easthorsley.info News and information from East Horsley Parish Council AUTUMN 2020 Farmers Market 19 September 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 Wisley 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 Horsley Towers 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 Surrey 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 Guildford 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 West Horsley. • 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 2 www.easthorsley.info EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2020 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 Deliciously Decadent La Meridiana Mud Pies Love Mosaics Byron Girling Woodland Services The Wild Fish Project 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.