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Dec 13, 2023
More improvements to Ashtead Pond
I expect most people will have noticed the difference that dredging, and some work on the surrounding trees and other vegetation, have...
Dec 12, 2023
Youth Centre update
Ashtead Youth Club is a vital service for the young people of our community, and we are proud to share some of the achievements and...
Dec 12, 2023
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS KEEP COUNCIL OFFICES CLOSED!
Have you ever tried contacting Mole Valley Council Officers either in person or by telephone? Whilst never easy in the past, it is now...
Sep 19, 2023
ASHTEAD RESIDENTS’ ASSOCATION BALLOT TO CUT LINKS WITH INDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS.
The Ashtead Residents’ Association (ARA) Committee is pressing ahead with plans to cut its links with the Ashtead Independent Councillors...
Aug 26, 2023
Recreation Ground Footpath Consultation
Responses required by Monday 4th September ! Aerial View 1947 Proposed Route (dotted line) Surrey County Council has received an...
Aug 22, 2023
ASHTEAD INDEPENDENTS HAVE VOICE ON ALL MAJOR COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Ashtead Independents have voices on every major committee with Cllr David Hawksworth being the new Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee and...
Aug 9, 2023
UK PETITIONS GOVERNMENT AGAINST USE OF ARTIFICIAL GRASS
The Australians opt for the natural approach Ashtead residents look for a more open approach. ARGUG launched Residents concerned about...
Jul 21, 2023
Say ’No’ to national politics in the ARA
Strong support for the current, existing, ARA constitution in 3 out of the 3 meetings held so far. Six Ashtead Independent Councillors...
Jul 14, 2023
Proposed ARA Constitution changes - Comment
Since their AGM on 16th April 2023, there has been considerable publicity, discussion, and concern about the Ashtead Residents...
Jun 12, 2023
FRESH INFORMATION RE-PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ARA CONSTITUTION
12th of June 2023 At the AGM of the Ashtead Residents Association (ARA) on 26 April 2023, concerns raised over the changes being proposed...
May 28, 2023
NEW DEFIBRILLATOR COMMISSIONED IN ASHTEAD
The latest emergency defibrillator has been unveiled outside Tesco at the Craddocks Avenue Shopping areas thanks to the work undertaken...
May 3, 2023
ELECTIONS 2023 - THANK YOU ASHTEAD Ashtead Independents retain all seats
A big “thank you” to all Ashtead residents who voted for their Ashtead Independent (AI) candidates – all six of whom were elected with...
May 3, 2023
RECREATION GROUND PROPOSALS – LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
The strength of public feeling amongst Ashtead Residents has led to a delay in any decision being made by Mole Valley District Council’s...
May 3, 2023
CONCERN OVER PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ASHTEAD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION'S CONSTITUTION
19th of September 2023 Ashtead Independent Councillors are concerned over a move by some of the Ashtead Residents’ Association (ARA) to...
Apr 5, 2023
ASHTEAD PARK AND THE FISHING PONDS - an update
This spring there were several sessions of clearing bramble, saplings, and bracken which are stifling important old trees in Ashtead...
Apr 3, 2023
CONCERN OVER PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ASHTEAD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION'S CONSTITUTION
This document has been prepared by a concerned local resident and he wishes it to be distributed to as many Ashtead Residents as...
Mar 18, 2023
TOILETS FOR ASHTEAD RECREATION GROUND?
The desire to have on-site public toilet facilities on our Recreation Ground has been on Residents’ wish lists for several decades. It...
Mar 16, 2023
BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ASHTEAD POND
During the heat of last summer, the water in Ashtead Pond virtually disappeared, leaving fish gasping and floundering on the surface of...
Mar 6, 2023
SWIMMING IN THE RIVER MOLE – DIPPING INTO THE POLITICS (updated version)
By Councillor Patricia Wiltshire Some look back to the halcyon days of children paddling in clean rivers, but these are flawed memories....
Feb 13, 2023
Ashtead Independent raises concern about delays to local plan decision
The Government is in the process of finalizing a revision to the National Planning Policy Framework, the document that governs all...
Feb 13, 2023
LibDems plan to spend £ 8-11 Million on Dorking Halls vanity project!
It was made public in the papers presented to the Mole Valley District Council’s Scrutiny Committee on 24 January 2023 that the LibDem...
Feb 13, 2023
Meet your Independent Councillors
Ashtead’s Independent councillors are restarting monthly surgeries at which residents can meet their County and District Councillors to...
Feb 13, 2023
WORK CONTINUES AT ASHTEAD PARK
Work on clearing Ashtead Park started at the end of November when a voluntary working party met under the guidance of Alex Bagnall, Mole...
Jan 31, 2023
NEW PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR ASHTEAD PROPOSED
Surrey County Council (SCC) notices have been popping up around Ashtead advising residents that parking controls are being proposed in a...
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