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PPDRA offers a voice for local residents in north Weybridge.

Our part of Weybridge has wonderful riversides, green open spaces, and residential roads with lovely homes. Our community has active local groups and events. And residents have concerns about plans for new buildings, traffic, parking, litter, threats to our green belt, conserving our riverside…

You can find news of issues, events and PPDRA activities on this site. If you feel our aims are worthwhile, why not join us?

Local Plan Consultation – PPDRA comments

The Elmbridge Local Plan consultation has given Weybridge residents an opportunity to comment on options which will shape the character of our town and borough over the next 15 years. Government demands that EBC finds space for around 9400 new homes mean there are no easy choices: any of the options on offer will have effects which residents may not like. PPDRA has submitted the following comments: ELMBRIDGE LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION 2019 - … [Read More...]

The future shape of Weybridge: have your say on 27 August

The Government says Elmbridge must find space for around 9,400 new homes in the borough over the next fifteen years. EBC has now put together five Local Plan options, from intensive high rise building in our towns to building on some of the Green Belt. UPDATE: Consultation is open until 30 September - read more and submit your views at https://consult.elmbridge.gov.uk/consult.ti/LPOC/consultationHome? Residents interested in the future … [Read More...]

Portmore Park Road closure for repair during school holiday

Portmore Park Road is to get a better surface. THE WORK HAS NOW BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAY It will be closed between Thames Street and Balfour Road on five days for Surrey Highways to carry out resurfacing works. ** UPDATE 8 AUGUST - RESURFACING WORK DONE! ** New start date 5 August: Postponed from 16 July 2019, to avoid a clash with the last week of school term. Parents need car access to St Charles Borromeo in the last … [Read More...]

Portmore Community Meeting and AGM 2019 – Report

What can residents do to influence development of our part of Weybridge, in the face of pressure for much higher housing density? That was the primary focus of the Portmore Park & District community meeting on 26 June. Other topics included green spaces and paths, flooding, and the parking review. Wall displays covered overviews of local issues, topics and developments, to inform and stimulate thinking. Forty four local residents … [Read More...]

St Catherine’s Beales Lane refusal confirmed

Refusal has now been confirmed of plans for a huge block on the St Catherine’s site, Beales Lane (2019/0386), but with two changes to the reasons. The plans were initially refused by Elmbridge Planning Sub-committee on 20 May because of the harmful impact of height and massing on the character of the area, access and manoeuvring issues, and loss of trees and soft landscaping. The application was referred back to the Sub-committee to consider … [Read More...]

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