The Climate Proposal At a full Council meeting on Wednesday, 17 July, Elmbridge Borough Council declared a Climate Emergency. Councillors have pledged to take local action to contribute to national carbon neutral targets through the development of practices and policies, with an aim of making Elmbridge Borough Council carbon neutral. The motion, put forward by Cllr […]
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Council News
At Wednesday’s council meeting, it was confirmed that a coalition of the Liberal Democrat Group and the Residents Association (RA) Group will take on the administration of the council for the coming year. The Liberal Democrats number 10 and the RAs number 17, so together we have 27 seats compared to the Conservatives 21. This […]
Monica Harding, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Liberal Democrats in Esher & Walton writes: South Western Railway has become a joke in our constituency. Failings in our transport network mean we can’t get to work on time, our children can’t get to school, and yet fares have increased again by 3.2% in the New Year. […]
A community hub in Weybridge At the recent Portmore Park and District Residents Association meeting, Weybridge Surrey County Councillor, Tim Oliver spoke about ideas for developing Weybridge town centre. Surrey County and Elmbridge Borough officers and NHS property services have already met to talk about creating a Weybridge Hub on the Weybridge Hospital site. . […]
Much needed town centre development Weybridge residents are looking forward to having a new independent cinema at the site of Weybridge Hall. This might be the first of several enhancements to the life of the town centre. However, people have expressed concern over the lack of any update and apparent delay in the development moving […]
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Churchfield Allotments
The Lib Dems in Weybridge have inadvertently stirred up a brouhaha by mistakenly placing a Social Housing label close to Churchfield Allotments in our April Focus! This raised a concern among people living in neighbouring roads, who approached the owners of the allotments, the Weybridge Charity, to find out if there were any plans to […]
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Give Us your Views
As the Liberal Democrat/Residents’ administration in Elmbridge, we want to be more informed about your priorities. One of the current methods of consultation involves a residents panel; although often additional consultations take place. However, the mix of responses do not match the population as a whole. Recent consultations have shown that the older the person, […]
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Be informed
As you know, the Liberal Democrats are very keen to present people with information that they want, when they want it, and in the form that they want it – text, email or app. To that end, since forming the coalition in the borough we have given communications a boost of the borough’s priorities. We […]
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Borough Plan
Every five years the borough reviews its local plan and, subject to the agreement of full council, our new vision is as follows: Character and Environment – We will make Elmbridge a sustainable and attractive place. Quality Services – We will work in partnership to ensure services are efficient, effective and offer value for money. […]
The borough’s waste collection contractor, Amey, has issued an unreserved apology for the inadequate service they provided to residents when they took over the contract from Veolia earlier this Summer. Cllr Barry Fairbank, the Environment Portfolio Holder responsible for waste collection in Elmbridge says that “Amey’s initial response to the failings was simply not good […]