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intouch FROMin Cllr Philippa Broom, Cllr Tony Harman & Denise Saliagopoulos FROM Your local campaigners for Riverside & Laleham October 2013 SAD NEWS: GRAVEL UP DATE — 2 OUR MAYOR PASSES AWAY

Denise Saliagopoulos, Cllrs Tony Harman & Philippa Broom listening to Alan Cllr Isobel Napper with L—R—Consultant Sunita Brenchley of Ashford Road explaining how the gravel conveyor belt will affect Shorotia, Denise Saliagopoulos & Diana Moran him and other residents on Ashford Road Your Riverside & Laleham Councillor Mayor Isobel Napper Following our August ‘In Touch’ Gravel Update we would like to thank passed away suddenly at the end of August. Isobel had everyone who has written in to Surrey County Council to protest against served as a councillor for 13 years and was a passionate Bretts’ proposal to dig 1.5 million tonnes of gravel from our remaining fundraiser for charity, particularly the Ashford Hospital green belt between between Staines Road, Worple Road, Pavilion Breast Unit raising over £100,000. Gardens, Brightside Avenue, Berryscroft Road, Bingham Drive and Ashford Road. Two schools back onto this site – Laleham and Buckland Schools — Her daughter, Denise Saliagopoulous, said “Mum was but if you haven’t written in yet there is still time! delighted to have been elected Mayor as she wanted to promote those causes closest to her heart. As a life long local The date of the Surrey County Council planning meeting to consider resident I’m honoured to have been selected as the Conservative Party Candidate to contest the ward and I the gravel application has now been delayed probably to 13 pledge, if elected on 7 November, to work as hard as I can for November 2013. Please put this date in your diary and join us to everyone and carry on her legacy”. protest on the day.

Earlier this year your local Conservative councillors persuaded Spelthorne Borough Council Planning Committee to vote unanimously to oppose the application - but the fight is now for the final decision. Denise Saliagopoulos said “The more we speak to local residents the clearer it is that this industrial development should not go ahead. Earlier this year Ashford Road residents suffered a major sewage problem owing to the flooding in the area—there is no guarantee that this development won’t make this situation worse.” Protect Our Fire Service!

You may have heard that there is a consultation about Please write now to: Ref: SP/2012/01132 the fire service provision in Spelthorne—and whether Planning & Development Group, Surrey County Council, County Hall, we retain two fire stations in Staines and Sunbury or Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DY change to having one in Ashford.

Email: [email protected] Your local Conservative Councillors are committed to For more information on the proposals and how you can oppose them fighting to ensure we retain the same level of visit www.no2gravel.com or contact Denise, Philippa or Tony protection for all our residents. Any local problems or issues please call 07855 368127

Local Residents’ Survey

We would like to know what you and your family care about. Please take a few moments to complete the form.

(Please mark boxes with a X.) Which of these local issues matter to you the most?  Crime  Local Environment  Speeding Traffic  Parking  Leisure Facilities  Noise  Other (Please Specify)

Are there any areas locally where litter, vandalism or graffiti is spoiling the local environment?  Yes  No If so, where?

If you could improve one thing locally, what would it be? (Please write in space below)

Are there any other issues you would like to raise?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Can you help? Please give us your contact details so we can keep in touch Your local Conservative team is working hard.to with you about the issues you have raised. look after our community. Please let us know if you would like to help: Name  Deliver leaflets in my road  Display a poster at election time  Vote by post Address  Attend social events  Join the Party  Stand as a councillor Phone Please return to: Email Denise Saliagopoulos

How we use your information Riverside & Laleham Action Team The data you provide will be retained by the Conservative Party and Spelthorne Conservative Association (“the data holders”) in accordance FREEPOST KT1169 with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and related legislation. By providing your data to us, you are consenting to the data holders making contact with you in the future by telephone, text or other means, even though you may be registered with the Telephone Preference 55 Cherry Orchard Service. Your data will not be sold or given to anyone not connected to the Conservative Party. If you do not want the information you give to us Staines upon Thames to be used in this way, or for us to contact you, please indicate by ticking the relevant boxes: Post  Email  SMS  Phone  Middlesex TW18 2BR Contact Your Local Conservative Action Team: Cllr Philippa Broom Cllr Tony Harman Denise Saliagopoulous 07855 368127 01784 457 884 07971 665086 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Caring and working for our community Promoted by Andrew Barrand, on behalf of Denise Saliagopoulos and Spelthorne Conservatives, all of 55 Cherry Orchard, Staines upon Thames Middlesex TW18 2DQ. Printed by Bluemushroom, 85 Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 9AS