Public realm works in Station Road East to start on 1st September and finish in February

Town centre - trees

The section of Station Road between Maple Square and the Station Roundabout will undergo improvement works starting on 1st September as part of the Balanced Network programme. The improvements will be those which were consulted on last year, details of which can be viewed here: http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/844623/Station-Road-Gateway-Landscaping-Plan-15-May-14.pdf The following letter, which has been delivered to local […]

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Thank you for giving your views on the Marketfield development

Earlier this year we launched a short survey to get local people’s views on which shops and restaurants you would most like to see in the new Marketfield development, which the Council has earmarked for development (as we reported in January). Cllr Julian Ellacott, one of the councillors for Redhill West, said: “Whilst it is obviously is not possible to […]

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Sainsbury’s decides not to apply for temporary store in Gloucester Road

Graphic of the 2011 application, from Lombard roundabout

As set out in our article in May, Sainsbury’s had been actively considering siting a temporary store in the Gloucester Road car park, to speed up the development of their new store on the Warwiuck Quadrant. Sainsbury’s have now concluded that the logistical problems of siting a store on the car park mean that it […]

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Take our quick survey on which shops and restaurants you’d like to see in Redhill

View from Marketfield Way

As we reported in January the Council has selected a developer for the Marketfield site, which covers the car park as well as the parade of shops opposite the Belfry entrance. The development process is progressing, with a planning application due to come forwards. As local councillors we are keen that, as the negotiations take place […]

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Memorial Park revamp preparations get underway

An impression of the new cafe in the park

After months of planning, preparations for the £1.5 million revamp of Redhill’s Memorial Park are underway, prior to start of the main works on 24 March. The preparatory works include thinning out some of the trees near the park entrance and removing some non-native conifers from elsewhere in the park, prior to bird nesting season. […]

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Council agrees to fund new hotel to boost Redhill regeneration

Graphic of the 2011 application, from Lombard roundabout

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s Executive has agreed to fund the development of a new hotel in Redhill (Surrey) to help boost the regeneration of the town centre. The 68-room hotel will form part of the Warwick Quadrant redevelopment by Sainsbury’s and Aviva, which will also see expansion of the existing Sainsbury’s store, a new […]

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Council selects developer for Redhill’s new cinema and retail complex

View from Marketfield Way

A new multiplex cinema, shops, restaurants and flats are set to be built in Redhill after Reigate & Banstead Borough Council selected CoPlan Estates as its developer partner for the scheme. The development will replace the Council’s Marketfield Way car park plus twelve existing retail units with offices above in the High Street. The site […]

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Contractors appointed for Memorial Park revamp

Redhill Twenty7 event in Memorial Park

The contract for revamping Redhill’s Memorial Park has been awarded to Buxton Building Contractors Ltd after Reigate & Banstead Borough Council agreed their appointment (Thursday 5 December 2013). The company, which has a successful track record of delivering similar projects, will be responsible for: · building and fitting out a new café pavilion and toilets […]

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Redhill town centre Conservation Area approved

Baptist chapel

Following a number of years of consideration, and public consultation, the Council’s Planning Committee has approved a new Conservation Area in Redhill town centre, to protect and enhance the remaining old buildings in Station Road, in particular those around Maple Square. Conservation Areas, of which there are around 20 in the Borough and 5 already […]

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Station redevelopment and Waitrose plans approved by Council

Station plans

The major redevelopment plans for the station site were approved unanimously by the Planning Committee on Wednesday evening, 2nd October. The plans, illustrated above, are the latest in a line of ambitious proposals for the site going back over 10 years - and these are the first plans to satisfy the various requirements for developing […]

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