Housing Needs Survey for
Capel Parish Council
for inclusion in the Neighbourhood Plan
 
Survey runs from Monday 8 July
to Monday 5 August 2024
 
Do you want to downsize, are you currently living at home with parents and want your own home, or do you need alternative accommodation?
 
Do you know people who wish to return to the Parish?
 
Do you have friends currently working in the Parish, but they live elsewhere and would prefer to live closer to their employment?…

 
Topics likely to be considered at future meetings:

Gatwick 2nd runway
NATS flight route modernisation
Solar energy for community buildings
Traffic calming and safe crossing routes
The Mole Valley Local Plan
Trig Street footpath
The closure of Coldharbour Common Road byway

 
If you are interested in any of these topics please keep an eye on the meeting agendas to see when they are being discussed or contact the clerk with your input.

Pharmacy opening times Christmas 2023

After spending over £300K on resurfacing and stumping a 4km section of Wolvens Lane, SCC have now imposed a permanent closure of the byway for all non-essential 4 wheeled vehicles and carriages. 
 

After spending over £300K on resurfacing and stumping a 4km section of Wolvens Lane, SCC have imposed a temporary closure of the byway, which has been extended again until October 5th 2023 or until remedial work is completed, for all 4 wheeled vehicles and carriages, to allow the new surface to bed in. 
The Local Committee meeting held at Pippbrook on September 29th 2021 supported the officer’s recommendation to impose a permanent TRO to ban all 4-wheeled vehicles from using the …

During 2020/21 nearly £142,000 was spent on projects in all three wards in our parish. This was funded by CIL(Community Infrastructure Levy) and Easement payments. A number of other projects have been identified for the future and will be funded from further payments or the council’s reserves. Photos of all the completed projects can be found in the parish photo library. Details of the projects can be found in this link.
 

UKOG gives up Surrey Hills oil exploration licence

Campaign against oil drilling at Bury Hill Wood near Leith Hill. Photo: Jon O’Houston
UK Oil & Gas plc announced this morning it has relinquished an oil exploration licence near Dorking in Surrey, which included a controversial site near the Leith Hill beauty spot.
The news comes just over two years after clearance of the Leith Hill site, which had planning permission and an environmental permit. But it was never drilled because the…

The new equipment is now up and running.
Here is a photo

 
and here is a thank you letter
BG thank you letter
 
 

 
Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) has installed nine new CCTV cameras in fly-tipping hotspots across the district to catch offenders.
An individual or business found to be responsible for fly-tipping in Mole Valley risks receiving a £300 fixed penalty notice from MVDC.
Anyone who undertakes work to a building, or hires a contractor or tradesperson to do so, has a duty of care to ensure that the waste is disposed of responsibly and legally.
Work could include the installation of …

For local father, scout leader and IT consultant Simon Clarke, purchasing a 3D-printer back in January seemed a simple means of pursuing a personal hobby. However, three months and a coronavirus pandemic later, Clarke’s hobby had rapidly transformed into an enterprise: 3D-printed visor production and distribution to Surrey and surrounding counties.
Across the UK, hospitals and businesses have been suffering from nation-wide personal protective equipment shortages since the beginning of …