One of the strongest and longest-established Residents' Associations in England. If you have recently arrived in either the Thames Ditton or Weston Green wards, we offer you a warm welcome and invite you to view or print off our welcome letter. Please Subscribe - it's only £5 and helps to keep this going as well as the community magazine. Click here to learn more about us.
Our next OPEN MEETING is on Tuesday 24th Apr 2018 - 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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Election - Misleading Tory claims
Conservative claims that they "opposed the present Residents' Association/Lib Dem coalition administration’s proposal to build over 5,000 houses on our Green Belt" is a completely inaccurate statement. The Council has not yet produced any specific proposals in relation to the Local Plan, nor has it yet proposed where the greatly increased housing numbers required by the government should be located.
The Strategic Options consulted on last year were part of the process required by ...
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Rail Consultation - Result
South Western Railway has published the outcome of the public consultation into timetable changes from 9 December 2018.
Following your Residents‘ Association’s campaign for improvements to the timetable for the Hampton Court branch, South Western Railway has agreed to include the 19:23 fast evening service from Waterloo to Thames Ditton and Hampton Court into its proposal.
If you responded to the consultation - Thank you for your participat...
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Busy-Bee Bloomers at it again
THAMES DITTON IN BLOOM GARDENS THE STATION FOR OUR THREATENED HONEYBEES
The sun was shining when the Thames Ditton In Bloom (TDIB) volunteers gathered at Thames Ditton Station on Sunday 8th April to greet the team from the Bee Friendly Trust for the latest phase of their gardening initiative at Thames Ditton Station.
For many months TDIB has been working on plans to install a number of large Bee Friendly Trust planters, constructed from sustainably sourced railway sleepers, fil...
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Thames Ditton in Bloom - In Action
THAMES DITTON IN BLOOM PLANT THE HIGH STREET
Volunteers from the Thames Ditton In Bloom community gardening team were out in force on Sunday 26 March to plant out the long bed to the front of the bus stop near the entrance to Boyle Farm, plus the wooden planters lining the High Street up to Summer Road. They were joined by residents from Boyle Farm plus officers from the Green Spaces team at Elmbridge Borough Council.
‘The Thames Ditton In Bloom team have been wanting ...
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Parking Review - Final Result
Surrey County Council has now published the final results of its Moleseys and Dittons Parking Review.
Click here to go straight to relevant web page. The new parking arrangements will come into effect once the road signage and lines have been completed - anticipated to be April/May this year.
The Highways Department has released the following letter :
In August / September 2017 we advertised our intention to introduce a number of new parking controls and p...
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Notice of gas works in Esher
SGN, the gas network management company, has given the following notice of major gas works in The Drive - Grove Way area of Esher, commencing Monday 22 January, as shown in the map below.
Notification of major gas works: Esher
You may be aware that we have recently been carrying out some work in Esher on Station Road and Ember Lane. We will be continuing our work in The Drive area of Esher, this essential work involves the replacement of old metal gas main...
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Flood Warning Process for Thames Ditton
A Summary of the Flood Warning Process for Thames Ditton (Mainland)
Floodline: 0345 988 1188
Introduction On 4th January 2018 a Flood Alert for Thames Ditton was issued by the Environment Agency (EA). This note has been produced mainly by the EA, with updates (in green) by the Residents Association to explain the flood alert and flood warning process that specifically applies for Thames Ditton and the surrounding areas. Ov...
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Launching Friends of St. Nicholas’
The hub of village life in Thames Ditton for nearly 900 years, St Nicholas Church needs your support. Visitors from all over the world come to Thames Ditton’s Grade I listed church to see its historic links which predate even Hampton Court Palace - just across the river.
This December sees the launch of the Friends of St Nicholas’ to help preserve the wonderful historic building at the heart of Thames Ditton.
You do not need to be a churchgoer...
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Flooding in Thames Ditton
Since the flooding in February 2014 the Residents' Association has been taking a very active interest in the River Thames Scheme being planned by the Environment Agency (EA) and its potential impact upon Thames Ditton. Although the planning/design has not been completed, it looks as though the scheme will make little difference to us and there is a local feeling that it may even be a bit worse as it is primarily concentrated upstream and will increase (by a predicted small amount) the peak wat...
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SCC's Parking Review proposals published
Surrey County Council has published its long-awaited proposals for the Moleseys and Dittons Parking Review.
This follows last year's public consultation and the council's review of all submissions. There now follows a 5-week period, until 22nd September, during which anyone can comment on , or object to, the proposals.
Click here to go to Surrey County Council's website to download the descriptions of the proposed changes and the accompanying maps. Fo...
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Elmbridge Local Plan: Position Statement
Elmbridge Borough Council have published a report indicating their current position (as of July 2017) in the Local Plan Review.
To download a PDF copy of the Position Statement, click here.
For support information on the Local Plan Review on the EBC website, click here.
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High Street launches reusable bags
Thames Ditton High Street’s Mission to Ban Plastic Bags
Thames Ditton High Street is the FIRST in the UK to introduce an exciting new initiative designed to make plastic bags a thing of the past. Boomerang Bags is a community driven movement tackling plastic pollution at the grassroots level. It is HUGE in Australia – Boomerang Bags are made by volunteers in the community into shopping bags out of second-hand recyclable materials – cottons, linens etc - which are given to t...
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We welcome your support - The Residents' Association is for all residents and those who work in the borough wards of Thames Ditton and Weston Green regardless of party or creed. If you wish to contribute your skills and experience to support the Association in some capacity; if you have articles or photographs that you would like to submit for publication here or in our magazine; or if you would simply like to subscribe to our non profit-making Association, please contact us.
Please vote for Residents' Association candidates in local elections - We should be delighted to receive your support at election times. If you want us to bat for you, you must put us in! Click here to find out more about why you should consider voting for us.
