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The 2026 Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Survey is now live

The 2026 Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) survey is run yearly and is a vital way of us learning about the ASB issues that matter to you in your community. We welcome thoughts on areas you’re concerned about, whether you live, work, or visit that location. The survey is run yearly and is a vital way of us learning about the ASB issues that matter to you in your area, whether you live, work, or visit that location.We know that ASB is not a minor issue for those involved, and that persistent ASB...

Free Health & Fitness Programme in Ashtead

A fantastic local initiative from Better Health Mind & Body is offering a free 12-week physical activity course in Ashtead, designed to support both physical and mental wellbeing.  The programme includes a mix of boxing cardio, HIIT, strength training, and flexibility work, with fully coached sessions to help build confidence and long-term healthy habits. It’s also focused on helping participants prevent and manage long-term conditions.   Sessions ru...

After 40 years with the Residents' Association Larry Unthank is retiring

It is well-known that the money markets don’t like shocks:  it unsettles them.  Indeed, I suppose that most of us don’t like shock news.With this in mind, may I tell you a story that will explain all.It was that slack water time, between Christmas and New Year last year, when my wife & I had retired to the sitting room after an evening meal, and we looked, in vain, for ‘something’ to watch on the television – a hopeless task – so we decided to chat amongst ourselves ins...

What's On The Cards?

Change of use of ground floor from former greengrocers shop to Doctor's clinic including replacement of the existing rear single storey outbuildings and erection of a rear extension with an air source heat pump and air conditioning unit.Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: Start Time: 09:00 End Time: 20:00, Saturday: Start Time: 09:00 End Time: 13:00The application seeks to create a new Doctor’s clinic in the existing and extended Greengrocer space. External Proposals: The existing shop front...

Save our Post Office in The Street

Ashtead Post Office, is a cornerstone of our community situated at 39 The Street, KT21 1AA. Recently, Royal Mail announced plans to replace the existing pillar box outside our premise with a modern "smart box" designed to handle letters and small parcels conveniently. While technological advancements promise efficiency, these changes pose a significant threat to local businesses and community health.For generations, Ashtead Post Office has been more than just a place for sending and receiving ma...

Road works on M25 bridge by Knoll Roundabout

FN49383873006-04Parapet works on M25 overbridgeTwo-way traffic signals to be in place between the hours 20:00-06:00 only. Daytime Traffic Management will be a closure of the southern footway with 1m of the northern footway maintained except for the Easter holidays (28/03/26-12/04/26) when the southern footway will be open and northern footway will be closed. There are also lane closures on the M25 at this point during the worksThe Highways advice says "Delays likely"!...

Network Rail undertaking tree and vegetation work in April

Network Rail have advised us of general vegetation management work that thery will be undertaking in Ashtead in April. Works will take place from 23:00 Tuesday 7th April 2026 to 07:00 Wednesday 8th April 2026. See map above of the area of where the works will take place. Local residents will receive a notification early next week about the works.Most of the work is general maintenance. They only remove trees that are, or could be, dangerous and affect the reliability of services that passengers...

Unitary Council Elections 7th May 2026

Local government in Surrey is changing. From April 2027, the existing county council and 11 district and borough councils will be replaced with two new unitary councils – East Surrey Council and West Surrey Council under the Government’s plans for Local Government Reorganisation and Devolution. The councils will provide all the local council services you rely on – education, waste collection, roads, housing, play areas, children’s services, adult social care and more – in their respect...

Generators and Medical Equipment needed for Ukraine. Please help.

Ashtead Rotary Club Secretary Jonathan Bickerdike is preparing for a 1,200 mile drive to Ukraine this April, joining a humanitarian convoy delivering generators and medical supplies to communities whose energy infrastructure has been repeatedly targeted during the war.The decision came after an inspiring talk at a recent Rotary meeting, where a visiting Rotarian described his own experience travelling with a volunteer convoy transporting vehicles, generators and medical equipment into Ukraine. A...

ARA joins with MVDC to support the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign's Great British Spring Clean from 13th - 29th March with MVDC's "Be Proud of Mole Valley" permanent campaign ongoing

The ARA now has a stock of litter picking equipment for loan to residents and groups who wish to help get Ashtead clean and picturesque for the summer. Kits can be ordered from SpringClean@ashteadresidents.org.uk. Please remember to include a postal address for delivery and a contact telephone number.Please watch this space for further news.Ashtead's Spring Clean, a one-day only initiative, started many years ago but problems with human resources and logistics forced the Ashtead Residents' Assoc...

Have your say on crime and policing.

Surrey residents are invited to have their say on crime and policing where they live as the Policing Your Community roadshow returns in May.Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend and Chief Constable Tim De Meyer will be joined by local Borough Commanders at a series of 11 in-person events held around the county.An online meeting will also be held in July for those unable to attend their nearest event.Policing Your Community gives residents the opportunity to learn more about how police tack...

Linden House Surgery (Part of the Ashlea Medical Practice) wins CIL funding for new Surgery

£2,655,408 of SCIL funding has also been approved for fitting out a unit in the proposed Bull Hill development and relocating an existing Leatherhead GP Surgery, Ashlea Medical Practice; the applicant. SCIL is the Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy.. (See below)Looking to be delivered in 2032, the proposed unit has been identified as the ideal location to house a new purpose-built GP Surgery, more than doubling the size of its existing premises. Once the work and move have been c...

W.E.F. 31st March you can now recycle 8 new items in your green bin

From 31st March new items can be disposed of in your recycling bin. These new items are foil (in a ball please), foil food trays (clean please), empty aerosol cans, squeezy metal and plastic tubes (eg toothpaste, tomato puree etc), tetra-pak and similar cartons (please rinse out first) and non-black clean plant pots....

