursday or by post. We won the Esher Ward with 52% of the vote. A great result that builds on Richard Williams’ success of 2019. We even managed to get a (somewhat edited) slip on BBC
Read moreWe have asked the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government when the Sandown Park decision will be made by Robert Jenrick and will it be before the elections. The response was “a decision is still expected on or before 12 May but would not be before 6th May“. It’s worrying that they are delaying this till after the elections.
Read moreThe Elmbridge Council Air Pollution Consultation Survey will close in a couple of days time on Wednesday 5th May. The survey can be found at elmbridge.gov.uk/news/air-quality-survey. The survey refers to a number of other lengthy documents, some of which are not easy to find. But if you are keen to see Elmbridge tackle its air pollution problem, I suggest you
Read moreAs we canvas residents of the Esher Ward we are finding a lot of people are confused about who is standing in the May 6th elections. There are 3 elections on May 6th: Election 1: Elmbridge Borough Council – Esher Ward The Esher Ward includes Esher, West End, Lower Green and Hersham Riverside/Longmore. One of the 3 seats is up
Read moreThe Lower Mole flood alleviation scheme – covering Garsons Farm to Hampton Court – has reached the end of its design life. It is based on a series of six sluice gates which are showing signs of degradation. The Environment Agency has set up a website to outline the problem, along with options for the future of the scheme, and
Read moreAir Pollution in Esher is the worst in Elmbridge and urgently needs to be addressed. On 24th February the Elmbridge Council Environment committee held a short meeting to approve a draft Air Quality Action Plan. The meeting and report can be found here but I warn you – the summary document is 60 pages and the status report is 235
Read moreIn our recent e-newsletter we highlighted the petition being led by Esher residents, Nicola Foster, Allison & Reuben Galaun, together with BHS Surrey to install a Pegasus crossing between Esher Common and Arbrook Common – A244 (Copsem Lane) Road Safety Improvements Needed!. Thanks to your help the petition exceeded the 1,500 signatures as is now due to be debated at
Read moreThere are three elections happening on Thursday 6th May this year: Elmbridge Borough Council – one of the three Esher Ward seats is up for election this year Surrey County Council – the whole county council is up for election, this happens every 4 years. Our Ward is East Molesey and Esher Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner I , David Young,
Read moreThe Esher Residents Association supports this campaign by the Weybridge Society to object the Elmbridge Borough Councils’ proposals to stop sending out planning notification letters to neighbouring properties – https://www.weybridgesociety.org.uk/current-activities/proposed-elmbridge-borough-council-cancellation-of-neighbours-planning-notification-letters/ Whilst the potential saving of £50k is very appealing, not everyone has access to the internet and not everyone is aware of the planning alerts system – Elmbridge Borough Council
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