Unfortunately a High Court ruling on a quite separate case means that EEBC’s Injunction forbidding unauthorised encampments and/or the depositing of waste on 57 sites within Epsom and Ewell is no longer in force. However there is an opportunity to challenge the ruling and, jointly with other councils, the Borough Read more…
In an extraordinary claim, two Epsom based Conservative Surrey County Councillors stated in a political leaflet distributed to residents in November that the long queues to access SCC’s Community Recycling Centre was not the fault of SCC at all, but of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s weekly recycling service and Read more…
In recent months access to SCC’s Community Recycling Centre in Epsom has been the cause of many complaints. Long queues and waits of up to 2 hours were regular occurrences, and local businesses were getting frustrated by the inability of their suppliers and customers to reach their premises. The closure Read more…
County Notes By County Councillor Eber Kington Council Tax In February the ruling Conservatives at SCC proposed and approved a council tax increase of 5.99%. That is a rise of nearly £80 a year for a Band D property. SCC faces some difficult financial challenges, but a 2017 independent Report Read more…
Borough Notes By Councillor Eber Kington Council Tax In February the Residents’ Association run Borough Council approved a council tax increase of 2.98%. That is a rise of £5.58 a year or 11 pence a week for a Band D property*. The Borough Council no longer receives any Revenue Support Read more…
County Notes by County Councillor Eber Kington Council Meeting In October I tabled a Motion at the SCC Council Meeting criticising the Conservative ruling group’s priorities for spending cuts and spending increases which I believe do not reflect residents’ views. Residents have been expressing their concerns to me about the Read more…
Green Flag Award for Ewell Court Park In July four green spaces within Epsom and Ewell, including Ewell Court Park, were recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as some of the very best in the world. The Green Flag Awards Scheme is run by the environmental charity Keep Britain Read more…
Entry into the Bradford Drive Estate Many residents who live in the Bradford Drive estate (off the A240 Kingston Road) will have witnessed at least one driver turning left into the estate at the traffic lights. Of course the entry into Bradford Drive is via the slip road just before Read more…
Epsom Post Office The sudden closure of the Epsom town centre post office in January came as surprise to residents and was a major loss to the town centre causing a great deal of inconvenience to many people. Residents’ Association borough councillors made an offer to the Post Office to Read more…
County Notes from County Councillors John Beckett and Eber Kington Cuts to local highway funding In the last edition of the Resident we wrote about the cut of 78% in the Local Committee’s highway funding budget from £355k to £77K, and the effect this is having on our ability to Read more…