Langley Vale – VE Day 80 – 5th and 8th May 2025


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Local Government Reorganisation – Public Meeting

Do attend if you can to ensure your views are heard

Monday 28 April, 4.30pm Bourne Hall


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Local Plan – current position and next steps

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council (EEBC) has submitted the borough’s Local Plan to Government for Public Examination by the Planning Inspectorate.

Submission at this time ensures that the Local Plan will be inspected in accordance with the December 2023 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Public examination of the Local Plan by an independent Planning Inspector will take place later this year, once an Inspector has been appointed. It is anticipated this will take place this summer.

The Council’s Local Plan Examination Webpage contains more information on the Local Plan Examination, including the documents submitted and copies of responses to the Proposed Submission Local Plan.

John Mumford, Chair of Woodcote ( Epsom) Residents’ Society (WERS) and of the Standing Committee of Residents Associations ( SCoRA) has raised concerns with Charlotte Glancy, the Local Plan Programme Officer, about inaccuracies and omissions in the Regulation 19 Representations document and failure to consult on some background documents.

The Programme Officer has emphasised that the Local Plan Inspector will look carefully at all submitted representations and there will be a further opportunity to raise material concerns during the Local Plan examination.

WERS and SCoRA will be scrutinising all the proceedings at the Inquiry on behalf of local residents and if necessary will appear at the Inquiry.


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VE 80 – 8 MAY 2025

There are two main events taking place in Epsom and Ewell to celebrate VE80.

The first is the proclamation at the Clock Tower on the Parade in Epsom at 0900. This will be a short civic event attended by the Mayor, standard bears of RBL and representatives of 135 Squadron. A local school choir will be singing I Vow to Thee My Country.

In the evening, starting at 1900 there will be entertainment and an exhibition at the Queens Stand at Epsom Racecourse before a Beacon lighting at 2130. There will be speeches before the Beacon lighting and various dignitaries will be attending.

Please come along and help mark this important day.


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Shaping Surrey’s future

Please take a few minutes to have your say on how our local services like housing, education, roads, and social care will be run in the future, following the local government reorganisation.

The consultation is being run by the district and borough councils in Surrey and its open until 20 April 2025. This really matters so please take a couple of minutes to complete the questionnaire and give your opinion on the proposed future decision making structure.


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Epsom & Walton Downs Consultative Committee Meeting – 24 March 2025

“W(E)RS was represented at a meeting of the Epsom & Walton Downs Consultative Committee on 24 March.  The purpose of the Committee is for the Conservators to hear from the different users of the Downs about any concerns they have and consult their representatives on its management. The responsibility of the Conservators is to preserve the Downs as far as possible in their natural state of beauty and they aim to balance the interests of all the difference users and resolve any conflicts.

We were updated on work to maintain the different gallops and manage the grassland management including plans to reintroduce grazing on Juniper Hill. We were re-assured that the artwork for all the information boards was to be printed and installed shortly after a long delay.   There was an also update from the Epsom Downs Model Aircraft Club about their activities and events being planned. 

W(E)RS raised safety concerns about the number of horses now coming up and down all three of the roads in Langley Vale during peak morning hours and asked that the agreed arrangements be confirmed and communicated to residents and riders.   We also highlighted the impact of the number of horses and vehicles using the footpaths through Langley Vale Woods which had made them virtually unusable by pedestrians over the winter. The team was also asked to check all the footpaths were clear and any felled tree debris removed.”


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Annual General Meeting 11 March 2025

The minutes of our AGM are available here.

You will find updates here on the local government reorganisation, local plan and other local matters raised at the meeting here as soon as they are available.


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AGM TUESDAY 11 MARCH 2025 AT 7.30pm EPSOM SPORTS CLUB, WOODCOTE ROAD, EPSOM, KT18 7QN

NOTICE OF THE MEETING

The Society’s AGM will be held on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 7.30pm at the Epsom Sports Club, Woodcote Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7QN.


Before the formal business there will be a talk by Hannah Dalton, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council Leader, Chair of the Surrey Leaders Group and a Member of the Surrey Local Government Reform Steering Committee. She will be explaining the role the Epsom Residents Association Group is taking to negotiate the best outcome for residents from the proposed local government reforms across Surrey.

Agenda

  1. Welcome, opening remarks and apologies for absence
  2. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the 2024 AGM – here
  3. Annual review for the year 2024
  4. Approval of the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 – here
  5. Election of the Officers and the Committee and Honorary Auditor for 2025
  6. Reports from your Residents’ Society Borough Councillors -Liz Frost, Bernice Froud and Steven McCormick (Borough and County update)
  7. Residents’ Questions and Any Other Business

New Committee Members We are looking for residents in the ward who are interested in joining our Committee. The effort involved is not huge but the benefit to yourself and to other residents can be. We are also looking for volunteers to help deliver our quarterly newsletters in your area. If you would like to find out more about how you can play a part please contact our Chair John Mumford via our e-mail address – info@woodcoteepsomresidentssociety.org


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Please renew your membership if you have not already done so

Being a Member of WERS means being part of a group with a shared sense of community which informs decision making based on local priorities and views.

Our annual membership is due on 1 January.

Joining us for the first time, or renewing your membership, will enable us to continue to work on your behalf to ensure that Woodcote and Langley Vale remain the places we all want to live, work and socialize in.

It is easy to pay and you can find out how here

You can find out more about what we do and why you should support us here




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Advertise your business to local residents with us

Our newsletter is delivered quarterly to 2,500 member households in Woodcote and Langley Vale. You can also advertise in our electronic email and on our website.

If you are interested -you can find details of how to book your space and the costs here or contact us on info@woodcoteepsomresidentssociety.org


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