Major Players should pay for Planning Advice
Lib Dem councillors have brought a Motion to the Council asking for charges to be made for advice given by council officers in advance of a major planning application being formally registered.
Lib Dem councillors have brought a Motion to the Council asking for charges to be made for advice given by council officers in advance of a major planning application being formally registered.
Epsom & Ewell Lib Dems petition against Blue Badge charges forms part of a report to be debated at a meeting of the Environment Committee on 30th June. This meeting is open to the public and starts at 7.30 at the Town Hall.
A recent survey has revealed that more Surrey residents are dissatisfied with the County Council and its services in 2010 than in 2009. The results of public satisfaction from January to the end of March 2010 were contained in the Joint Neighbourhood Survey, which was commissioned and managed by the Council in partnership with Surrey Police.
A hundred or so residents turned out for the protest against the closure of the public toilets at Stoneleigh Railway Station.
Despite a call by Lib Dem county councillor Colin Taylor for a quick decision in principle, SCC Tories have voted to defer any decision on the Lib Dem proposal to return to the more democratic Committee System at County Hall. Instead the proposal will be referred to a Select Committee.
Surrey County Council has made a major commitment to protect the Green Belt, following a Liberal Democrat motion debated by the full council on 15th June.
The Worplesdon County Council seat is up in a By-Election on Thursday 3rd May. Local man of action Paul Cragg is the Liberal Democrat candidate. With many years of experience and a record of getting things done, Paul is the natural choice to get a hard working Councillor to work for you on Surrey County Council.
Lib Dems welcome High Court libraries judgment, and call on Conservative-run County Council to put the plans back on the bookshelf Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have welcomed the judgment by Mr Justice Wilkie in the High court today.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have condemned the County's Conservative administration for refusing to accept that a safety net of adult care homes for Surrey's most vulnerable should continue to be run by the County Council.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for the County's elderly with the highest or most complex needs to be cared for in residential homes run by the County Council as well as private sector care and home care for people with lower needs.
BBC Coverage of some of the comings and goings at County Hall, including an interview with Hazel Watson, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition:
Below is a table of how Surrey Councillors voted on the 2.99% Council Tax rise at this morning's budget meeting.