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Volunteer of the Year nominations DEADLINE 14 OCT INSIDE THIS ISSUE l Meet the new Chairman l Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground l Village Hall reopens l What does your council do for you? l Taylor Wimpey hold consultations l New trains arriving soon l Plans revealed for M25/A3 jct 10 l Access changes at Bishopsmead l Funding our infrastructure AUTUMN 2020

Contact details and credits Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer: Nick Clemens, East Horsley Parish Council Office, Ch a i rm a n’s Kingston Avenue, East Horsley KT24 6QT. 01483 281148, [email protected] Editor: Brenda Aldred, [email protected] Design and Artwork: The Creative Workshop, Summer Report 01580 212551, www.tcws.co.uk. Print by: Simply Print Partners, 07768 228079, A transitional phase for the www.simplyprintpartners.com. Parish Council Photography: Rex Butcher & Steve Harvey The last three months has been a phase of transition for the Parish Council. At our delayed The views or opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those held by EHPC. Annual Statutory Meeting, held on 22 June via Zoom, Chairman Stephen Skinner stepped Front Cover: Photograph by Rex Butcher of T&V down after five years in the post, as required by Gardens a stallholder at the Farmers Market. Parish Council rules, receiving an acclaimed vote of thanks for his leadership and achievements during his term. Stephen remains on the Parish in the Horsleys, with a range of key speakers Council, focusing on community events and booked, but this had to be cancelled. So too our activities, addressing anti-social behaviour and bi-annual summer fete, the Horsley Festival, due fostering relationships with other parishes. to be held this month with a sparkling array of I was elected as the new Chairman with Aileen meetings, fortnightly planning committees events, performers and stalls all lined up. A date Aitcheson becoming Vice Chair. and regular Task Group sessions through video of Sunday 4 July 2021 has been agreed with In other changes Andrew Franklin has become conferencing has become the norm, with for next year. Chair of the Communications Task Group, whilst online public participation included where Happily the inaugural Farmers Market, Aileen is now chairing the Finance Committee. appropriate. Although our Parish Clerk, Nick delayed in the spring, launched successfully on Clemens, worked from home throughout the Saturday 15 August at Kingston Meadows, as The long arm of COVID lockdown, our Village Warden, Jason Lee, has described on Page 3 opposite – a big THANK Not since WW2 has anything impacted our way been able to carry out his maintenance tasks. YOU to everyone involved. The pandemic has taken its toll on our of life so much as the COVID-19 pandemic. Robert Taylor, Chairman of East Horsley The Parish Council was not exempt. No planned public events. The Annual Parish public meetings have been held since March, Meeting due on 13 May was to include a panel Parish Council and conducting monthly Parish Council session on forthcoming housing developments [email protected]

consent and its approval includes new traffic calming measures along Ockham Road North Financing our village and South, improvements to Station Parade pavements, improved accessibility at Horsley Station and the upgrading of several bus stops. The NHS has requested funds to be infrastructure accumulated from all the local developments, Section 106 funding from Under the current planning system, to finance an extension at the Horsley developers are required to contribute towards Medical Centre. developers new local infrastructure through Section 106 Similarly, with the Manor Farm development, For years now government spending agreements, negotiated with GBC, as a condition Highways (SCC) have requested funding restrictions have severely limited the ability of of planning approval. Relevant authorities for traffic calming plus improvements to Station statutory authorities to make significant capital (highways, education, NHS etc) are asked to Parade and Horsley Station. investments. submit requests for projects, the intention being However, the picture looks set to change as to mitigate the impact from new developments. Active Travel Fund a result of the high level of new housebuilding Over the past year your Parish Council has Government schemes for encouraging ‘active allocated under the Borough engaged with all relevant bodies to ensure travel’ such as walking and cycling may provide Council (GBC) Local Plan, with over 400 new requests are beneficial to the village. further funding. In July we made a request to homes due to be built in the Horsleys during The Lollesworth Fields development near SCC for the following projects: the next few years. Horsley Station has received outline planning • Horsley Accessible Ring Trail (HART) extension – an 80m footpath along the north GBC LOCAL PLAN: Allocated development sites in the Horsleys boundary of St Martin’s Court, the final link completing the HART. • Improvements to footpath FP 99 which Site Location Homes Developer Status of planning application runs beside the railway line to provide a cycle link between A36 The Street, WH 40 Various Approved (in sections) East and . • A new footpath along A37 Manor Farm, WH 135 Thakeham Homes Submitted, now on hold the side of Horsley Road from Effingham Junction A38 Lollesworth Fields, EH 110 Catesby Estates Outline application approved towards Cobham. • Resurfacing the footway along Ockham Road South. A39 Waterloo Farm, WH 120 Persimmon Application expected soon Cllr Robert Taylor

