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Our next Open Meeting at Vera Fletcher Hall (KT7 0LQ) is on Tuesday 26th Nov 2024 - 8pm . All who live or work in Thames Ditton and Weston Green are welcome. Click here for our Open meeting dates

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Milbourne Pond area - Opened up again

Milbourne Pond area opened up once more by local resident volunteers  Last Saturday, 9 November, local residents turned out once again for the RA-organised cut-back of the vegetation around Milbourne Pond. Since the pond was reprofiled and restored back in 2018 the vigorous growth, especially pussy willow and brambles has needed cutting back every two years to stop it taking over the area completely.  However this past summer has seen even more rapid growth, necessitating another...

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Flood Risk Exhibition - Sat 16 Nov.

   Reducing Our Risk of Flooding inThames Ditton - An Exhibitionon Saturday, 16th November Vera Fletcher Hall, 4 Embercourt Road, KT7 0LQ  From 11.00am to 4.00pm  With talks by experts at 12pm and 2pm   In January this year, there was a Flood Warning and the  River Thames rose to within 25cm of the flood level reached in 2014. The main high-risk area of Thames Ditton was protected by previous activities of the Residents’ Association Flood Gr...

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Lower Mole Flood Alleviation Consultation

An online public consultation on this project is now open about the various flood alleviation options for the Lower Mole between Hersham and East Molesey. There will be drop-in sessions as follows: Tuesday 20 August 2024, 4.00-8.00pm:     Vine Hall, Vine Road, Molesey, East Molesey, KT8 9LF Wednesday 11 September 2024, 3.00-6.00pm:     Committee Rooms, Civic Centre, 1 High Street, Esher, KT10 9ST  To complete an online consultation, go to: https://engageenvironmen...

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Vital Village - Seniors coffee mornings

Vital Village in Mercer Close (KT7 0BS) are inviting senior citizens to a Coffee Morning every Wednesday, 10.30am - 12.30pm. It provides a great opportunity to meet up with friends, old and new, enjoy the centre's coffee and pastries, with the accompaniment of live piano music to enhance the occasion. For more details of Vital Village's Coffee Mornings and other events at the centre, go to:   https://www.vitalvillage.co.uk/event-details/seniors-coffee-morning-2024-08-14-10-30 &nb...

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2024 Council Election Results

Strong support for Residents' Association candidates in Thames Ditton ward and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward Congratulations to RA candidates, Gill Coates and Alex Batchelor, who were elected with strong majorities in last Thursday's Borough Council elections.   Thank you to all RA supporters who took the time to vote for our candidates.For Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward the results were: Gill Coates                &n...

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Elections 2nd May - RA Candidates

Elections, Thursday 2nd May, for: Elmbridge Borough Council  andSurrey Police & Crime Commissioner   Elmbridge Borough Council ElectionsSince the 1930s Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association has put forward candidates for local Council.  Currently the Association has four Borough Councillors in two of Elmbridge's wards - Thames Ditton ward and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward.  A third of all Councillors in Elmbridge are...

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TD Community Centre - leased to Vital Village Community Interest...

 Cabinet for Elmbridge Borough Council (EBC) has approved the granting of a five- year lease to a Community Interest Company (CIC), Vital Village, to develop a community-hub focusing on sustainability, health and well-being and community gatherings.  A CIC is a special form of social enterprise which must have community benefit as its focus and any profits must be reinvested. EBC has said that it believes this will give local residents a much more exciting and thriving village hub &nbs...

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The Guy Salmon site

The former Guy Salmon site has been let to a company selling cars and providing a car wash to the public. Whilst  Auto Sales is an established use, the car wash is not, in which case the company either needs to cease the car wash or apply for change of use. Immediate neighbours will be notified when / if a planning application is received for that . We will keep you updated.  

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Thames Ditton Community Centre - Latest

Thames Ditton Community Centre - Council to consider Vital Village proposal Elmbridge Borough Council (EBC) have posted the latest developments regarding their search for a new operating model for the Thames Ditton Community Centre, and the proposal by Vital Village Community Interest Company. To view the article, go to: https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/news/2024/update-thames-ditton-centre-community Following Vital Village's discussions with EBC, and its recent Open Day, their...

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Emberbrook Health Centre - Update 2

Emberbrook Health Centre Current Situation  Following questions raised about the accuracy of the Residents’ Association update on this website about the future of the cardiology services at Emberbrook, we are now happy to be able to give you a statement reflecting the current situation. This has been checked with Glenlyn Medical Centre’s Managing Director, Joe Todd: The full cardiology service (as it is operating now - i.e. diagnostic services - ECG and Echo plus visiting cardiolog...

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Boots to close Thames Ditton branch

Boots' Thames Ditton branch is scheduled to close on 10 February 2024 You may have heard that sadly Thames Ditton is set lose its much-used Boots Pharmacy.  The Residents' Association has written to the company (see below) expressing our concerns, and asking for a discussion with the company to see if we can find a way to retain this valuable village asset. If you also want our local Boots to continue, please also email Boots.  A considerable volume of local support for the st...

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Vital Village's Open Day - 20 January

VitalVillage, the Community Interest Company applying to run activities in the Thames Ditton Community Centre, will be holding an Open Day at the centre on Saturday 20 January, from 9am.  It will be open to all who are interested in what they have to offer, so it would be a good opportunity to find out more about what VitalVillage would involve and how it would run. See below for further details. VitalVillage's Open Day   Register 🌟 Discover VitalVillage: Your proposed C...

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