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Our next OPEN MEETING is on Tuesday 30th Apr 2019 - 8pm (Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton, KT7 0LQ). All who live or work in Thames Ditton and Weston Green are welcome. Click here for our Open meeting dates

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Station Road, Esher closing for roadworks

Surrey County Council have advised that Station Road, Esher (between Portsmouth Road and Lower Green Road) will be closed from Tuesday 30 April for three nights - 8pm - 6am.   Additional information :- Station Road will be closed whilst we carry out our remedial works. We will make sure you can get to and from your house or business when it is safe to do so. Please talk to a member of our staff on site if you need help – talking to our staff can solve most issues. The red line indica...

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Speer Road (north) closing for roadworks

Surrey County Council have advised that the northern end of Speer Road (marked in red, opposite) will be closed again from 23 April for four days for remedial work.  The works will be carried out each day between 7.30am and 5.30pm.  Further information is as follows: Speer Road, Thames Ditton will be closed whilst we carry out our remedial work.We will make sure you can get to and from your house or business when it is safe to do so. Please talk to a member of our staff on site if yo...

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The People’s Path, Weston Green

Work is almost complete on The People’s Path at All Saints Weston Green! We first reported on this initiative in Thames Ditton Today, Winter 2017 edition and now nearly 200 bricks have been inscribed with names and messages from people within the community to form a path running along the pond side of the church. On Sunday 14th April 2019, the Bishop of Dorking The Rt Revd Jo Wells who is presiding at the Palm Sunday services at All Saints, will bless The People’s Path and declare ...

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RA Chairman's annual report

At the TD & WG Residents' Association AGM on 26 March, RA Chairman, Graham Cooke, presented his Annual Report:     It is once again thanks to the support of so many local residents that I am able to report on another successful year for the Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents’ Association. The year started with highly successful election results in both Thames Ditton and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green when Caroline James and Nigel Haig-Brown were, respectively, elect...

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Decision delayed on Jolly Boatman development

The Special Planning Committee meeting scheduled for 4th April 2019, to review Application 2018/3810:  Jolly Boatman / Hampton Court Redevelopment, has been cancelled.     Elmbridge Borough Council's Planning Department has advised that :-  The determination of the application has been delayed as the consultation response from the Environment Agency is still outstanding. The applicant had to update the modelling used on their original submission and the Environment Ag...

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Refill scheme launches in Thames Ditton

Thames Ditton is taking the lead in Elmbridge to eliminate the need for single-use plastic water bottles. As Local Champion for Refill, the Campaign designed to cut plastic waste at source, RA Cllr Tricia W. Bland, who is also Chairman of the Energy & Sustainability Working Group at Elmbridge Borough Council, has signed up eight businesses in the High Street plus Café Noir at Thames Ditton Station as Refill Stations – all now proudly displaying the Refill sticker in their window alerting pas...

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RA's annual thank-you to its Supporters

A fabulous, fun time was enjoyed by all at our recent RA Collectors’ and Distributors’ Party at the Vera Fletcher Hall, organised annually to thank our wonderful volunteers who deliver Thames Ditton Today to over five and a half thousand households in Thames Ditton, Weston Green and East Molesey. Thanks must also go to the Executive Committee Officers (and spouses) and Councillors who made the feast of delicious canapes and nibbles for over one hundred guests plus Pat Cooke and Caroline James ...

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Children's Good As New Sale

  Esher College hosts the Cancer Research Children's Nearly New Sale on Saturday 27th April 2019 between 1.30pm - 3.30pm, at Esher College - Weston Green Road, Thames Ditton, KT7 0JB.   Entrance adults £2.00 (please bring change) children free.  There is plenty of space for all but no pushchairs allowed in Equipment room for 1st hour. Excellent quality and range of goods; all you need from birth to adolescence! Sample our fantastic homemade cakes.  All items bough...

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Surrey Police's response to Stanwell attack

Surrey Police have issued the following advisory notice following the terrorist attack in Stanwell on 16th March.   You will now be aware of an incident that took place in Stanwell on Saturday night (16 March) which was declared as terror-related and is being led by our colleagues at Counter Terrorism Policing South East with our support as required. The incident A 50-year-old man was arrested on Saturday evening by Surrey Police officers after they were called to Viola Avenue, Stanwell...

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Surrey Fire & Rescue Service - Consultation

Surrey County Council have announced a new consultation (below) on changes proposed for the Surrey Fire & Rescue Service.   Today (4 March 2019) marks the start of a 12-week public consultation about Surrey’s fire and rescue service. Outlined in the Fire Authority’s ‘Making Surrey Safer plan’, are the following three proposals for change: Spending more time on community and business safety to help prevent emergencies occurring in the first place. When firefighters and fire engine...

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RA objects to Council’s parking plan

Elmbridge Borough Council has notified that it intends to demolish Harry Fletcher House (by the council car park) and to use the land as additional car parking for council staff. This decision has been made without proper consultation with elected councillors. The building is currently used by the charities, Citizens Advice Bureau and Relate, which will have to be relocated. The TD & WG Residents’ Association has written to Elmbridge CEO, Rob Moran (below), to object to this on the basis ...

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Children’s Centre & consultation update

From our Surrey County Councillor, Nick Darby :  Children’s Centre & Consultation Update  As you may know by now, Surrey County Council voted last week to close many of our Children's Centres as part of an overall cut in services. Our local Children's Centre, held at the Thames Ditton Centre in Mercer Close, is one of them. I spoke against the closures at the Council meeting, at the same time putting forward suggestions on funding. I and other members of our Residents' Associatio...

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