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  • Heated meeting sees barrier scrapped and bus gate shelved

    Heated meeting sees barrier scrapped and bus gate shelved2

    There were cheers and jeers at the Guildhall in Kingston last night (Thursday) as a proposal to install a bus gate in a residential street in Surbiton was thrown out by councillors.  More than 100 protesters, armed with Save our Streets placards, turned up at the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee meeting to voice their opposition to

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  • Hanging baskets to brighten parades in the spring

    Hanging baskets to brighten parades in the spring0

    Hanging baskets will brighten up Surbiton’s shopping parades again this spring. Streets which will receive the hanging basket treatment are Victoria Road (30), Claremont Road (16), Brighton Road (7), St Mark’s Hill (13), Tolworth Broadway on the M&S side of the street (19), Chiltern Drive (6), Ewell Road (16) and Berrylands (5). Each hanging basket

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  • Bring joy – and presents – to care homes this Christmas

    Bring joy – and presents – to care homes this Christmas0

    • News
    • 23rd November 2020

    Poppy, 3, and Sophia, 5, can’t wait to give these Christmas presents to staff and residents of Langley Court Rest Home in Surbiton. The sisters helped to launch a campaign by newly-formed voluntary group RBKares which aims to give all 2,000 staff in the borough’s 44 care homes a gift to thank them for all

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  • Surbiton councillors splash the cash for Christmas lights

    Surbiton councillors splash the cash for Christmas lights0

    • News
    • 14th November 2020

    The whole of Surbiton’s high street will sparkle with Christmas lights this festive period. Last year the lights and decorations only reached part of the way along Victoria Road, but this year councillors on the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee decided to splash out and approve the most expensive option – £12,523 – at its recent meeting.

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  • New co-chairs for Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee

    New co-chairs for Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee0

    Alison Holt (left) and Anita Schaper have been elected to co-chair the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee for the new municipal year. Both have been councillors since 2018: Cllr Holt for Surbiton Hill and Cllr Schaper for Berrylands. Cllr Holt was previously Kingston Council’s portfolio holder for Finance from 2018-19 and for Finance & Contracts from 2019-20.

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  • Decision time for controversial new housing estate plan

    Decision time for controversial new housing estate plan0

    A controversial plan to build a new housing estate in a Surbiton conservation area comes before Kingston council’s Development Control Committee tonight (Wednesday). You can view the debate on the proposal on the council’s YouTube channel here at www.tinyurl.com/y88gm87r The meeting starts at 7.30pm. A recording will also be available to watch later. Anne Ivison

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