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Dominic Raab responded to Linda Stotesbury’s letter about Sandown Park (see earlier post Write to Raab – about Sandown) as follows: Dear Linda, Thank you for your recent email regarding the decision by The Jockey Club (TJC) to appeal Elmbridge Borough Council’s decision to reject its application to redevelop Sandown Park Racecourse. As you are aware, this appeal has now
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Linda Stotesbury, our lead campaigner against the Sandown Park planning application has just written to Dominic Raab and Robert Jenrick. A FINAL REQUEST – if you can, could you email Dominic Raab, either with this letter attached or in your own words, saying you are a supporter of Save Esher Greenbelt and that you would like answers to our questions.
Read moreAt the Elmbridge Borough Council Planning meeting this week (24/11/2020), the planning applications for Esher Place House were all comprehensively rejected by the Planning Committee, which includes our ERA Councillor Richard Williams. There were six separate applications being reviewed: 2020/0437, 2020/0438, 2020/0439, 2020/0440, 2020/0567 and 2020/0568. For more details about Esher Place house and ERA’s objections to the planning applications
Read moreBelow is a summary of the Elmbridge Borough Council Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday 18th November. Full details of the agenda and reports can be found at Elmbridge Borough Council and the meeting can be viewed at https://elmbridge.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/523725. Declarations of Interest 2020/21 Performance Monitoring There have been a number of delays in reports due to the COVID-19 situation. This affects
Read moreThe appeal inquiry for Sandown Park Racecourse has been running since Monday 16 November. ERA Committee member Linda Stotesbury will be speaking at the inquiry at 2pm tomorrow (Friday 20th November). You can watch the Inquiry at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQqDetL1R5aRgbNm8PDViNw
Read moreThe very important appeal inquiry for Sandown Park Racecourse has been scheduled to start on Monday 16 November at 9.30am and is due to last until 1 December. To view or participate see details on the Elmbridge Borough Council Website at this link Sandown Park Appeal Inquiry. For more details about the issues around Sandown Park’s application see our earlier
Read moreOur 101st newsletter is being distributed to households in the Esher Ward over the next week or so. If you can’t wait to get it through your letter box then you can also find it on the Recent Newsletters page of the website.
Read moreThis letter has been sent to Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Dear Mr. Jenrick, Proposed changes to the current planning system consultationI write as Chairman of the Esher Residents Association which represents 1800 people who actually voted in the last local elections and have, historically, elected a number of ERA Councillors. We are an
Read moreEsher Place House is being sold by Unite The Union to developer Birchwood Homes who have lodged planning proposals for the conversion of this historically significant house into twenty-two, two bedroom apartments, with an extension block providing eight additional apartments and a further seven (possibly sixteen) houses to be built in the grounds. The house was listed Grade II in
Read morePlea for others to join campaign for access Residents of West End are extremely upset that a set of gates has been erected at the end of Park Close, closing off a long standing short cut to the official footpath that leads up to Moore Place golf course and thence to Esher itself. It seems that the gates were put
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