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WGSPG SUMMER UPDATE COMMUNITY SURVEY - NEW POND FARM RESULTS ARE IN! What we learned from the Community Survey: A big thank to all who took time to answer our questionnaire on New Pond Farm, we now have a better feel for who currently uses the site…

A copy of our Spring Newsletter as issued to all members is now available here.  See articles on progress made so far with securing protection for New Pond Farm, suggestions for improvements to the site to enhance users enjoyment whilst also achiev…

But allotment plots remain vacant... 2022 starts positively - Following our group's nomination the assets below have all been successfully accepted and added to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's Community Right to Bid - List of Assets of Commu…

The WGSPG December Newsletter has now been issued to all members by e-mail.  A big thank you to Clare who helped design the Newsletter, fantastic end result!  This is the first of our preservation focused newsletters, and less focus on campaigning…

Asset of Community Value Nomination (Localism Act 2011) On Monday 15 November, we submitted nomination forms and supporting evidence to Reigate & Banstead Borough Council for various assets at New Pond Farm to be granted ACV status. WGSPG aim…

Here we try to provide some answers to the above question. The information has been collated from the following sources: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's web site Other information in the public domain, available via Google search Disclosed b…

WE DID IT!    PLANNING COMMITTEE VOTED AGAINST THE COUNCIL'S OWN CREMATORIUM PLANS Green space has long been taken for granted, and has not needed to be defended or justified. Well that has all changed. In January 2021, Reigate and Banstead Borough…

WGSPG News Update The Tandridge Application(s) - Horizon Crematorium Oxted Road A four-day Public Inquiry into the appeal by Horizon, following the refusal of their application by Tandridge DC concluded on the 14 August. Over the four days evidence…

OTHER PLANNING APPLICATIONS - PUBLIC INQUIRY OXTED CREMATORIUM A Public Inquiry opens on 10 August 2021, in relation to a similar planning application for the construction of a crematorium by Horizon Crematorium, following Tandridge DC refusal to g…

Despite the planning application having been submitted January 2021 and two rounds of public consultation, referral to the planning committee for determination has not yet occurred.  The latest public consultation closed on the 27 May 2021, the Plan…

Once again, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has shown total contempt for wildlife and our green spaces. The fairways at the old golf course on Earlswood Common were left happily uncut for weeks, allowing grasses and flowers to thrive, so tha…

Below is our latest newsletter which is going out to local residents later this week - also available in PDF format as a download.