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Crackdown on illegal moorings on the Thames

Posted on Jun 27, 2025 by Richard Williams Leave a comment

On Wednesday 25 June, Elmbridge Borough Council led a joint enforcement operation at Cigarette Island, East Molesey, with the Environment Agency, Surrey County Council, and Surrey Police. This follows the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) targeting unauthorised moorings on council-owned land. Officers checked boat registrations, served trespass notices, and issued fly-tipping fines. Support and advice were also

“STOP PRESS”

Posted on Jun 20, 2025 by Esher Residents Leave a comment

SurreyCC. reviewing ‘alleged public footpath from Hawkshill Way, along Park Close to join Public Footpath 43 (Esher)’. After five years of waiting, former ERA Committee member, Doug Fryer’s campaign to reinstate footpath gets a review. Surrey County Council’s Countryside Access Team has just issued the following letter: Countryside AccessSurrey County CouncilMerrow DepotMerrow LaneGuildfordGU4 7BQ 18 June 2025 Alleged public footpath

‘Morrisons Daily’ imminent closure

Posted on Jun 18, 2025 by Esher Residents Leave a comment

High Street Post Office will close too, unless someone comes forward willing to take it on. News has been confirmed that the former McColls, now Morrisons Daily, on Esher High Street will close with the loss of the store and of the Post Office. An email from the Post Office says: ”We understand that Post Office services are important to

Moore Place Golf Club proposals on view.

Posted on Jun 17, 2025 by Esher Residents Leave a comment

Save the date: Thursday, 19 June, from 2:00pm to 8:00pm at Esher Theatre. The ERA has always been fully committed to protecting our Green Belt, however, the Government is pushing hard for Green Belt release to hit their very ambitious housing targets. It’s why we are receiving a lot of emails concerning the potential development of this site which, of

Save the date: 12 March 2025 – Esher’s community meeting

Posted on Mar 7, 2025 by Esher Residents Leave a comment

Our own, Cllr Simon Waugh (Deputy Leader) and Cllr. Mike Rollins (Leader) invite you to find out about the things that matter in your area. Book your place at one of these meetings here…

Simon Leifer Wins!

Posted on May 3, 2024 by David Young Leave a comment

We are delighted that Simon Leifer has won his election so convincingly. This is the first time in many years that the LibDems have put up a candidate in he Esher Ward and the loss to our vote, compared to other years, was minimal. We are certain that Simon will make an extremely good councillor. He is diligent, quick witted

Solar car port at Esher Civic Centre car park

Posted on Jul 12, 2023 by David Young Leave a comment

Elmbridge Borough Council has recently installed a solar panel car port in the Civic Centre car park. This is a trial to see how car ports can work in our car parks. Depending on its success, further car ports may be installed here and in other locations. ERA’s Cllr David Young, Portfolio Holder for Climate Change & Sustainability, is overseeing

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New Mayor of Elmbridge – Richard Williams

Posted on May 24, 2023 by David Young Leave a comment

We were very pleased to see Cllr. Richard Williams retain his seat on May 4th. after a seemingly endless campaign of manifesto deliveries and canvassing. The ERA continues to hold all three seats in the Esher Ward. Richard will serve as a Councillor for four years. Very soon after Richard announced his candidacy, he was invited to take on the

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Richard Williams retains the Esher Ward seat

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Esher Residents Leave a comment

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

A message from Esher’s Councillor Richard Williams

Posted on Apr 27, 2023 by Richard Williams Leave a comment

Unsurprisingly, I haven’t managed to get to meet everyone on the doorstep during this election campaign, but I’d like to thank everyone who has taken the time to chat and to read my manifesto. It’s a great honour to have served Esher’s residents for the past four years and I’m hoping you’ll want to re-elect me. However you choose to

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