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FARMERS MARKET Who will you nominate for the “Love l y community event 2020 Volunteer Awards? and a great atmosphere” WELL WHAT A YEAR it has been for THIS QUOTE, from a local resident, captures the improve and we have reviewed all the feedback volunteering! In normal times the work of overwhelmingly positive public response to the and learned from our first event. Next time we our wonderful bands of volunteers would first Horsley Farmers Market. The seven-person hope to have 30 stalls, adding several more with mostly go unnoticed. The Parish Council organising team would like to say ‘thank you’ to a strong local flavour. thinks that every twelve months it’s all those who helped create this success: We plan to continue holding the market on important we recognise the effort put in • To the very many people from East and Kingston Meadows until COVID-19 guidelines by those who are willing West Horsley who supported the market; are further relaxed. to help out in their stallholders were delighted with the turnout We have permission to use Station Parade, own time – running and many sold out. and want it to be there, but think it would be clubs, organising • To the stallholders who supported our efforts too difficult to manage social distancing at the events, keeping the to stage a market, a couple responding at moment. village spruced – with an short notice. The photographs show the If you would like to get involved in future annual Volunteer of the Year variety of products on offer. markets, either as a volunteer or as a stallholder, Award (VOTY). • To the volunteers who gave up their time to please contact us at: This year has been a help out with essential tasks like assisting [email protected] little different. During the stallholders, managing the entrance and exit, For more information visit the council website lockdown, besides being able to keep parking cars and vans and tidying up the site www.easthorsley.info in touch online with our families, talk afterwards. or the market’s web site: to our GPs on the phone or call friends, • To those people who walked or cycled to the www.horsleyfarmersmarket.org.uk most importantly we were still able to market, which made the parking much more You can also follow us on social media. shop for necessities due to a network of manageable. www.facebook.com/HorsleyFarmersMarket/ neighbours and shopkeepers. • And finally, to the other farmers markets We look forward to seeing you on Saturday It is now your chance to nominate that have provided a lot of support and 19 September on Kingston Meadows from whom you consider worthy of the encouragement, especially those in Ripley 9am to 1pm. individual VOTY award but ALSO a further and Guildford. Cllr Colin Carmichael, nomination for someone who has gone There will always be things we can do to East Horsley Parish Council the extra mile during a very difficult time for the community. For this they will be awarded the 2020 Chairman’s Award for Community Service. So send your nominations, for both or either of the awards, to Nick Clemens [email protected] or write to Parish Council, Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, KT24 6QT and please include a brief description of your nominee(s). Closing date 14 October and awards will be made in December. Long Acre Preserves Tillingbourne Brewery Brenda Aldred, Editor

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EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER www.easthorsley.info 3 AUTUMN 2020 Task Group News Your Parish Council runs a number of Committees and Task Groups. Meetings have been held virtually and much has still been accomplished. Here are the latest updates including whom to contact if you have a query. Finance & Risk Committee Railways Nick Clemens, [email protected] Stephen Groom, [email protected] Council expenditure has been unaffected by Our “Friends of Effingham Junction Station” COVID-19. In the first quarter of 2020-21 it was and “Friends of Horsley Station” subgroups £23,098 which was in line with the budget. PKF are now working on detailed submissions (who act as external auditors) concluded the to South Western Railway (SWR) for funding 2019-20 external audit earlier than usual. They to cover our inaugural projects at both were satisfied with financial governance and stations. Separately our Accessibility Task made no comments. The notice of conclusion Force is working on various fronts, including of audit and the annual governance and proposals for upgrading key facilities at accountability report is displayed on our Horsley station. We believe the influential website, www.easthorsley.info contacts we are cultivating at Network Rail and SWR as part of this process are not unconnected Village Appearance with recent improvements we have seen at both Aileen Aitcheson, [email protected] station sites such as approach road resurfacing We ask residents for their help keeping footways and improved access at Horsley Station. Let’s and gulleys free of leaves. Please keep the hope this is just the start! fronts of your properties clear and refrain from blowing leaves into the road which contributes to blocked drains. Considering the restrictions of COVID-19, the village is in fine shape. The planters throughout the village look wonderful, adding colour and interest. The Parish Council has put water reservoirs in each to assist with hydrating the plants. The Village Warden continues to work hard mowing grass verges and cutting back branches as required. Road Safety & Maintenance Andrew Franklin, [email protected] Vision33 Rumble strips and new road surface signage Antony Etwell, [email protected] designed to encourage drivers to decelerate are The Parish Council’s feasibility study for a safety now in place at the Old Lane entry point to the High Covid Noon at Horsley station as our footway on Forest Road between Glendene and village. This was a collaborative effort by your Railway Task Group hold a productive Ockham Road South has been submitted to Parish Council and Surrey Highways. Surrey County Council for guidance. summit meeting with Jonathan Nesbitt, Elsewhere, the road surface either side of It was lovely to see the grass area at Station Stakeholder and Public Affairs Manager at the Ockham Road bridge now carries a sign Parade being used so much during the warm Network Rail funnelling high vehicles towards the centre of weather, creating a fantastic village atmosphere. the carriageway. The refurbishment project will certainly be This is aimed at reducing the number of times taking note. Communications lorries hit the structure causing road closure The development will have an Andrew Franklin, [email protected] disruption. influence on our village so Vision33 will be Plans for the annual Volunteers Party, rebranded looking closely at any necessary infrastructure this year as The Chairman’s Thank You Party, are Business Liaison to support our retail outlets and residents. now underway. Like so many events though, it Colin Carmichael, [email protected] hinges on crowd gathering restrictions being The part of the group that is the Horsley loosened. Due to be held as usual in December, Farmers Market Team have been concentrating it will once again honour those who have on opening the first market in August and we contributed most to life in our locality over the are now looking forward to the next one on past twelve months. 19 September. See page 3 for more details. Anyone is welcome to nominate an individual and it will be from these names that the Parish Community Activities & Council will select the winners. Allotments More details on page 2. Stephen Skinner [email protected] No one will be surprised that we had to cancel Planning & Environment “The Horsleys Food and Music Festival” due to Committee be staged this month. However, the fantastic Robert Taylor, [email protected] news is that we continue to work with the great Woodlands, Meadows & Since April all meetings have been held by people at Horsley Towers (De Vere Estates) to Footpaths Zoom, including online public participation. organise our 2021 Festival. The new date is John Carr, [email protected] During the first eight months of this year the Sunday 4 July. During lockdown the signs on the Horsley Jubilee Planning Committee reviewed a total of 59 We are confident it will be a tremendous family Trail have been cleaned or replaced, direction planning applications in East Horsley, raising occasion – please put the date in your diaries. arrows painted and fallen waymark posts have objections against 16 of them (27%). Not surprisingly, we will be looking for helpers been reset. Encroaching bushes and brambles All 43 of the planning applications where EHPC and anyone wishing to be involved in this village have been cut back so that navigating the Trail did not object went on to be approved by event should contact Nick Clemens, Parish Clerk, should now be simpler for walkers. Guildford Borough Council. [email protected].