Temporary Part Closure of Bridleway 116

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 14(1)The Surrey County Council Temporary Prohibition of Traffic Order 2026On 19 March 2026 Surrey County Council will make the above-mentioned temporary order, the effect of which is to prohibit all traffic on foot or by any other means from entering or proceeding along Public Bridleway 116 (Leatherhead) from point A (Grid ref: 517707 156743) to point B (Grid ref: 517663 156691). Shown as a solid black line on plan ref: 3/1/51/H128. (See below)The O...

Ashtead, Leatherhead, Fetcham join Bookham in rejecting MVDC Community Governance Reorganisation Proposals; Dorking to get Parish Council

The public consultation, which included direct communications to all households in Mole Valley, sought views from residents and key stakeholders on the draft proposals. These proposals were based on responses received during the stage one consultation and included: • Exploring the creation of seven new parish councils in Ashtead, Box Hill, Dorking, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Westcott, and Westhumble.• Amending boundaries for the parishes of Brockham, Headley and Holmwood• Keeping the remaining ...

MVDCl to consider preferred bidder for Play Area Investment and Refurbishment Programme

MVDC is set to take another significant step forward in delivering its long-awaited programme to refurbish and upgrade a number of play areas across the district, with Cabinet being asked to approve the award of a contract to the preferred bidder identified following the completion of the procurement process.  At the Cabinet meeting on 17 March, Members will be asked to formally move the £3.89 million provisional capital budget for 2026/27 into the approv...

Update: Level Crossing Maintenance Closures Overnight on 11th and 12th June 2026 - Note new arrangements re use of the Car Park

Closures announced 11th and 12th June 2026Network Rail have a full road closure planned for 00:30 – 05:00 Thursday 11th June and 00:30 – 05:00 Friday 12th June 2026 to maintain the level crossing barriers, signals, cables & telecommunications units.PLEASE NOTE THESE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS BELOWDue to this, residents would not be able to gain access via the level crossing except in an emergency. Residents could park their cars at the station car park. To avoid receiving a penalty charge the...

St Stephens Surgery - Survey

Dear Patient,We are always looking for ways to improve the care and services we provide at our GP surgery.Please take a few minutes to complete the patient survey and share your views with us:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_mRCcdkxhF_Mo6Jlq8A_8B4Iay5So5oQMWY8V-5R7wMaxRw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=102762772321357419636Your feedback is very important and helps us understand what we are doing well and where we can improve.All responses are confidential, and participation is completel...

UPDATE: Level Crossing maintenance 28th February to 2nd March.

I have now had it confirmed that the crossing will remain open for the duration of the works (28th Feb to 2nd March) but there will be four-way traffic lights controlling traffic as part of the crossing will be cordoned off. They have apologised for the confusing signage at the crossing.I have pointed out that there really should be no need for traffic lights on the service road to Woodfield Lane as all traffic should (!!!) turn left at that point. Three not four lights should speed up traffic.T...

Update - Footpath to station flooded - complaint made to Southern/GTR

Update - 15th February 2026Thanks to pressure from our very active local Independent Councillor, Pat Wiltshire Council officials arranged to flail the bramble  to the north of the footpath and uncovered a drain. Sadly this is higher than the flood water so would not clear the problem even if rodded through. However that afternoon Pat met with Aaron Hinton who is the Operations Manager South for APCOA PARKING UK who manage the car park. The water is collecting in their car park – directly ...

Mole Valley District Council - Stage 2 of Community Governance Review - Proposed Ashtead Parish Council

Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) is conducting Stage 2 of its Community Governance Review (CGR), a non-binding consultative ballot, to decide whether Ashtead should have a Parish Council. Residents should have received a ballot form and information pack by post.Key Facts about the BallotVoting closes for online or postal voting on 20 February 2026.Postal votes must arrive with the appointed electoral services provider, Civica, by that date; the latest recommended posting date is 17 February.A...

Be advised of future railway works

Local residents who live near to the railway are set to benefit from a new digital service that will let people know about upcoming railway engineering work, emergency work and get updates about current maintenance and upgrade projects in ‘real-time’.Line side neighbours living within 500m of a railway line across Network Rail’s Wessex route are encouraged to sign up to this new email service by visiting www.networkrail.co.uk/railworknearme.This free opt-in service will keep people up...

Green Lane Crossing - Update January 2026

At the Local Committee back in 2021 Councillors agreed that the Definitive Statement should be changed to match the Definitive Map so that it showed the Crossing as a Public Right of Way. It had been so for decades going back to even before the railway was built in the 19th Century. Good news I hear you say.Yes it was, but despite that ruling the decision still had to be put out to public consultation where everyone and anyone had the right to object to the decision. We then heard that there was...

Planning application for the regeneration of the Swan Centre and Bull Hill submitted

A planning application for the Swan Centre and Bull Hill in Leatherhead was submitted on 6th November by The Leret Partnership to the Local Planning Authority, Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) and is now live on the planning portal following validation.If approved, the proposals would deliver up to 480 new homes, including affordable homes, improved public spaces, a multi-storey car park, a modern sustainable office, a potential GP surgery, a three-screen cinema, improved shops, and new cafes...

MVDC Car Parking Plan 2025 - 2028

The Car Parking Plan for 2025-2028 lays out how over 2000 parking spaces across 22 pay and display car parks can play an important role in supporting both the local economy and people’s access to work, services, socialising and shopping opportunities while contributing to MVDC’s strategic priorities of creating a district that is Fairer, Greener, and full of Opportunity. The Plan reflects evolving customer expectations and changing travel patterns, including the rise in hybrid working, ...