The letter below has been sent by The Walton Society to Elmbridge Borough Council objecting to Planning Application No 2013/1251 Mr Richard Morris Head of Planning Services Elmbridge Borough Council Civic Centre, High Street, Esher Surrey. KT10 9SD                                                                                                   16th April 2013   Dear Mr Morris Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 Notice under Article 11 of Application for Planning Permission Hybrid Application for the Development of a Recycling and Recovery ... Read More

Surrey County Council are planning an increasing number of Roadworks which include a number of roads in the Walton on Thames area.   Please use this link to view Roadworks which may be near you.

……..in Walton Walton and Leatherhead cycle lanes get £1.6m boost The county council wants to see segregated cycle routes across Surrey. Cycle lanes are to be built in two towns after Surrey County Council received a £1.6m cash boost. The paths in Walton and Leatherhead will separate cyclists, drivers and pedestrians and take riders safely through junctions, the authority said. The funds come from a £40m Department for Transport fund to improve safety of cyclists ... Read More

…away from completion ELMBRIDGE SENIORS PUBLIC MEETING A Public meeting will be held at the Bagster House Club Walton Lane Shepperton TW17 8LP at 7.45pm on Tuesday 23rd April 2013 The Meeting is to discuss the new Thames Crossing at Walton Bridge and to consult with representatives of Surrey County Council to question some of the finer details of the plans for the A244 route. There will be introductory presentation speeches from the Chairman Sir ... Read More

Residents Parking Zone: Thames Street, Dale and Harvey Roads The much anticipated RPZ for central Walton was due to be in place before Christmas. However, due to workload delays SCC informed me that the implementation date will be “March 2013 at the very latest”. Well I have noticed some new road markings recently, but with April now just around the corner I do hope there will be no further delays. Your Walton Central councillors had ... Read More

Proposed 93 bedroom Hotel for Premier Inns refused Planning Permission  At last night’s meeting ( March 11th 2013) of Embridge’s North Area Planning Sub Committee, the proposals put forward for a new 93 bedroom Premier Inn ( and two new shops) at the corner of Manor Road and Terrace Road in Walton were refused. The plans were rejected on grounds of overall scale and bulk of the proposed development which was felt would be detrimental ... Read More

Premier Inn Planning Application 2012/4476 Since our last posting we have been busy working behind the scenes on this Planning Application. We have received two responses from SCC with regard to the Formal Complaint that we have made with regard to the way in which their Officers have handled this and the previous Application. As we are not satisfied with these responses we now intend to proceed further with our Formal Complaint, taking it if ... Read More

Our Treasurer detailed further objections to the application   Mr Richard Morris Head of Planning Services Elmbridge Borough Council Civic Centre, High Street Esher Surrey KT10 9SD 26th January 2013 Dear Richard Morris Town & Country Planning Act 1990 Proposed 93 bed hotel and 2 retail units at 1-5 Terrace Road, Walton-on-Thames KY12 2SS, Planning Application No 2012/4476 We note that the Transport Assessment and Travel Plan Framework Documents submitted with this revised planning application ... Read More

Our Treasurer writes his objections to Elmbridge Borough Council   Mr Richard Morris Head of Planning Services Elmbridge Borough Council Civic Centre, High Street Esher Surrey KT10 9SD 26th January 2013   Dear Richard Morris Town & Country Planning Act 1990 Proposed 93 bed hotel and 2 retail units at 1-5 terrace Road, Walton-on-Thames KY12 2SS, Planning Application No 2012/4476 On behalf of the Walton Society I wish to object to the resubmitted planning application ... Read More

Our Chairman wrote the following letter of objection to Elmbridge Borough Council 5, Grange Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 1JD  23rd January 2013 Planning Ref. 2012/4476 Dear Laura Davies, On behalf of the Walton Society I wish to object to the revised Planning Application for 1 – 5 Terrace Road, Walton-on-Thames. The Society does not consider the relatively minor changes to the design of this building on this prominent site sufficient for us to withdraw our ... Read More