4 www.easthorsley.info EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2020 The new Chairman Cllr Robert Taylor chats with Steve Harvey Robert and his wife Wiesia moved to East Horsley over 35 years ago. He retired in 2013 and has been a member of the Parish Council for the past six years. Q. Robert, what are the immediate Q. What’s happening at the Wisley funds were forthcoming, so we did it ourselves. objectives as Chairman of the Parish Airfield? We support local groups and activities, have Council? We did our very best to stop the development. initiated a Farmers Market and, in normal times, We have a group of experienced councillors Working with other Parish Councils, we objected organise a bi-annual village festival. and we operate well as a team. The biggest at the planning enquiry. We won the battle but Q. How do you see relations with challenge right now is the COVID-19 pandemic lost the war – Wisley was and still is included neighbouring Parish Councils? and keeping our residents safe. in the GBC Local Plan. Taylor Wimpey has Relations are good and, under my chairmanship, However, our long term focus is on how to cope now acquired the site and they have started a I hope they will get even better. Our former with the increase in housing in and around programme of community consultations with Chairman, Stephen Skinner, will now be liaising the village. Lollesworth Fields, adjacent to the the first planning applications expected this with our near neighbours to see how we can railway line on Ockham Road North, will be a autumn. We need to discuss with Taylor Wimpey work more closely together. substantial development and there are three the impact on our local infrastructure, like our more sites in West Horsley. Overall, we can medical centre, schools, roads and parking. Q. Is the Parish Council representative of expect around 400 extra houses the local residents? Q. Do residents get value for money from in the Horsleys over the their contribution to the Parish Council? When I first joined the Parish Council we had next few years. three female councillors, now we only have As Surrey CC and GBC become one. By 2023 we will be able to expand to increasingly strapped for cash, 12 members as a result of our Community Robert and his we have had to step up at a local Governance Review and I hope this will wife Wiesia level to provide some of their encourage a more representative mix as well as services. For example, we now younger volunteers. have a Village Warden, Jason Lee, to keep our Q. Speaking of young people, what does neighbourhood clean the Parish Council offer? and tidy. We have Thanks to Lindy Elliott we used to offer a installed a public youth club in the Village Hall but that ceased a loo in Kingston while back. Meadows, which The Horsleys Community Action Group has should have been set up to investigate the current spate of been the anti-social behaviour and what facilities we can responsibility offer young people to keep them occupied and of GBC but no engaged. What does the Parish Council do? EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL (EHPC) serves as the ‘official’ voice of East Horsley within the local government system. It provides some small- scale local services and engages with Guildford Borough Council (GBC) and Surrey County Council to ensure delivery of services across the village. EHPC comprises nine Parish Councillors, all unpaid volunteers, plus the Parish Clerk. Most work is undertaken by small teams of councillors and residents operating in focused Task Groups or Committees addressing particular themes, as summarised below: • Road Safety & Maintenance – Liaises with Surrey Highways, for • Business Liaison – Encourages local retail and business activities, maintenance, repair and development of roads, pavements, surface including initiating the new Farmers Market. water drains, signs and traffic calming measures. • Railways – Collaborates with railway operators on appearance, • Village Appearance – Promotes the high-quality appearance of the service and access issues at both Horsley and Effingham Junction village, maintains street furniture (public benches, planters, etc), stations, which are now both adopted. organises Christmas lighting and litterpicks. • Vision33 – Formed to develop and oversee long term infrastructure • Woodlands, Meadows & Footpaths – Monitors our local green planning for East Horsley. spaces and footpaths including Great Ridings Wood, The Forest (on • Planning Committee – Acts as a statutory consultee to GBC The Drift) and Wellington Meadow. Planning; reviewing planning applications and raising objections to • Community Activities – Organises the village fête and other events those considered detrimental to the character of the village. such as a Food & Music Festival; oversees the allotments. There are also additional short-term project teams. Currently these • Communications – Responsible for the website and quarterly include initiating an improvement programme for Station Parade, a Newsletter, organises Parish Council events such as the Annual linking footpath beside St Martin’s Court, traffic calming measures for Parish Meeting and Chairman’s Thank You Party in December. Forest Road plus a safety footway at the southern end.

If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor please contact Nick Clemens [email protected]

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New rolling stock from South Western Railway Arriving soon at a station near you… An entirely new class of trains will soon be entering service on all suburban lines out of Waterloo including the Guildford via Cobham and Guildford via lines. The first sets of 90 Class 701 trains are currently undergoing trials and driver training at South Western Railway depots at Wimbledon and Eastleigh before progressively entering service over the next two years. The new trains feature air conditioning, wi-fi, at-seat charging points and fully accessible toilets. SWR promises that the new Class 701s will offer a smoother, more comfortable and more reliable ride – can’t wait!

6 www.easthorsley.info EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2020 CLANDON WOOD Natural Burial Ground A local nature reserve which is also an award-winning cemetery – and it’s on our doorstep.

