Tag: politics
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East Surrey Housing Targets
It makes no sense to set a 5 year target for building houses by borough council when the councils will disappear with 17 months. There is a big spread in the size and density of population in the five boroughs that will become East Surrey. Mole Valley and Tandridge are each just below 100 square…
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Unitary Councils + Strategic Authority for Surrey
it remains to be seen how power and services will be split between the Strategic Authority and East Surrey, West Surrey. Will councillors be elected for the Strategic Authority or will there be an elected mayor plus executive? The Strategic Authority is looking more like a smaller County Council, with several key services and responsibilities.…
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270 New Homes in Ashtead
The details below are for a large development in KT22, Ashtead on Green Belt land. This is to the south of Ashtead, towards Leatherhead. Several similar developments are proposed or being prepared in Surrey. Lack of access and no supporting infrastructure are a common theme.
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End of Epsom and Ewell BC in 2027?
Plans have been published that indicate Epsom & Ewell Borough Council will cease to exist by April 2027. The plan is to divide Surrey into two or three unitary authorities, so there will not be any borough councils in Surrey.
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Green Belt in Epsom and Ewell
A key concern on the Regulation 19 Consultation is that the use of Green Belt sites is justified and compliant with NPPF guidelines. Complaints or comments can be raised on this aspect of the consultation. Consultation closes on Wednesday 5th February 2025.
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Local Plan Approved by EEBC
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council have approved the draft Local Plan, Regulation 19 consultation document. A vote was taken just before 10pm on 10th December. Item 4 on the agenda of the meeting was the petition for Council Debate, which demanded that proposed developments on Green Belt land be excluded from the Local Plan Regulation…
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Council Meeting 10th Dec 2024
Meeting of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council on 10th December 2024. Debate of petition and Local Plan for the borough.
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Regulation 19 Local Plan – Approved
The draft Regulation 19 document was approved by the Licensing Planning Policy Committee (LPPPC) of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council on 20th November 2024. There were several votes made by the committee, but the results were similar for each vote. The Residents Association councillors defeated any efforts to change the Regulation 19 document with a…
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Petition – Excessive Targets for New Homes in Surrey
All local authorities in Surrey will see their housing targets increase under the government’s proposed new method for determining how many homes should be build in each borough. A petition has been raised on Change.org to ask UK government to initiate a thorough review of all the targets set for housing in boroughs in England.
Ewell Green Belt 