Council and partners win prestigious Green Apple Award

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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, together with its partners have been awarded a prestigious Green Apple Award for environmental best practice, in recognition of its successful Tap into Savings project. Presentation of the award will take place at the House of Commons in November 2010. The Green Organisation is an independent environmental group, which is […]

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Reigate & Banstead launches No.10 style ePetitions website

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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council residents wishing to raise an issue or concern or have their views heard on a council matter or policy can now create and sign “No.10” style ePetitions online via the Reigate & Banstead Borough Council ePetitions website. Using the internet to create an e-petition allows a potentially much wider audience […]

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Take a moment to give us your views on this website

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This website has been running since January 2010, and we are now very keen to find out what you think of it and whether there are improvements we can make. We have a short survey, mostly made up of tick box responses, at the link below: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CSWTM7J Please take a few moments of your time […]

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New yellow lines soon to come into force

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Long awaited new parking restrictions are in the process of being put into place in many Redhill residential roads, after many years of campaigning. Signs for the new restrictions have been put up in most roads, and the yellow lines will soon follow. The roads covered by the new restrictions include Hurstleigh Drive, Carlton Road, […]

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Forensic marking helps residents Beat the Burglar

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Redhill residents are being encouraged to help police ‘Beat the Burglar’ through the use of forensic marking products as part of a new campaign that will run throughout September. The campaign aims to give crime reduction advice for members of the public and businesses and target offenders to deter them from committing offences. Surrey Police […]

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Residents can now txt-check how long until the next bus

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Running for the bus could be a thing of the past thanks to Surrey County Council’s new mobile phone text service. Bus users can now find out how long until the next three services are away by texting a unique bus stop code to 84268. Within seconds they will receive a text message with real-time […]

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Council’s carbon reductions lead to £80,000 savings

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Initiatives by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council to reduce its carbon emissions have led to savings of £80,000 over the last financial year (2009-10). The savings are result of improved energy management and reduced energy bills across the Council’s buildings and services between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. The biggest savings came from […]

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Car park goes green with new energy efficient lights

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As part of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s commitment to reduce energy consumption, new low emission energy saving lights are being installed at Clarendon Road car park this week. Contractors will replace the old fluorescent lighting tubes with new energy saving, efficient lights, which will also give out a whiter, brighter light than the old […]

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Council takes action against local air pollution

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After conducting a detailed assessment of air quality in the centre of Redhill, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is asking residents and businesses their views on establishing an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA), which will provide a means for improving air quality in future. The findings of the recent study show that levels of nitrogen […]

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Make sure you fill in the electoral canvass to keep your vote!

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Last week the Council sent over 58,000 registration forms to every household in the Borough as part of the annual electoral canvass which runs from September to November. The Council is required to update the electoral roll every year, with the canvass forms asking each household to confirm who should be registered to vote at […]

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