Located off Epsom Road, and comprising thirty-one acres of There is an attractive modern glass pavilion within the grounds which traditional wildflower meadowland, lakes and young woodland, on arriving is used for funeral services as well as for gatherings or wakes after a at Clandon Wood it is hard to recognise it as a cemetery. Opened in 2012 committal. And there is an on-site office open and staffed by Clandon this award-winning naturally managed burial ground was created to appeal Wood’s friendly team seven days a week. to a wide range of people wishing to be buried or have their ashes interred Christina Lawson, who manages the on-site team says: “We work hard whatever their faith, belief or thinking. However, it has also been designed to provide a warm and welcoming environment for any visitor be they as a nature reserve and is thoughtfully managed by a professional team who bereaved, someone who is planning ahead and thinking about securing a are experts in conservation and arboriculture. Their aim is to create an ideal plot or if just to visit us as a nature reserve.” and protected habitat for indigenous flora and fauna to flourish for many The only way to really appreciate what Clandon Wood has to offer is to generations to come and to provide a place where the bereaved will feel come and see it first-hand. And in Christina’s words: “you will always be welcome and at ease visiting for contemplation and remembrance. very welcome”. Plots can be chosen wherever one wishes within the grounds which www.clandonwood.com could be amongst the flowers and grasses of the meadows, between the Written by Adrian Shaw of Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground with trees or near one of the two lakes. photographs by Cllr Antony Etwell, Clandon Wood Visual Consultant

The “Carrot Pathway” “Lady Pond”

Surrounded by the nature reserve, the elegant contemporary glass pavilion has a sense of tranquility and contemplation and yet also has a quietly uplifting atmosphere

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Comment from... Horsley Health... HORSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE has been very busy the last few months with building alterations at the Practice. We Rev Renos Pittarides now have a new consulting room with its I WAS RECENTLY ASKED “What will Christmas NHS and other care and emergency services. own entrance at the back of the building. look like at St Martin’s this year?”. Let’s also commit to playing our part in helping This will allow patients to be isolated from The answer, as I write in September, those in need. the rest of the premises should a GP feel is that I have no idea! It will no doubt be With every blessing. this may be necessary. different to previous years but nonetheless Rev Renos Pittarides Our flu clinics start this month. We we will find ways of retelling the greatest Rector of East Horsley will be working weekends to provide story ever told. Please keep an eye on our 01483 283713 vaccinations for all over 65 year olds and website or join our mailing list to receive our [email protected] those at risk due to health reasons e.g. latest news. www.easthorsleychurch.org.uk COPD, Diabetes etc. This year we will NOT One of the things we wish to ensure is that be offering a drop-in clinic and we ask the charities we support in the autumn and patients to go online or call the Practice winter do not lose out; Harvest (which provides for an appointment. Please attend on time food for our local Food Bank), Remembrance to avoid any congestion at the surgery. We Sunday (which raises funds for the British purchase our flu vaccine a year in advance Legion), Christingle (raising monies for the and we are awaiting guidance from NHS Children’s Society) and the Blythewood regarding patients aged over 50 Shoebox Appeal (Christmas gifts for those who who are now eligible. Please look on our live in relative poverty). website for up to date information. Ideally, we will meet in person at acts of Horsley Community Fund (HCF) has worship to launch these various appeals. kindly a donation to the Practice to However, if the global pandemic does not purchase a new ECG machine. This will allow us to do that, we will use the wonderful avoid sending patients to hospital as it gifts of Zoom and YouTube to meet virtually! can now be operated by one of our nurses If you are buying new shoes in the coming or a healthcare assistant. We would like weeks, please hold on to your shoeboxes! to thank HCF for this generous donation Our website will have the details of how you which will greatly benefit our patients. can bring joy to those far less fortunate than Caroline Jepps, Horsley Medical Centre ourselves. Practice Manager So, as we approach the autumn and winter www.horsleydocs.co.uk let’s continue to give thanks to our amazing

Food HORSLEY LIBRARY WELL, it’s been open for about four weeks! During this recovery period opening hours But what does ‘open’ mean? During August it should be Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Donations was recovering from the shock of the dreaded Saturdays from 10am – 1pm. ST MARTIN’S CHURCH, Ockham Road COVID-19 and only “Click & Collect” was working. It is hoped that by the time you read this, South is a collection point for Cobham Many of us are used to grocery shopping “socially distanced” public browsing will be in Foodbank, where items can be left safely using this system so pre-ordering library books place, in keeping with the current regulations, to in the porch of the church. and services works in the same sort of way. You keep borrowers and staff as safe as possible. There is a usually a need for tinned go online and order, and then pop into your The Friends hope that this gradual re-opening potatoes, meat, fruit, fish, vegetables, library to collect. Simple! Automated! (spoken of our library has gone smoothly but we do custard, rice pudding and spaghetti hoops. with a meerkat’s accent!) appreciate that the new systems will have taken Also welcome are long life milk or juice, On the first day of the re-opening back some time to bed in and may have led to some biscuits, sweet and savoury snacks, pasta in mid-August, Barry Channel, the library extra stress for both staff as well as library users. sauce (jars), tomato ketchup, chocolate manager for our area, said he was pleased How many of us anticipated how our lives spread, children’s cereals, sugar (500g), with the positive responses from everyone would change in 2020?? teabags (small 40 bag), adult toothpaste, that had popped in to welcome the return of [email protected] cat food, hair shampoo and conditioner, “our” library. Rhys Beynon (Chairman FoHL) toilet rolls, floor cleaner, cleaning sprays and laundry powder, capsules or gel. To check the latest shopping list vist: www.cobhamarea.foodbank.org.uk/give- help/donate-food/ CHARITY SHOPS The Foodbank can arrange collection of FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, ‘donated’ items September albeit with reduced hours. large donations (over 200kgs) in their van. have been left in the doorway of the QEF However, they will not be taking Station Parade charity shop. Please be aware donations yet and ask you to take items to that ‘donations’ left outside a closed charity their warehouse, between 9am and 11am shop are considered to be fly-tipping and at Lansbury Estate, 102 Lower Guildford liable to a fine. Rd, Knaphill, GU21 2EP. Visit their website, The good news is that the Hospice www.wsbhospices.co.uk, to find out what shop, Station Parade, should be reopening can be donated.

