23rd March 2023
Planning or pantomime? Councillors press pause on Plan.
Epsom and Ewell council voted to “pause” its controversial Local Plan last night, with one Residents’Association (RA) councillor leaving the meeting after suggesting it was about “forthcoming electionsrather than planning … READ MORE
Ruse within a ruse?
Yesterday the full Council of Epsom and Ewell voted to pause the process of the Local Plan. Cllr Eber Kington (RA Ewell Court) proposed an emergency motion to delay the … READ MORE
Sudden hike in Council room charges threatens community groups
Letter to the Editor from Peter Prowse. For the past year, Epsom and Ewell French Club has been hiring a room (The Studio) at Bourne Hall for its monthly meetings. … READ MORE
Education assessment delays making parents sick
A mother claims Surrey County Council “makes her sick” as she says delays to assessing her son’s special educational needs are causing “a lot of stress”. At a protest held … READ MORE
COUNCIL NEWS TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Surrey Council’s ULEZ talks ongoing with TfL
Surrey councillors have confirmed written communications are ongoing with Transport for London over the impact of the ULEZ expansion. Surrey County Councillor Robert Evans (Labour, Stanwell and Stanwell Moor) asked cabinet … READ MORE
Life savers installed across the Borough
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council have worked in partnership with national charity Community Heartbeat Trust to install 12 new 24/7 defibrillators across the borough. The project was delivered with funding … READ MORE
We can help your school reunite.
Follow the example of a 50 year reunion for Ewell County Secondary School reported here. Epsom and Ewell Times can help your school reunion by putting the word out in … READ MORE
Epsom politician backs UK nuclear deterrent
Epsom & Ewell’s LibDem prospective Parliamentary candidate and former Army Captain Helen Maguire supports a permanent at sea UK nuclear deterrent. Making a Party conference maiden speech in York she … READ MORE
This is “offensive”.
In our letters page today a Ewell resident rightly fulminates against the selfish habit of leaving dog poo bags for others to remove. “To the person who tied a Dog … READ MORE
Ashtead Choral Society celebrated Surrey’s Vaughan Williams.
Andrew Storey conducts the Ashtead Choral Society with enthusiasm and vigour, presenting them at theirbest in this delightful programme, showing off a range of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams in … READ MORE
NEWS TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
On the Hunt for pothole repairs
The Government will give an additional £3.7m for pothole repairs in Surrey. But one Surrey councillor is calling for ministers to “go further” and change the way road funding is … READ MORE
Cllr McCormick’s own answers on Local Plan
Cllr Steven McCormick (RA Woodcote Ward) Chair of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Licensing, Planning and Policy Committee writes for the Epsom and Ewell Times to answer many of the … READ MORE
Public meeting on Local Plan dominated by greenbelters.
Monday 13th March 243 members of the public attended a packed meeting to debate the draft Local Plan issued by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council. 85 more logged in online. … READ MORE
Dementia Hub serving Epsom and Ewell
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council have renamed their Dementia Daycare Service the Dementia Hub – and are using the opportunity to remind those living locally about the fantastic servicethe Hub … READ MORE