With effect from April 2027, both Surrey County Council and Mole Valley District Council will cease to exist. For our area there will be a new ‘Unitary’ Council – East Surrey– covering all of Mole Valley plus neighbouring Elmbridge and Epsom & Ewell, as well as Reigate & Banstead and Tandridge. On 7 May this year there will be elections to this new East Surrey council. The new council will begin to take over responsibilities from both SCC and MVDC, with East Surrey assuming control at the...

The word ‘ecosystem’ has crept into many areas of endeavour and is usually used very inappropriately. An ecosystem consists of the biological community (all plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and other microbes) living and interacting in a physical place which is termed the habitat. The habitat is the physical and chemical surroundings in which the community lives and operates. Thus, Community + Habitat = Ecosystem Virtually every major ecosystem of which you are aware in Britain has been...

Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of the Ashtead Independent Newsletter! In this issue, we bring you the latest updates from your local...