Last week, Surrey County Council passed a motion which I had tabled to tackle the scourge of single-use-plastics.
The motion follows campaigns across the country to reduce the use of single-use plastics after programmes such as the BBC “Blue Planet II” series highlighted the damage they cause to oceans and marine life.
Green County Councillor Jonathan Essex is calling on Surrey County Council to become a ‘single use-plastic-free’ authority by the end of 2018.
The call follows campaigns across the country to reduce the use of single-use plastics after programmes such as the BBC Blue Planet II series highlighted the damage they cause to oceans and marine life.
East Surrey Green Party submitted a response to Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s Development Management Plan (DMP) Regulation 19 consolation.
We do not believe that the DMP in its current form is sound.
The DMP doesn’t set any density targets. If it required higher density at development sites (with different targets depending on the type of area), and by completing its Brownfield Site Register, including other sites known to be developable in the urban areas, the Council could meet its housing targets without needing to build on Green Belt land.
We have produced a briefing for those who wish to respond to the Council’s consultation on its Development Management Plan.
It contains information and suggestions for points to raise about four aspects of the DMP:
The deadline for responses is 5pm on Friday 23 February 2018.
As Councillors meet this week to decide on Surrey County Council’s budget, the Greens have come up with an alternative way of doing business.
Instead of accepting Government cuts, Surrey Greens are calling on the Tory majority on Surrey County Council to fight back.
More than 100 local residents packed Redhill Football club yesterday evening (1 February 2018) to hear about plans which might bring thousands of homes to green spaces in the area. They were particularly concerned about the scale of development planned for Redhill aerodrome, where some 8,000 houses could be built.
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Surrey County Council’s financial problems are set to continue as a Council Tax rise of 6% was announced, as well as £66 million of spending reductions required in the next financial year.
The proposals will be approved by the County Council’s Conservative Cabinet next week before all Councillors vote on the proposals at the Budget setting meeting on Tuesday 6th February 2018.
Surrey Greens have reviewed the County’s draft Waste Plan to 2033, which highlights a massive planned increase in incineration at the cost of recycling.
The Plan, which is open for consultation until February 7th, proposes up to six new incinerators on Green Belt land, even though Surrey is joint top for recycling in England.
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is consulting on its Development Management Plan for the final time.
Despite widespread objection to the idea of removing land from the Green Belt to build hundreds of new homes, the final draft Development Plan still allows for:
And it now includes longer-term plans for up to 8,000 homes on and around the Redhill Aerodrome site – 6,000 within Tandridge and 2,000 within Reigate and Banstead. This is a completely new proposal since the Plan was previously consulted on and approved by a government inspector.