8 www.easthorsley.info EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2020 Diary of Raising money for Local Events To have your event or activity listed here, please send details by email to: charities and NHS • [email protected] Making face masks Recipe Book – Baking for The Nomad Theatre We would like to acknowledge some of those in the NHS Bishopsmead, East Horsley, KT24 6RT the Horsleys who have been fundraising during A group of local people in the Horsleys and the Box Office 01483 284747 the crisis. surrounding villages came together baking www.ticketsource.co.uk/nomadtheatre Valerie Thompson of West Horsley made sweet treats for NHS workers during the over 220 face masks. She would like to thank www.nomadtheatre.com lockdown, as a gesture of thanks and support the volunteers who helped her or who donated During government restrictions on to those working hard to look after COVID-19 fabric, and Daisy Maison, Bishopsmead Post theatre performances and gatherings victims during the height of the pandemic. Office, Wills & Smerdon and Crossroad Stores the Nomad have held online auditions Along with the bakers, local children offered for their next play and pantomime for generously stocking the masks, the sale of their help by decorating presentation boxes for scheduled for later this year. which raised over £1,400. This sum has been the cakes and provide heart-warming messages donated to the Horsley Community Fund. The theatre is thrilled to have been of support from our villages. A recipe book awarded “Best Drama” in the South-East Mary Evans also of West Horsley made face containing over 60 of their delicious recipes has district 2019 by the National Operatic masks which were available from Quaich, the been produced “Baking for the NHS”. It costs £9 and Dramatic Association sale of which raised over £450 for the charity with profits being donated to local healthcare for their production last year Musical Keys. charities. There is a limited print run so pick up of “Round and Round the your copy from Daisy Maison in East Horsley Garden”. now and enjoy reading the story with some freshly baked cake! The Whips West Horsley Village Hall, The Street, West Horsley, KT24 6DD Box Office 01483 284141 ticketsource.co.uk/horsleyamdram Assuming the regulations permit, the Whippets will stage “Little Mermaid Jr” on 14/15/16 January 2021. If you had booked for the March 2020 production, existing tickets will be honoured for the equivalent day and time. St Martin’s Church Film Clubs St Martin’s Church Film Clubs will not take place until social distancing rules for gatherings are relaxed.

East Horsley Crime Report BT telephone box PATRICK CROSSAN a retired senior police officer Help the force by being vigilant if you receive The BT phone box on Kingston Avenue opposite and long term resident of East Horsley advises an unexpected email. Only reveal personal data Budgens is now owned by the Parish Council on how our village can remain a relatively safe when 100% satisfied you are not the target of and we are delighted to report that Will community. a scammer, and that may mean asking for an Cogdell, the Village Hall caretaker, has offered If you are not part of a Neighbourhood Watch approach by post. Always avoid engaging on to renovate it. This is a generous gesture to the initiative, consider forming one. Keeping an the phone with cold callers. community and we look forward to it being the eye out for one another is an effective way of An increasing offence is bullying, not just the new home for the defibrillator, currently located deterring crime, enhances the pleasure of life face to face type but online too. It is a criminal on the fence at Maranello House. and encourages younger folk to continue caring offence and should be reported immediately. for each other into the future. Despite the promise of 20,000 more police If you see anything officers this is unlikely to herald the return of the suspicious take a quick reassuring sight of a Community Support Officer snap on your phone. If or Special Constable on our streets. Perhaps it’s a car driving in an Parish Councils could help bring them back? odd manner include After all, East Horsley has appointed a Village the number plate and Warden to pick up the slack created by budget make mental notes of cuts. Perhaps one day the Horsleys will link up distinguishing features, and have their own “Bobby” back on the beat. for example damaged In the meantime, if just one or two of these bodywork. suggestions can be acted upon then what is Cybercrime already a relatively secure environment will for takes a huge sure become even safer. toll on police resources.

