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Will Dominic Raab defend our shops?
TD & WG Residents' Association has written (below) to our MP, Dominic Raab, asking him (again) whether he supports our local shops, or whether he favours the Government's proposed change to Permitted Development Rights which will give developers greater opportunities to close shops down and convert the buildings to residential use.
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Subject: Our Local Shops - An Open Letter
Dear Dominic,
In January this year, we responded t...
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Merrywood development - Update
Merrywood development - Update
All RA Councillors were firmly opposed to the application, based on poor design, scale, height, loss of trees, and insufficient separation of buildings resulting in a cramped development; also amenity, i.e. parking layout, pedestrian safety, storage and collection of refuse bins. They were not however, opposed to the principle of development on the site. This was comprehensively presented and debated at the Planning Committee on 12th January. In order to fully u...
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Tory Porkies - once again
Conservative Lies and Misinformation about Residents-led Elmbridge Borough Council's Financial Management
You can tell when local elections are approaching - the Tory pork-pie factory goes into overdrive. This time, doing the rounds, we have their totally false claims that the Residents - Lib. Dem. administration is ruining Elmbridge Borough Council's finances.
As the Tories well know, scare stories get lots of attention, but many residents reading this sort of thing may be ...
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TDWGRA, Green Belt & the Housing Target
Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association welcomes and endorses the statement below from the Alliance of Elmbridge Residents and Civic Groups, urging protection of the Green Belt and a stand against the excessive housing targets that the Conservative Government is trying to force on Elmbridge. Protection of the Green Belt has always been one of our Association's core principles, and we have implored our MP Dominic Raab, to get Elmbridge's housing target reduced to a more realisti...
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Postal voting for 2021 local elections
Concerned about voting before the pandemic is over? Then why not go postal.
The government has announced that the 2021 local elections will go ahead, as scheduled, on Thursday 6th May. This year they will be more involved than usual, encompassing elections for:-
Elmbridge Borough Council (postponed from 2020)
Surrey County Council
Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner
By early May the government projects that all over 50s will have been offered at least one Covid vaccination. B...
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Developers against housing proposal
Even property developers are against the Government's Housing Consultation proposal to make it easier for commercial properties to be converted to residential use. See The Times article below.
Click here for the Residents' Association response to the consultation.
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RA's response to High St threat
Below is the TD & WG Residents' Association response, opposing the Housing Consultation proposal which would allow developers a free hand to convert High Street shops and offices to housing. It was also copied to our MP, Dominic Raab.
Subject: Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructureDate: 26/01/2021, 14:58To: PublicServiceInfrastructure&PermittedDevelopmentConsultation@communities.gov.uk
I write as Chairman of the...
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Proposed law change threatens High Streets
The Government's proposed legislation change will make it easier for developers to convert High Street shops and offices to housing.
The Government is currently conducting a Consultation, innocently titled, Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure. It proposes a change in legislation … to introduce a new national Permitted Development right for the change of use from the new Commercial, Business and Service use class to residential use. If brought into law, this...
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Covid Vaccination Scam
Covid Vaccination Scam
Surrey Police have issued the following notice:
There have been reports of a new scam where a person receives a text saying they need to book a vaccination appointment and it takes them to a fake NHS form which then asks for their bank details to prove their identity.
The NHS will never ask for people's banking information.
There is a leaflet about the texting scam, which can be downloaded here:
https://cfa.nhs.uk/resources/do...
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Elmbridge Community Support Services
Elmbridge Community Support Services
Elmbridge Borough Council has issued the following information, as of 31 December 2020, on the community services they are operating during the pandemic.
Meals on Wheels Service
We deliver a Meals on Wheels service to people in Elmbridge and Mole Valley (Leatherhead, Bookham and Fetcham areas only) who are unable to prepare meals. The service can be provided up to seven days a week, for as long as required. Our Meals on Wheels service can al...
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