This is the last chance to save key green belt sites in Epsom and Ewell, including Hook Road Arena and Horton Farm!
E-Mail or call your councillors before 10th December, when the Local Plan is debated at a full meeting of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council. The contact details of all councillors at EEBC on the link below.
It is important that councillors are aware of any concerns, as they will vote to adopt the Local Plan on 10th December 2024.
- Traffic and congestion are already a huge problem for the Epsom and Ewell area
- Air quality and quality of life will get worse as population increases
- Pressure will increase on places in schools, child care, and medical facilities
- Infrastructure is not in place or planned to support more people or more traffic
Some key points from the Local Plan are below.
Table S1a: Sources of supply over the Local Plan period: 2022-2040 (net number of new homes)
Allocations beyond current urban area to be inset from the Green Belt 1,580
Total supply over the plan period 4,916
Planned additional population is 2.5 * 4916 = 12,290
Prediction for 2040 = 80,938 + 12,290 = 93,228 (15% growth)
Epsom and Ewell in 2021 census had a population of 80,938
Growth from 2011 to 2021 was 5,386 (7.8% growth)
Ewell Green Belt 