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Automotive Limegrove Care Home Wills & Smerdon Services OFFERING SPECIALISED SERVICES SALES, LETTINGS & MANAGEMENT JR Automotive (Surrey) Ltd ࿭ St Martin’s Close, KT24 6SU ࿭ 6 Station Parade, KT24 6QN Home Counties Carers REPAIRS-SERVICING-DIAGNOSTICS ࿨ 01483 280690 ࿨ 01483 284141 LIVE IN & HOME CARE SERVICES ࿭ Ripley Lane, West Horsley, Surrey ཀ [email protected] ཀ [email protected] ࿭ 22A Station Parade, KT24 6QN ࿨ 01483 281031 or 07584 055504 ཱ www.anchor.org.uk/limegrove ཱ www.willsandsmerdon.co.uk ࿨ 01483 224985 ཀ [email protected] ཀ [email protected] ཱ www.jrautomotivesurrey.com House & Garden Restaurants ཱ www.homecountiescarers.co.uk Builders & Construction Artichoke Interiors Kirthon Bandbox Dry Cleaners FURNITURE-HOMEWARE-GIFTS INDIAN RESTAURANT DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRY J Rogerson Construction Ltd ࿭ Open View Farm, Epsom Rd, KT24 6AP & TAKEAWAY ࿭ 17 Station Parade, KT24 6QN NEW BUILDS, RENOVATIONS – VAST ࿨ 07910 325187 or 07985 283940 ࿭ 18 Station Parade, KT24 6QN ࿨ 01483 283685 EXPERIENCE IN LOVELACE BUILDINGS ཀ [email protected] ࿨ 01483 285588 ཀ [email protected] ࿭ Green Dene, KT24 5RD ཱ www.artichokeinteriordesigns.co.uk ཀ [email protected] ཱ www.bandboxdrycleaners.com ࿨ 01483 282156 ཱ www.kirthon.co.uk ཀ [email protected] Orange and Dutch Headquarters Hair INTERIOR DESIGN & ACCESSORIES Merry House HAIR SALON Allwood Services ࿭ 12A Bishopsmead, KT24 6RT CHINESE, MALAYSIAN, ࿭ 11 Station Parade, KT24 6QN LANDSCAPING & BUILDING ࿨ 01483 351300 FISH & CHIPS ࿨ 01483 284258 ࿭ Long Reach, KT24 6LZ ཀ [email protected] ࿭ 3 Parade Court, KT24 6QR ཀ [email protected] ࿨ 07766 894442 ཱ www.orangeanddutch.co.uk ࿨ 01483 283790 ཱ www.headquartershairhorsley.co.uk ཀ [email protected] ཱ www.merry-house.co.uk ཱ www.allwoodservices.co.uk Kate Lloyd Fine Art Prints Matthews Travel Agent EQUINE & SEA SCENE PRINTS Retail FOR A TAILORMADE SERVICE Finance & Law ࿭ Woodland Drive, KT24 5AN ࿭ Bluebell Lane, Ockham Rd South, ࿨ 01483 282653 Maynard’s Post Office ࿨ 01483 284991 ཀ [email protected] Bo & Co – Certified ཀ [email protected] POST OFFICE, NEWSAGENT & Accountant ཱ www.katelloydphotography.com STATIONERS ཱ www.matthewstravel.co.uk BUSINESS, PERSONAL TAX & WILLS ࿭ 10 Bishopsmead Parade, KT24 6RT ࿭ Long Reach, KT24 6LZ Cedar Nursery ࿨ 01483 283124 Pet Doctors ࿨ 07788 934598 PLANTS & OUTDOOR LIVING ཀ [email protected] HORSLEY VETERINARY CLINIC ཀ [email protected] ࿭ Horsley Road, KT11 3JX ࿭ Ockham Road South, KT24 6QU ཱ www.boandco.co.uk ࿨ 01932 862473 Daisy Maison ࿨ 01483 285357 ཀ [email protected] BOUTIQUE CLOTHING & GIFTS ཀ [email protected] Wellers Hedleys Solicitors ཱ www.landscaping.co.uk ࿭ 14 Station Parade, KT24 6QN ཱ www.petdoctors.co.uk LEGAL ADVICE ࿨ 01483 286749 ࿭ 6 Bishopsmead Parade, KT24 6SR Future Light Design ཀ [email protected] Sport & Leisure ࿨ 01483 284567 LIGHTING & LUTRON SPECIALISTS ཱ facebook.com/daisymaisonhorsley ཀ [email protected] ࿭ The Post House, KT24 6RX Court Dancing West Horsley ཱ www.wellerslawgroup.com/hedleys ࿨ 020 8543 4451 Budgens of East Horsley BALLROOM & LATIN LESSONS ཀ [email protected] INDEPENDENT RETAIL FOOD STORE AND MUSIC Health ཱ www.futurelightdesign.co.uk ࿭ 1 – 2 Station Parade, KT24 6QN ࿭ West Horsley Village Hall, KT24 6DD ࿨ 01483 282881 ࿨ 01483 282431 Ali Lomax Homeopath Odd Job Rob ཀ [email protected] ཀ [email protected] ཱ courtdancing.co.uk/whorsley.html COMPLEMENTARY HEALTHCARE HANDYMAN SERVICES ཱ budgens.co.uk/our-stores/east-horsley ࿭ High Park Avenue, KT24 5DD ࿭ Howard Road, Effingham Junction ࿨ 07810 533528 ࿨ 07973 654596 & 01483 283913 C F Hall & Co Ltd The Drift Golf Club ཀ [email protected] ཀ [email protected] ELECTRICAL RETAILER & SERVICING GOLF COURSE & FUNCTION ཱ www.horsleyhomeopathy.co.uk ཱ www.facebook.com/oddjobrobsurrey ࿭ 2 Station Approach, KT24 6QX ROOMS ࿨ 01483 282945 ࿭ The Drift, East Horsley, KT24 5HD Frances at Coppertrees ཀ [email protected] ࿨ 01483 284641 Property ཀ [email protected] BEAUTY & HOLISTIC THERAPIES ཱ www.driftgolfclub.com ࿭ Coppertrees, Forest Road, KT24 5HE Curchods East Horsley The Bakery Shop ࿨ 01483 281632 ESTATE AGENTS CRAFT BAKERY, LUNCHES & BUFFETS ཀ [email protected] ࿭ 12 Bishopsmead Parade, KT24 6RT ࿭ 21 Station Parade, KT24 6QN Transport ཱ www.coppertrees.com ࿨ 01483 281010 ࿨ 01483 285219 ཀ [email protected] ཀ [email protected] Bishopsgate Cars Mortiboys Dental Spa ཱ www.curchods.com ཱ www.thebakeryshop.co.uk RELIABLE QUALITY PRIVATE HIRE ࿭ Bishopsgate Lodge, KT24 6DT GENERAL, COSMETIC & IMPLANTS ࿨ 01483 286848 ࿭ Forest Road, KT24 5HE Henshaws Estate Agents F Conisbee & Son ཀ [email protected] ࿨ 01483 281428 RESIDENTIAL SALES & LETTINGS TRADITIONAL BUTCHERS ཱ www.bishopsgatecars.co.uk ཀ [email protected] ࿭ 2 Station Approach, KT24 6QX ࿭ Park Corner & Station Parade, E Horsley ཱ www.mortiboysdentalspa.com ࿨ 01483 285757 ࿨ 01483 282073 & 01483 283391 ཀ [email protected] ཀ [email protected] Silver Arrows Horsley Dental ཱ www.henshaws.net ཱ www.fconisbee.com TAXI & CHAUFFEUR SERVICES ࿭ St Martin’s Business Centre, KT24 6RX SERVING HORSLEY FOR 30 YEARS ࿨ 01483 280050 ࿭ 11 Bishopsmead Parade, KT24 6RT If you would like to be included in the EHPC Business ཀ [email protected] ࿨ 01483 281414 ཱ www.silver-arrows.co.uk ཀ [email protected] Directory, please contact us for further information at: ཱ www.horsleydental.co.uk [email protected]

