This week Crispin Blunt has raised local aviation and rail issues with Transport Ministers as concerns mount about the highly concentrated Gatwick westerly departure Route 4 and the ongoing rail service delivery problems. On Monday Crispin met Lord Ahmad, the Minister responsible for Aviation, to seek a solution for Route 4 which would put departures […]
Come and see World War artefacts from Surrey Infantry Museum, dig out your own family heirlooms to find out more from museum experts or get help to start researching your family history at the Harlequin Theatre on Saturday 15 October from 2-4pm. ‘Discover World War I with Reigate & Banstead’ is a fascinating, free, interactive […]
Fifty seven hard working volunteers from across the borough have been recognised for their dedication to the community by the Mayor of Reigate & Banstead at a special awards ceremony. Thirty volunteers and volunteer teams received Mayor’s Volunteer Awards at the event at the Town Hall on Friday 23 September 2016. These included 17 awards for […]
As described in our August article the Council Tax Benefit regime is being abolished, to be replaced by a new, locally designed Council Tax Support scheme. The Council’s consultation on the proposed new scheme, which ran from August to October, has now closed and has received a significant response of nearly 1,500 replies. The Council is […]
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Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a part 2 part 3 storey building comprising of 8 apartments, formation of access to Hiltherwood Close and provision of 11 parking spaces with associated landscaping and tree planting. Further details of the application can be found at the following link: http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/Planit2/planit2.jsp?Controller=p2Controller&Action=FindApplicationByRefvalAction&REFVAL=12/01725/F Update (15/11/2012): Additional plans have […]
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Sainsbury’s and their landlord Aviva last week submitted a revised application for the Warwick Quadrant, despite already having been granted permission in August 2011 for a significant expansion (see our previous article). As yet there is no update to Sainsbury’s Redhill website, set up to publicise the original proposals. The text reproduced at the end […]
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After the successful feedback from our request for suggestions for parking restrictions (http://www.redhillcouncillors.co.uk/2012/08/please-tell-is-which-roads-are-most-in-need-of-parking-restrictions/), we are now asking, on behalf of Surrey County Council, for your suggestions for roads which need repairing. Following an engineering study Surrey Highways has identified the 1000 roads in Surrey in the worst condition and, before formulating a 5 year maintenance […]
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After the Council refused planning permission for a new office block and block of flats on the Crown Buildings site in London Road (original article here), the developer lodged an appeal, as well as submitting a revised set of plans (which the Council approved). The Government Inspector has now issued his decision on the original […]
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The appeal against refusal of planning permission for extensions to 59 Carlton Road has been allowed by a Government Inspector. Full details can be found here: dec ltr Carlton Road
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A Redhill woman has been handed a 12 month prison sentence after she was convicted for committing Housing and Council Tax Benefit fraud totalling over £50,000. Jennifer Russell, 46, of Alpine Road, Redhill was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on 10 October 2012 to 12 months for each of her seven offences, to run concurrently. […]
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Thanks to the prompting of local resident https://twitter.com/thegaryhawkins, here is a brief roundup of the latest on a number of redevelopment sites: Train station (apparently including Waitrose) - informal consultation was undertaken by the developer a couple of months ago; no planning application has yet been received. Sainsbury’s - planning permission and legal agreements were agreed earlier in […]
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For a number of months we have posted articles each fortnight with a list of new planning applications in Redhill East and West wards, taken from the list issues by the Council each week, so that you can see at one glance the new applications in the immediate area. In conjunction with Openly Local, a […]
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As the latest intake of Young Workers at Reigate & Banstead Borough Council approach the three month mark, the Council is asking other employers in the Borough to give young workers a chance, by emulating its award winning Young Workers scheme. With people under 25 almost two and a half times more likely to be […]
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