Working for the whole of Esher Ward
On 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
Read moreThe meeting of the Local Spending Board – Esher and Hersham was held this evening, with the local Ward Councillors including Richard Williams and David Young from ERA. The purpose was to review infrastructure projects that had been submitted for the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding. Unfortunately the local fund didn’t have much money left – just £66k for Esher
Read moreElmbridge Borough Council is working with Surrey County Council (SCC) on a feasibility study for the Elmbridge Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). Elmbridge has been prioritised by SCC.
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 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
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