Crispin Blunt welcomes refusal of Redhill aerodrome hard runway

Plane

Crispin Blunt has welcomed the Planning Inspector’s decision to refuse the appeal for a hard runway at the Redhill Aerodrome. A public inquiry was held into the appeal in January 2014 at which Crispin Blunt appeared. Giving evidence, Crispin argued that development of a hard runway would result in an unacceptable breach of national green […]

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MPs take further action on stench from redhill landfill site

Crispin on an earlier visit to the landfill site

In response to the ongoing concerns of residents in both constituencies, Sam Gyimah, MP for East Surrey, and Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, have been working together to increase pressure on Biffa to contain the foul odour that has been a blight on the lives of the local community. On Friday 14 February 2014 both […]

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Support record breaking Horley Councillor David Powell in charity skydive

David Powell Crawley Obseever

Posted on behalf of our good friend and colleague David Powell, a councillor in Horley: My contribution to the commemoration of the outbreak of WW1 is to use £2500 of my own money to break the age related (by 7 years) skydive record from 30,000ft to raise £5,000 for the Royal British Legion. “It is […]

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Cllr David Pay asks Council to put pressure on Biffa and EA over smells

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At this Thursday’s meeting of the Full Borough Council, David Pay (councillor for Redhill West) will seek an answer to the following question: In relation to the Biffa landfill site at Patteson Court outside Redhill, please can the Portfolio Holder update me on the latest actions which Biffa have taken to reduce the odours emanating […]

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Rail users - join your local rail users’ association

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Reigate, Redhill & District Rail Users’ Association Annual General Meeting Thursday, 27 March 2014 at Tanners & Woolsack Halls, Harlequin Centre, Redhill commencing 7.30pm http://www.rrdrua.org.uk/ Membership form (cost is only £3!): RRDRUA AGM LEAFLET 2014  

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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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Reigate & Banstead’s Core Strategy found sound by government inspector

Perspective sketch of the proposed development, looking south west along Linkfield Lane

Reigate & Banstead’s Core Strategy - the plan for development in the borough to 2027 – has been judged ‘sound’ by a government Planning Inspector and provides an appropriate basis for the planning of the borough over the next 15 years. Following careful scrutiny including public examination sessions in May and December, his report has […]

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Crispin Blunt MP calls on Biffa to compensate community for odour problems

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Crispin Blunt has called for Biffa to compensate the community for the ongoing odour problems emanating from the company’s landfill site in Redhill. The call comes as members of the public continue to report foul smells around the area, and concern rises around the potential health risks of the escaping gases. Last week, Crispin called […]

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TravelSMART project grants £70,000 to local Redhill projects

TravelSMART

Over the past week, the local TravelSMART project has made a number of grants to local travel and employment projects, culminating in Saturday’s Community Day, where members of the public had the opportunity to choose which projects received £60,000 of funding. Small grants Earlier in the week councillors and community leaders granted funding for the […]

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