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News Highlights

Draft Local Plan - Final consultation

Elmbridge Draft Local Plan:Regulation-19 Representation Period Now Open Elmbridge Borough Council has published the Regulation-19 Draft Elmbridge Local Plan, 2022-2037 and its supporting documents to invite representations from all parties on the draft's legality and soundness. Representations must be received by 4pm on Friday 29 July 2022. Following this representation stage, it is intended that the Elmbridge Local plan will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for&n...

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Our Jubilee Picnic - a great day out

RA's Platinum Jubilee Picnic on Weston Green enjoyed by many residents The RA's Jubilee Picnic celebration last Thursday brought out around 150 residents onto Weston Green, by Milbourne Pond, to enjoy some sun, music and refreshments - and help decorate the lovely Jubilee Obelisk. The event was organised by RA Cllr Gill Coates, who arranged for a pizza van and gin-based refreshments to be there, along with a jazz band to set the mood. She even had the grass cut the day before and, we suspect...

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TD in Bloom - Summer planting day

Thames Ditton in Bloom Summer Planting Day On Sunday morning, 30 local volunteers armed with trowels and gardening gloves made their way to Thames Ditton Station to plant out the 17 railing planters, 10 wheelbarrows and 3 floor standing tubs with a wide variety of seasonal plants which will provide a riot of colour in the Station Garden all summer long. The plant selection includes pink and purple Dahlias and Geraniums, peach and orange Gegonias, yellow Gazanias, plus trailing rose Calibrach...

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Council election results

Strong support for Residents' Association candidates in Thames Ditton ward and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward Congratulations to RA candidates, Caroline James and James Crawshaw, 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 Thames Ditton ward the results were:    Caroline James                  1629 ...

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RA's objection to Merrywood easement

The TD & WG Residents' Association has sumbitted its objection (below) to the Planning Inspectorate regarding the expansion of the existing commons easement sought by the Merrywood developer.  ------------------------------------ Subject:  Application CL268 - Easement over common land at Weston Green, Surrey (Merrywood) Date:   2022-02-20, 10:21 From:  chairman@residents-association.com To:  commonlandcasework@planninginspectorate.gov.uk We write on beha...

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Merrywood development - Commons easement

Developer seeks approval from the Secretary of State for an expanded easement over common land for access to the Merrywood development (2020/1795) As anticipated in our earlier article, the Merrywood developer, Igloo Land Ltd, has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural affairs for approval of an expansion of the existing easement across Weston Green Common to facilitate expanded vehicular access to its planned 26-dwelling development. The development was approved...

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Aldi application - RA's objection letter

  Taking residents' views into account, Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association has submitted the following letter of objection to the Aldi application (2021/3857) for a foodstore on the old Guy Salmon site on Portsmouth Road. Elmbridge Borough Council's Planning Department is inviting comments on the application by 14 January 2022.       Ditton Cottage  Giggs Hill Road Thames Ditton  Surrey  KT7 0BT Planning Ser...

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Aldi's planning application, Portsmouth Road

Aldi have now submitted a planning application (2021/3857) for their proposed foodstore on the old Guy Salmon site on Portsmouth Road.  Following their public consultation last year, Aldi's planning application (2021/3857) is now listed on the Elmbridge Borough Council website and is open for viewing and comment. The TD&WG RA is aware that residents' views on this development are mixed, with some welcoming the convenience that such a store would provide, while others are opposed to ...

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Milbourne Pond - Cutting-back morning

Local volunteers help to thin out the vigorous plant growth around Milbourne Pond in Weston Green   Last Saturday (23 October) the RA organised a cutting-back morning around Milbourne Pond to tame the vigorous plant growth that threatened to obscure the pond completely if left unchecked. We are very grateful to the local residents who set to work for a couple of hours, hacking back the overgrowth to make the area much more open. Such cutting back has been a regular event over the yea...

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TD station is a winner with SWR

Thames Ditton Station is one of the top three winners in South Western Railway’s recent photo competition showing biodiversity at their places of work in SWR. The photo was taken by Scott Cooper, Station Manager for Thames Ditton, Surbiton and Hampton Wick. Scott works closely with Thames Ditton in Bloom organiser, Tricia Bland, for all the planting each year that takes place on the Thames Ditton station platforms. The TDiBloomers constructed the 'bug hotels' that feature in Scott's photo ...

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Large flats development allowed - on appeal

Council's decision to refuse planning permission for a large complex of 78 flats on the Hampton Court Industrial Estate (2019/2005) has been overturned, on appeal   We are very disappointed to learn that the Planning Inspector has upheld the appeal against Elmbridge Borough Council's refusal of the above planning application (click here to see our earlier article). The Planning Inspector's lengthy decision notice can be viewed on the Council's website, using the above planning appl...

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Merrywood development may go ahead

The decision to refuse wider easement access over the commons for the Merrywood development has been overturned by the Council.   We have received bitterly disappointing news from Elmbridge Borough Council that Cabinet has voted in favour of varying the easement across the common land, which will allow the access to Merrywood to be widened, thus accommodating the development of the site. Residents will probably be familiar with the background (click here to see article).  Alth...

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