10 www.easthorsley.info EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2020 Village Hall reopens THE EAST HORSLEY Village Hall (EHVH) Management are pleased to announce that following the further easing of restrictions Clubs & activities reopening of the Hall took place on Wednesday 2 September. Going forward, there will be limitations on the size and type of bookings and there are around the village some additional Terms and Conditions for ARTS CLUBS hirers, who will also be expected to conform to Horsley & Clandon Society of Arts University of the Third Age (U3A) EHVH’s COVID-19 guidelines. Copies of these, Robyn Cormack Tel: 01483 224063 Bill Hewlett Tel: 01483 283635 along with their COVID-19 Risk Assessment will Horsley Craft Group www.horsleyu3a.org.uk be sent to you when you confirm your booking. Jody Fern Tel: 01483 284437 East Horsley Women’s Institute They look forward to welcoming you back and Sue Burge Tel: 01483 283803 hope we can all work together to ensure the The Arts Society Horsley environment is safe for hirers and their staff. Shirley Goodwin Tel: 01372 454642 West Horsley Women’s Institute Please contact the Hall Manager, Laura Tuohey www.theartssocietyhorsley.org.uk Pip Holmes Tel: 01483 285496 for further details, 01483 285019 or email The Arts Society Horsley Lovelace West Surrey Natural History Society [email protected] Gill Millership Tel: 01483 282244 Tel: 01372 457623 www.theartssocietyhorsleylovelace.org.uk The Probus Club of the Horsleys David Lush Tel: 01483 280267 SPORTS & ACTIVITIES Rotary Club of Bookham & Horsley Sports facilities & Skatepark Mark Secker Tel: 01372 458733 Outdoor Exercise Equipment & MUGA Kingston Meadow, Kingston Avenue Horsley Countryside Preservation Roy Proctor Tel: 01483 282410 East Horsley Bowling Club www.surreycommunity.info/hcps Marilyn Murphy Tel: 01483 284701 www.easthorsleybc.co.uk East Horsley Bridge Club Anne Hereward Tel: 01483 571300 The Horsley Shufflers – running group www.bridgewebs.com/easthorsley East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue www.facebook.com/HorsleyShufflers Horsley Floral Decoration Group Horsley Football Club, West Horsley Ruth Farmer Tel: 01483 202440 Russell Palmer Tel: 01483 283160 www.horsleyfc.co.uk Horsley Garden Society Odd Job Rob Roger Lindsay Tel: 01483 282408 Effingham and RFC The latest subscriber to the Business Directory Tel: 01372 458887 Beehive Craft Group is local handyman Robin Ball better known as https://eaglesrugby.club Margaret Read Tel: 01483 282038 Odd Job Rob. Rob says he can usually help with www.easthorsleychurch.org.uk West Horsley Community Club Snooker & Pool most enquiries whether it’s a one off or a long Robert Elliott Tel: 07702 922217 Wheel of Care Social & Excercise Clubs list of those annoying little things that you just WH Methodist Church: Film & Scrabble Clubs don’t have time to do. Effingham Table Tennis Club WH Village Hall: Seated Dance Class Tim Hobbs Tel: 01372 452197 The Wheelhouse East Lane: Movement to Music Horsley Tennis Club Tel: 01483 281703 www.horsleysportsclub.com www.westhorsleywheelofcare.co.uk Horsley Badminton Club David Sethi: Tel: 01483 282468 YOUTH www.horsleybadminton.co.uk 1st Horsley Beavers, Cubs & Scouts Horsley Club Ian Stewart Tel: 07951 408502 Horsley Sports Club www.scouts.org.uk www.horsleysportsclub.com 4th Horsley Brownies Effingham Cricket Club Elizabeth Robinson Tel: 01483 281341 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.effinghamcc.co.uk 1st West Horsley Brownies Robin Ball Horsley and Send Cricket Club Email: [email protected] Fen Palmer-Mole Tel: 07768 404379 1st Horsley Guides [email protected] Karlenne Peach Tel: 01483 224692 PROMOTE www.horsleyandsendcc.co.uk Explorer Scouts Email: [email protected] YOUR CHORAL & DRAMATICS The Nomad Theatre If you would like to add your club, email BUSINESS Tel: 01483 284717 [email protected] EHPC is pleased to announce a new www.nomadtheatre.com service for local businesses. The Whips Players For a modest fee, we can now include Tel: 01372 457501 your business flyer or restaurant menu www.horsleyamdram.org with this Newsletter, 1,950 of which are Horsley Choral Society mailed quarterly around East Horsley. Tel: 01372 457987 / 01483 283683 www.horsleychoralsociety.com For terms and conditions email: [email protected]

