Working for the whole of Esher Ward
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
Read moreCllr 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
Read moreUnsurprisingly, 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
Read moreWe’ve been distributing ERA candidate Richard Williams’s manifesto to as many houses as we can reach. For those of you who we haven’t reached, here is what he’s said: Making Esher and Hersham better places to live What do I mean by “Making Esher and Hersham better places to live”? Encouraging the development of better, more sympathetic buildings since we
Read moreOn behalf of myself and the Esher Residents Association I would like to thank you for your support in this week’s election in the Esher Ward. We were delighted to have retained the seat and fend off a huge effort by the Conservative machine and emerge with a majority of 199 votes. Details of all the results are available on
Read moreThere is an Initial Consultation on the Elmbridge Design Code – a short box tick at this stage to have your chance to say how you want to have your say, but not much time in which to do it! Please note that this consultation will close at 9am on Friday 11 February 2022 Its a very short box tick
Read moreElmbridge 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
Read moreThe Esher Residents Association Committee is delighted to have Elmbridge Borough Councillor, Simon Waugh, on board as part of the ERA team. Simon, the current Deputy Mayor, will be working together on the Council with the ERA’s Richard Williams and David Young. The work that Simon has undertaken on local issues, particularly on the battle to protect Sandown Park Racecourse
Read moreThere was a disappointing result in the Elmbridge Planning meeting last night (7/9/2021) when application 2021/0183 was passed by 9 votes to 7 with 4 abstentions. This application is to build 27 houses/flats, including some affordable housing, at the site below the Medicine Garden on Downside Road. Currently this site is occupied by timber businesses including Challenge Fencing. The plans
Read morePORTFOLIO HOLDER AND WORKING GROUP ASK FOR MAJOR REVIEW Elmbridge Borough Council’s Portfolio holder for Planning Cllr. Karen Randolph and the cross party Local Plan Working Group have asked officers to carry out further work to better represent the views and aspirations of the Borough’s councillors. The Local Plan sets out the Council’s ‘Place Shaping’ vision for the next 10
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