Oiling the wheels of justice on Surrey Hills
The High Court legal challenge into oil drilling at Dunsfold has been confirmed for June 8. The case will examine planning permission granted for exploratory drilling of £123million of oil … Read More
Author: Chris Caulfield - Local Democracy Reporter
ULEZ Court battle looming
Sadiq Khan’s proposed ULEZ expansion to the Surrey border will be challenged in the High Court after a judge ruled there were valid legal arguments to be heard. Five councils, … Read More
Chance for Epsom and Ewell’s say on Heathrow flights
Epsom and Ewell residents see and hear planes flying to and from Heathrow Airport. They are usually at a height of 6,000 to 7,000 feet. A new consultation is out … Read More
Worrying about voter ID law
Voter disenfranchisement and how to overcome it was discussed at Reigate and Banstead Borough Council Thursday 30th March as the authority wound up its business ahead of the May 4 … Read More
A different kind of cutting in Surrey’s NHS?
Robots will be performing more operations, including general surgery and gynaecology at a Surrey NHS hospital trust seeking to introduce “significant savings”, a board meeting heard. The Surrey and Sussex … Read More
Pothole payouts and repairs penalise Councillor projects?
Surrey County Council has spent more than £800,000 in pothole compensation payouts in the last five years but it hopes front-loading the road maintenance budget will help end the broken-road scourge. … Read More
The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Drilling… ?
The owners of a Surrey oil field have signed an agreement to “deliver increased production and revenues” that will allow it to focus on its Dunsfold site. Environmental campaigners, however, … Read More
Surrey County’s Cathedral citadel conserved…
The “fundamental specialness” of Guildford and its cathedral have been preserved after plans to build 124 homes next to the historic site were refused. Guildford Borough Council’s planning committee met … Read More
How to cut the County’s cake?
A Surrey MP challenges the cuts the County makes to supporting children with special educational and disability needs (SEND), in a classic how to cut the County Council’s cake dilemma. … Read More
Waking to Woking’s woeful debt
Epsom and Ewell Times has followed the finances at this sister Surrey borough. We all should perhaps be concerned and learn lessons from a County borough that can get in … Read More
Breaking the mould for Ukrainian refugees
Families fleeing war-torn countries such as Ukraine should not be placed in “derelict” and “mouldy” homes run by a Surrey council’s housing association partner, a councillor has claimed. Mole Valley … Read More
Surrey MPs oppose each other on drills in the hills
Jeremy Hunt MP has said it is “disappointing” that plans to drill for oil and gas in Dunsfold have not been “formally shelved” altogether. The Chancellor of the Exchequer issued … Read More
Can you beat the ULEZ charge?
Established in Epsom in 1904 Wilsons car dealership still keeps ahead with the times. LDRS reports on its efforts to stay ahead of ULEZ expansion to Epsom and Ewell’s London … Read More
Fractious Court case anticipated
Anti-fracking campaigners are celebrating after the High Court granted a judicial review into the exploratory drilling of £123 million of oil near the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. … Read More
Mole Valley Local Plan paused: official
Inspectors have agreed to pause the examination of Mole Valley’s 6,000 home blueprint amid attempts to remove all green belt sites for development. Mole Valley District Council had written to … Read More
Would you want to live in Woking?
A Surrey Borough Council steeped in debt: In 2022 the Liberal Democrats seized control of Woking, inheriting a debt mountain after 14 years of Conservative Party control. At the annual … Read More