Bourne Hall hosts Summer Festival
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council is pleased to announce that Bourne Hall will host a free Summer Festival on Saturday, 20 June 2026, from 12pm until 5pm. The free event … Read More
Category: Council
Epsom councillors handed key roles on East Surrey’s new Shadow Council
The newly elected East Surrey Shadow Authority met for the first time on Wednesday 20 May, taking another formal step towards the creation of the new East Surrey Council due … Read More
Did Epsom and Ewell councillors approve more Green Belt release?
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s special Licensing and Planning Policy Committee (“LPPC”) meeting on 19 May — convened after a motion by Cllrs Kieran Persand (Conservative – Horton), Rob Geleit … Read More
Epsom Council Rainbow Centre secrecy row deepens over “pre-election silence” advice
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s attempt to justify refusing answers to Epsom and Ewell Times before May’s elections has itself become the subject of a fresh transparency dispute. The Council … Read More
Persand parses the Local Plan process in Epsom
The Epsom and Ewell Times has seen detailed exchanges of correspondence between Cllr Kieran Persand (Conservative – Horton) and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council concerning the torturous progress of the … Read More
No end to Epsom’s Rainbow Leisure Centre controversy
Rainbow reply from Dallen leaves key questions unanswered. Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Chair of Strategy and Resources, Cllr Neil Dallen (RA Town), has finally responded to questions from Epsom … Read More
Unitary in name, unitary in nature?
Dear Editor Your criticisms of the silencing of the newly elected Liberal Democrats Councillors by our local MP (8th May) is well founded, and will concern residents who may well wonder … Read More
East Surrey Council leaders await anointment
The Liberal Democrats who swept to power in the inaugural East Surrey Council elections have confirmed their leadership team for the new authority ahead of its first full council meeting … Read More
Surrey’s Conservative leaders in Opposition
The Conservative opposition groups at the newly formed East and West Surrey Councils have announced their new leaders. The party will be playing an unaccustomed role on the new councils … Read More
East Surrey Council in early formation
The Liberal Democrats have secured a commanding working majority on the new East Surrey Council after winning 40 of the authority’s 72 seats in the first-ever election to the unitary … Read More
Next phase in the journey of the Epsom and Ewell Local Plan announced
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council has opened a further public consultation on documents submitted during the examination of its draft Local Plan, as a Conservative councillor has questioned whether the … Read More
Ex-local LibDem leader explains part of her departure
Dear Editor It is indeed regrettable that our (otherwise rather good) MP, Helen Maguire, wished to control what each and every new Liberal Democrat councillor has to say, and presumably … Read More
Redhill data hub plugs into AI boom
A major expansion of a Redhill data centre campus worth an estimated £500 million has been approved by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. The development at Foxboro Business Park, Holmethorpe, … Read More
Epsom “Library of Things” Delayed by Council Stand-Off
A volunteer-led scheme to open a “Library of Things” in Ewell has been delayed for months amid a stand-off between Surrey County Council (SCC) and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council … Read More