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Planning or pantomime? Councillors press pause on Plan.

COUNCIL NEWS PLANNING

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?

COUNCIL EDITORIAL PLANNING

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

LETTERS NEWS

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

COUNCIL EDUCATION NEWS

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

Surrey Council’s ULEZ talks ongoing with TfL

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

COMMUNITY COUNCIL HEALTH

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.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

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

HELEN MAGUIRE WESTMINSTER

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”.

COMMUNITY LETTERS

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.

ARTS COMMUNITY

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

On the Hunt for pothole repairs

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

COUNCIL OPINIONS PLANNING

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.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL PLANNING

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

COMMUNITY COUNCIL HEALTH

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

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