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The Parish Council East Horsley Parish News Council Meetings to invite opinions and suggestions from To ensure that your vehicle registration those located in the area. Over 50 slides number is registered on the SWR system All Council meetings are likely to be Nick Clemens were shown, a spoken brief was given on visit www.southwesternrailway.com. Parish Clerk held electronically in the short term and [email protected] each one and participants invited to ask As an alternative download and use until live meetings are reinstated, please questions. The resulting Q&As have been the RingGo app which can also be used at contact the Parish Clerk who will issue collated and are available on their website details of how to attend online or submit other car parks myringgo.com/apps. along with recordings of the sessions at your questions verbally. www.wisleyairfield.com. Only when restrictions are sufficiently Community Bus Comments and feedback from relaxed will meetings revert to being held The Horsleys Community Bus these events were then included in a in the Lovelace Room at the Village Hall. Association (HCBA) provides transport Robert Taylor presentation, during August, to a Design Chairman The next scheduled meetings are: for elderly residents to go shopping, Review Panel of independent professionals [email protected] • October 19 helping them socialise and maintain with architectural and design expertise. • December 7 independence. The next round of community Passengers pre-book the service and consultation events will take place this Planning and Environment are collected from their homes in the autumn and Taylor Wimpey will notify the Horsleys, Effingham and Ockham. Having a Committee Dates community in advance by letter. You can blue disabled badge, the minibus can stop The Planning and Environment also sign up for notifications by emailing right outside destinations. The drivers then Aileen Aitcheson Committee meets every two weeks or [email protected]. Vice Chair return the residents to their homes. so on Mondays. Residents are invited to [email protected] Any potential passengers or drivers speak for or against planning applications Parking at the stations should contact Kelvin Hayes on 01483 on the agenda, please contact the Parish Automatic Number Plate Recognition 283314 for details. Clerk for details. (ANPR) payment system has been • September 28 introduced by South Western Railway Changes to Bishopsmead • October 12, 26 (SWR) at Horsley and Effingham Junction Parade access • November 9, 23 station car parks. Stephen Groom [email protected] • December 14 Parking ‘tickets’ can be purchased by With further recent accidents around the card or cash from the main self-service village, the spotlight continues to fall on Upgrade scheme for Junction 10 machine outside the ticket hall or call the importance of road safety. To this end Highways England have applied to the 01256 802804. Please note: it is good to report that your Parish Council Planning Inspectorate for consent to • Daily car parking tickets will not be has successfully lobbied Surrey Highways build the M25 Junction 10/A3 Wisley available from the ticket office to approve the elimination of one of the interchange improvement scheme. • It will no longer be a requirement to most hazardous turning points in our Colin Carmichael They submitted their application for display tickets in the windscreen community. [email protected] development consent in June and the • A penalty notice will be issued if your Exiting Bishopsmead Parade via the proposals were accepted for examination vehicle registration number is not charity shop end of the slip road has long on 17 July. You can view the planning registered been extremely dangerous owing to application by searching M25 junction 10/ • There will be 20 minutes free parking the lack of visibility of traffic coming up A3 Wisley interchange on the Planning for pick-ups at Effingham Junction Ockham Road South. Inspectorate homepage at www. • If you hold a season car park ticket, Thanks to Parish Council funding infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/. check your car is registered correctly this is about to become an ‘Entry Only’ Stephen Skinner [email protected] Over the next few weeks the • The smaller cash only ticket machines point with that stretch of the slip road Inspectorate will make arrangements for have been taken out of service becoming one-way from north to south. an examination of the application by one or more inspectors. From October they then have six months to carry out the examination. You can view a hard copy of the documents and reports submitted to John Carr the Inspectorate at the Highways England [email protected] offices at Bridge House in Guildford, Surrey and online at Horsley Library.

Public Consultation on plans for Wisley Airfield

In July, Taylor Wimpey, the new owners Steve Punshon of the former Wisley Airfield, held two [email protected] online community consultation events Bishopsmead Parade via the charity shop end of the slip road will be “Entry Only” to showcase their options for the site and

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Neighbourhood Policing team Water Leaks Floodline Andrew Franklin Tel: 101 Tel: 0345 357 2407 Tel: 0345 988 1188 [email protected] www.affinitywater.co.uk [email protected] Environment incident hotline GBC Refuse Collection Gas Leaks Tel: 0800 80 70 60 Tel: 01483 50 50 50 Tel: 0800 11 19 99 www.gov.uk www.guildford.gov.uk Electricity Power Cuts Surrey County Council Slyfield Recycling Centre Tel: 0800 31 63 105 or 105 (Mobile) www.surreycc.gov.uk/do-it-online/ Tel: 01483 532187 www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk SCC Highways Roads & Transport Guildford Borough Council Flooding & Waterways www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport www.guildford.gov.uk/Emergencies www.gov.uk Antony Etwell [email protected]

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