Author Archives: Esher Residents

Countryside Volunteer Bulletins – Updated

The Elmbridge Countryside team has sent us their three most recent newsletters. They give an account of the work they have been doing on West End Common, Arbrook Common and Littleworth Common. They also cover some of the tasks they have undertaken over the last couple of years and the resulting benefits. They’d like to encourage local residents to take an interest

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Simon Waugh presents cheque for £60,000 to Brain Tumour Charity

The Mayor of Elmbridge for 2022-23, Councillor Simon Waugh, was delighted to present a cheque for the fantastic sum of £60,000 to The Brain Tumour Charity/Emily Oliver Fighting Fund.  The Mayor of Elmbridge Trust Fund will also receive a donation. These are the charities he had chosen to support during his Mayoral term of office.   The funds were raised with various

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Richard Williams retains the Esher Ward seat

Cllr Richard Williams retained his seat at May 4th’s Elmbridge Borough Council elections. He was first elected in 2019. Richard said, “It’s been a long and quite hard campaign. We are a very small team of very dedicated people who are pretty analogue in the way we campaign. There’s a lot of street trudging and door knocking, but a victory

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Do not let Elmbridge get away with hiding planning comments!

Elmbridge Council’s Planning Committee recently voted, by a narrow margin, to stop publishing letters commenting on planning applications on their website. If they get their way, you won’t be able to go online and see what others think about an application that interests you. Imagine that you couldn’t see other peoples’, often expert, opinions on some of the most recent

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Garden Waste collection resumes

Do not believe what you might read elsewhere as the Garden Waste Collection service resumes. Letter from the Council’s Chief Executive sent to all Garden Waste Subscribers: “I am delighted to share our plans for the gradual resumption of the Elmbridge garden waste collection service. I know the service suspension has been unsettling and disruptive for you, however after much

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Garden Waste Collection – Jan 2022

Elmbridge BC has announced that there will be a one off garden waste collection in the weeks commencing 31 Jan or 7 Feb 2022 on your usual collection day. All garden waste subscribers should have received an email informing them of their collection date. Information is also available on the EBC website: https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/gardenwaste The advice is that if the crew

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