Empty Blue Badge Bays Will Stay
Disabled parking bays in Epsom's Town Hall car park are to stay, after RA councillors performed a U-turn on previously supporting a Lib Dem move to return 6 of the 20 bays for general use.
17 Dec 2011
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Epsom and Ewell News
Consultation on development of Upper High Street, Depot Road and Church Street
The borough council's "Plan E" published in April 2011 identifies land in Upper High Street, Depot Road and Church Street as suitable for development. Plan E envisaged the site being developed for a range of uses, including a foodstore and housing, as well as car parking.
17 Dec 2011
Licensing System not Working
Recent applications for temporary licences have exposed deep flaws in the planning and licensing laws, says Cllr Julie Morris, leader of the opposition on Epsom & Ewell Borough Council. Whereas the public expects the Planners, the Licensing Department and the Police to work together, current legislation requires Planning and Licensing to be considered in such an independent manner, that applicants are apparently trying to use one to override the other, with the Council hamstrung in its attempts to do anything to protect town centre residents. Some already suffer from noise and anti-social behaviour into the early hours at weekends. Using the system in this way could allow opening hours to ratchet up towards 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Cllr Morris cites a recent application for a temporary licence over Christmas by a food outlet in the town centre that wants to open until 3am. The same establishment has had planning permission to open until this time refused. The Police are the only authority that can o
3 Dec 2011
Surrey County Council News
Library resources face £346K of cuts as Surrey Conservatives are forced to reveal the facts
Liberal Democrat county councillors in Surrey have expressed their anger as the Conservative County Council was forced to reveal cuts of £346K to library resources over the next two years.
2 Mar 2017
Lib Dems call for “secret” list of council owned properties and land in Surrey to be released
Liberal Democrat Councillors on Surrey County Council have called for the release of a list of 103 properties and parcels of land owned by the County Council and described as "assets" but details of which the council is refusing to share with councillors and residents. The 103 assets are "not in operational use" and were first referred to in council papers in December 2016 and despite repeated assurances from the county council that the information would be provided, the list has still not been shared with councillors. Cllr Hazel Watson, Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council, then tabled a question at a meeting of the Cabinet on 31st January 2017 requesting more information but a list of the 103 assets was still not provided. Furthermore, the minutes of the meeting state that "to provide a full list was not an efficient use of time". Cllr Watson said today:
22 Feb 2017
REVEALED: Only 39% of residents agree that Surrey County Council provides value for money
Liberal Democrat County Councillors have expressed their concern as new figures were released that reveal poor levels of public satisfaction with Conservative-run Surrey County Council.
13 Feb 2017
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