Planning Applications for Ashtead.
July 30, 2025
Receive notifications of Applications that might affect you direct to your mailbox.
Mole Valley District Council publishesd details of every planning application on their web site. To search for an application got to the following site:-https://planning.agileapplications.co.uk/mole/search-applications/As an alternative, you can sign-up to receive notificati...
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation to close
December 10, 2025
Foundation going into administration
Following the announcement last month that the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for Disabled People is to close the shop on Craddocks Parade will close today after all outstanding items have been sold.The ARA thanks all those volunteers who have provided their time and service in ...
Electric Vehicles Charging Rates Reduced Across Mole Valley
December 6, 2025
Blink Charges down by 10%.
Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) offers 90 Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs) across the district in Dorking, Leatherhead, Ashtead and Bookham – all are managed by Blink Charging.Charges across majority of MVDC car parks have been reduced to 49p per kWh (from 55p)...
Planning application for the regeneration of the Swan Centre and Bull Hill submitted
December 2, 2025
Key Milestone for Transform Leatherhead
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 pr...
Ashtead Advent Calendar
November 27, 2025
The Ashtead Resident is now available in the members' area in pdf and "text to speech" versions. The Ashtead Advent Calendar of events taken from the back page of The Ashtead Resident is available below for reference....
Free Christmas Parking in MVDC Car Parks
November 11, 2025
On Saturdays 29 November, 6 and 13 December 2025, visitors to Mole Valley will be able to park for free all-day in all MVDC-owned car parks across the district - in addition to Sundays, which are always free. Whether Christmas shopping, seeing friends, or taking in a festive...
Future Structure of Local Government in Surrey
November 6, 2025
Santa Collections by Leatherhead Lions in Ashtead
October 20, 2025
Christmas Collections Ashtead 2025
The Leatherhead & District Lions Club has been supporting Santa on his rounds for the past 50 years, visiting homes in Ashtead and the surrounding areas since 1974, we only missed 2020 due to Covid restrictions so this will be our 51st year collecting with Santa.This yea...
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE ARA?
July 5, 2025
If so - we need your email address.
We would appreciate you adding personal email addresses that you want to be used for interactive communications with the Ashtead Residents’ Association. Please click on the following link. Then scroll downwards from where it has taken you to.https://www.ashteadreside...
The ARA announces its New Survey Service
April 9, 2025
Make your collective voice heard
Many residents of Ashtead express their opinions about planning and other local matters on one or more social media platforms but no one pulls them all together in order to influence more effectively those organisations with the power to make changes.The ARA’s new email-ba...