PRESS RELEASE: Surrey Liberal Democrats call on the County Council to step in and provide help with Free School meals.
PRESS RELEASE: Surrey Liberal Democrats call on the County Council to step in and provide help with Free School meals.
28 Oct 2020
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Latest Mole Valley and Dorking & Horley updates
PRESS RELEASE: Hawks Hill in Fetcham “a danger to cyclists”
PRESS RELEASE: Hawks Hill in Fetcham "a danger to cyclists" Mole Valley Councillor Paul Kennedy has warned that the downhill stretch of the Guildford Road in Fetcham is a "danger to cyclists" after complaining to Surrey County Councilabout the state of the road, which achieves a gradient of 11% on the descent from the A246 junction down to Leatherhead. Cllr Kennedy, who represents Fetcham West on Mole Valley District Council, has called on Surrey Highways to put up a warning sign if it won't fix the road. He said:
19 Oct 2020
Root and Branch Reform of Local Government?
Do residents want local government rooted in their community or just another branch of central Government?
1 Sep 2020
Liberal Democrats welcome massive response to draft Local Plan
Timetable extension proposed to allow full consideration We have had a huge response with lots of detailed and thoughtful comments. We'd like to thank residents for taking the time to give us their views.
7 Jul 2020
Help for Dorking town centre self-isolaters
We are delighted to report that Mole Valley District Council is helping Dorking residents who do not have a parking space and who need to park their cars in the town during the day whilst self-isolating or working from home.
22 Mar 2020
Future Mole Valley - Leatherhead event cancelled
A reminder that the consultation period for the draft Local Plan finshes on Monday 23rd March.
19 Mar 2020
Only Lib Dems choose to challenge Government's housing targets
During the run-up to the consultation on Mole Valley's Draft Local Plan, Councillor Stephen Cooksey, Liberal Democrat Leader of Mole Valley, announced his intention to write to the Prime Minister to challenge the hosuing targets imposed by the Government on Mole Valley. The letter draws attention to the comments made by Boris Johnson during the Tory Leadership campaign when he told reporters in Oxshott that "We should not be imposing targets on Councils that they are simply finding it impossible to meet without building on the Green Belt".
9 Mar 2020
Lib Dems will listen to your views
Council needs resident's views on draft Local Plan and inclusion of Green Belt sites to meet Government targets Liberal Democrat controlled Mole Valley Council is consulting residents on a draft Local Plan. The Council needs an approved Local Plan in order to protect our area from undesirable development. To get approval, the plan must meet the Government target for new housing. This is currently set so high that it can only be met by releasing a small amount of Green Belt land. The Council does not believe this is in the best interests of Mole Valley and will continue trying to get this target cut.
16 Feb 2020
New Lib Dem initiatives in the draft Local Plan
This draft plan, whilst largely inherited from the previous administration, offer opportunities for improvement and innovative policies which have been introduced by the Lib Dems.
16 Feb 2020
16 Feb 2020
And other initiatives to meet our manifesto:
An investment of £200,000 to implement green environmental policies. "We will also increase the number of free 30 minute parking spaces," says Councillor Clayton Wellman, "as well as business and low-paid worker parking permit schemes." "Increasing the grant made to Citizens Advice is a sound and a caring investment because of the support they give to residents in need," says Cllr Hazel Watson. Budget was also set aside for an anti-littering campaign and the deployment of mobile cameras will undoubtedly help stop fly-tipping.
16 Feb 2020
Tories and the Independents choose not to challenge Government
Mole Valley District Council Leader, Councillor Stephen Cooksey, invited all Council Members to sign a letter to the Prime Minster, Boris Johnson, in a further attempt to reduce the amount of new housing the government demands to be developed in Mole Valley and that letter will be sent on Wednesday 5th February.
5 Feb 2020
