Working for the whole of Esher Ward
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
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 moreI am pleased to report back to you following the public meeting that we held on 21 March. We called the meeting to discuss the challenging issues facing Esher town centre and to hear your views as to how these might be improved/addressed. Many thanks to the sixty plus people who attended and thank you also to Sandown Park Racecourse
Read moreYou’ll probably have read about our CHANGE ESHER campaign. It’s a pivotal moment for the town. Rather than posting new pages on it every time something happens, please go to the new tab we’ve opened at the top of this page. That’s the best place to find out about what we’re doing….https://esher-residents.com/change-esher/
Read moreThere are two important consultations, one is running at the moment and the other will start on March 1st. Please contribute to them both. If Elmbridge gets its way, you won’t be able to see peoples’ comments on Planning Applications. The Planning Committee agreed, by a narrow margin, to remove peoples’ written observations about proposed developments from the Council’s website.
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ElmbridgeBC has just published this article on its website: It has never been more important for Esher to come together to discuss its future. Why do you go to Esher? Cinema? Theatre? That lovely Thai restaurant? Work? The Farmers Market? To visit the council? Or to drive through it? The reality is that often people aren’t sure about Esher. Yes,
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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
Read moreWednesday February 8th (19.15 – 21.00) – Esher (Free event) We hope you will join us for our first of a series of Green Elmbridge ‘Climate Cafe’ public meetings to be held throughout 2023. The format for these climate cafes will include a talk on a particular theme followed by time for members of the different Green Elmbridge community groups or interested individuals to network/chat, relax, catch up and
Read moreAfter years of effort by former mayor and residents councillor Tannia Shipley, South Western Railway have installed lighting on the pathway to the station off Lower Green Rd and it is now working!
Read moreOn Sunday 13th November, the Remembrance Day wreath laying and service was held at the war memorial on Esher Green and in Christ Church. ERA’s Mayor Simon Waugh and Cllr David Young laid wreaths on behalf of the residents of Esher.
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Esher Residents Association 