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Our next OPEN MEETING is on Tuesday 24th Sep 2019 - 8pm (Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton, KT7 0LQ). All who live or work in Thames Ditton and Weston Green are welcome. Click here for our Open meeting dates
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Local Plan Consultation - Time's running out
Elmbridge Borough Council's
Local Plan Consultation
GET INVOLVED if you want a say in how our area develops over the next 15 yrs!
Elmbridge Borough Council is required to prepare a new Local Plan, outlining where development will take place over the next 15 years. The Government has calculated we should build 623 homes per year (9,345 homes in total). However, this can only be achieved by intensive residential development and/or building on Green Belt, worsening the pressure we already ...
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Plant more trees & wildflowers project
PLANT MORE TREES AND WILDFLOWERS PROJECT
Thames Ditton In Bloom is looking for planting projects in Thames Ditton and Weston Green. We would welcome your suggestions for areas, e.g. :-
neglected open spaces
verges which would benefit from wild flower planting
roads/streets which can be planted with trees/hedging
other planting for carbon capture
The latest report by the Committee on Climate Change estimates 3 billion more trees need to be planted to achieve the...
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Local Plan Consultation - Webcasts
Elmbridge's meetings on Local Plan Consultation now available to view via webcast.
Elmbridge Borough Council (EBC) have been holding public meetings for residents to question planning officials about the current Local Plan Consultation which runs from 19 August until 30 September 2019. Each meeting focuses on a specific part of the borough. The one for The Dittons & Hinchley Wood was held on 3 September. If you were unable to attend, the meeting can be viewed online via EB...
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Thames Ditton Triumphs Again
THAMES DITTON TRIUMPHS AGAIN IN THE 2019 ELMBRIDGE RETAILER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Thames Ditton independent shops and businesses have triumphed again, winning FOUR out of the SEVEN categories in this year’s Elmbridge Independent Retailer of the Year Awards.
Thames Ditton High Street shops and businesses scooped THREE of the Awards with:
Paull’s Fruit & Veg winning Best Deli or Grocer for the SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, an incredible achievement.
CycleLink won Best Speciality Retaile...
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Elmbridge Local Plan - 2nd Consultation
Second Consultation Period for the Local Plan to open on 19 August
Following the 2016 Local Plan consultation and the many comments received from that, and new information available, Elmbridge Borough Council will be making the latest consultation document available for review and comment on 19 August until 30 September 2019.
In this period the Council will be holding a series of six public meetings at the Civic Centre, Esher to discuss with residents the options present...
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Heathrow Expansion Consultation
Heathrow Expansion Consultation
You may have received this leaflet through your front door back in June. This new consultation relates to Heathrow's planned third runway - its construction and the subsequent expansion in the number of flights.
Click here to go to the website for more details, and to take part in the survey.
As in the earlier consultation, there will be a number of consultation events during July and August at numerous locations. Those closest to us are:-
Tue 23 July, ...
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It takes a village
It takes a village
(From Sunday Express S Magazine, 16 June 2019)
Keen to do her bit to reduce plastic waste, Tricia Welch Bland and the residents of Thames Ditton took to their sewing machines. Here, she tells how one idea snowballed...
We were all glued to our TV sets watching David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II when we heard the following, “By 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish.” The figures speak for themselves. More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced every ...
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Fantastic Thames Ditton in Bloom planting day
Volunteers of all ages got together on 13 May to plant out the 23 wooden planters and 13 wheelbarrows.
They also planted out a long flower bed, worked on a wildflower meadow established last year, and unveiled a fabulous new art installation celebrating biodiversity in the quest to make Thames Ditton Station even more inviting to bees and other insects. This was created by a group of talented local artists in collaboration with the Men In Sheds community wood-working group.
Volunteers a...
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Cllr Nick Darby - Opposition leader at Surrey
There have been two Surrey County Council by-elections in recent months, both of which were won by Residents' Association (RA) candidates. This increases RA Councillor numbers to 11, while the Liberal Democrats have 9. As the largest opposition party, the RA Group is now the official opposition in Surrey County Council, and Nick Darby, our Dittons County Councillor, has just been elected as Leader of the RA Group at County Hall.
Nick said “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to continue my...
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RA success in Elmbridge Council elections
Thames Ditton ward and Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward councillors both strongly retained their seats in Thursday's borough council elections.
For Thames Ditton, Cllr Karen Randolph polled 67.1% of the votes against three other candidates (Lib. Dem., Conservative & Labour).
In Hinchley Wood & Weston Green ward, Cllr Janet Turner polled 73.4% of the votes against two other candidates (Lib. Dem. & Conservative). Our congratulations to them on their g...
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The People’s Path, Weston Green
Work is almost complete on The People’s Path at All Saints Weston Green!
We first reported on this initiative in Thames Ditton Today, Winter 2017 edition and now nearly 200 bricks have been inscribed with names and messages from people within the community to form a path running along the pond side of the church.
On Sunday 14th April 2019, the Bishop of Dorking The Rt Revd Jo Wells who is presiding at the Palm Sunday services at All Saints, will bless The People’s Path and declare ...
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