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    The Lower Sunbury Residents' Association Read More
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    LOSRA's Aims

    To optimise and enhance the quality of life for Lower Sunbury residents by all appropriate means Read More
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Welcome to the LOSRA Website

As with any other local neighbourhood, the policies and actions which affect the character and future of Lower Sunbury are generally framed and implemented by a combination of local and national government, along with the vested interests and market forces which operate within those frameworks. Lower Sunbury is by no means unique in being under threat from a creaking infrastructure brought about by rapid urban development, the growth of traffic, and other pressures affecting the quality of life and the character of the area.

Working with the local authorities, we see it as the responsibility of residents’ and amenity groups such as LOSRA to address the underlying issues which fundamentally affect their members’ lives, as well as the minutiae of everyday life with which such groups are often concerned.

Please sign up to receive our regular e-bulletins by subscribing via the facility at the top left hand of this page. It goes without saying that, without your continued support we would cease to function so we urge you to join, or renew your membership now Subscriptions (£5 per household) for 2024 are now payable.

The following email has been received from the Tudor Estate Residents' Association at Hanworth Park. We publish it in full together with their appeal flier . Whilst not in the LOSRA area, this is a matter which affects all communities in the vicinity of the Dairy Crest building on the A316. Road safety is a primary concern.

Hi All
Please find attached a document about our fight to ensure that the advertising tower is not re-erected next to the A316. This advertising tower is completely inappropriate for the surroundings. 

The previous inspector in February 2013 said:

 “Main Issue 45 - The tower was so tall, and the illuminated advertising panel so large and striking, that the ensemble seemed to me to have unacceptably dominated its surroundings”

 “Other Material Considerations 47 - the setting of the grade II Primary Filter House, which was on the same side of the road as the appeal site, has had its setting significantly, and unacceptably, harmed because of the prominence of the tower and the rather brash intrusiveness of its illuminated advertising”

 “Ground F 5.3 - I have considered the Appellant’s assertion that partial demolition, to reduce the tower to the 2006 planning permission height of 19.7m, was a suitable alternative lesser option but have discounted this. Although such a reduction would lessen the impact of the works on the living conditions of neighbouring residents the tower ensemble would still have a brash, over-dominating, impact on its surroundings and would continue to be unacceptably damaging to the setting of nearby heritage assets”

What has changed ?

Surely an illuminated sign where the image changes every 10 seconds must be a distraction to drivers travelling at 50mph on the 3 lane flyover ?

Please feel free to send this on to friends and neighbours.  The more support we can raise to show the Planning Inspectorate what concerned members of the public feel about this the better and, we trust, the more likely that the tower will not be re-built.

Thank you for your support

Debbie Adye

Tudor Estate Residents Association, Hanworth Park

To view flier, click here and be sure to scroll down to see photographs of previous advertising tower.

With reference to our earlier article of 27th February, readers will remember that The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), (see: https://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/SCI)  sets out how and when the Council intends to involve people, businesses and organisations in the planning process.  The SCI includes how stakeholders will be involved in the review of the Local Plan, preparation of other planning documents and evidence base studies as well as the determination of planning applications.

The Council having prepared the draft SCI which updates the current version adopted in 2006 invited the local community to comment.

The response by the Hon. Chairman, LOSRA may be viewed by clicking here

Poll cards will be sent out at the end of this week to all those currently registered, informing electors of the forthcoming elections. For those electors voting at the polling station the poll card will explain when and how to vote and include a map showing the location of the polling station. Postal voters will be sent a poll card informing them they have a postal vote in place and instructions on returning the postal packs.

If you have recently moved and need to register at your new address, you will need to access the government website, www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. To register you will need to provide your name, address, previous address, date of birth and national insurance number. It only takes a few minutes and you must be registered by 20 April 2015. As additional information may be required by us to complete your registration, you should register as soon as possible.

If you will be unable to get to the polling station on 7 May, you may apply for a postal vote. Applications to vote by post must be received by 21 April 2015 but are not available to everyone. You should check with the electoral services department to ensure you are eligible to have a postal vote and will be around to receive the postal packs. Alternatively, you may wish to appoint a proxy and if this is the case, you should check again with us to ensure you are entitled to this arrangement.

Any queries concerning electoral registration and voting arrangements should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or please telephone 01784 444218.

Our Association has just been notified by Spelthorne Council of the application by Elmbridge Council to press ahead with the deeply unpopuIar Excel Centre riverside development at Waterside Drive, Walton. Spelthorne Planning Office, as statutory consultees, has undertaken to alert residents in Parke Road and those at the most western end of Thames Street. Representations may be completed online with regard to two applications, (Refs: 2015/0949 & 2015/0868) may be viewed via the Elmbridge Council website: http://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/planning/

A local resident of Wheatley's Ait which, though on the Sunbury side of the river and by a strange anomaly actually within Elmbridge Borough, has made the following submission in respect of application 2015/0949:

'As an Elmbridge resident bordering the proposed development on the riverside, I have serious concerns regarding the amount of light and noise pollution that this complex in its proposed form will generate on a daily basis. Noise travels very easily across water and the proposal does not have adequate screening to minimise this. I would like the proposed chain fencing that borders the running track on the riverside to be replaced with acoustic screening. I would also like to see additional natural screening in the form of high evergreen trees and shrubs along the river border to also help minimise the effects of noise and light pollution on local residents'.

With regard to application 2015/0868, in which the developer argues against the need for a full Environmental Impact Assessment, the resident has submitted this representation:

'I do not agree with the applicant’s opinion that an Environmental Impact Assessment is not required. The proposed development does fall within a Schedule 2 Development. There will be a significant likelihood of environmental effects both during the building of the development and the use of the development. The planned development is over 28 times larger than the criteria of .5ha. It is also over a large landfill site with a high probability of contaminates being disturbed.

The proposed development is on the border of the River Thames and the border between Elmbridge and Spelthorne with a high probability of noise and light pollution effecting local residents and visitors for the lifetime of the development. An Environmental Impact Assessment needs to be undertaken to determine what safeguards need to be in place to mitigate these effects’.

Thursday, 26 March 2015 17:36

Easter Egg Hunt

An Easter egg hunt is being held for children aged 12 and under at the market in Staines-upon-Thames on Saturday 4 April, from 10am – 2pm, near the entrance to the Elmsleigh Centre.

Find 10 posters around the market, collect 10 cards and then claim your Easter egg (one egg per child).

TimebankingWithin our communities we have a wealth of skills, interests and experience that we can share with each other. Sharing these things can help to make our communities even better places to live and Timebanking is a really simple way to make that sharing easy.

Timebanking is all about giving and receiving. It works by people offering to share a skill, interest, experience or some practical support with other time bank members. In return they can receive something they want from the time bank.

Tony is 17 and offers to teach older people at the local community centre how to use WiiFit to keep them mobile and active. For every hour Tony puts in he earns one time credit which he spends on learning new cooking skills from Jan, another time bank member. Everyone’s time is equal. For more information about timebanking please read the attached flyer and visit www.timebanking.org.

You are warmly invited to attend an information session on Monday 30 March to find out more about timebanking and how it could benefit your community. You will also find out how Timebanking UK and Surrey County Council could work with people, groups, organisations and businesses to create a time bank in your area. The session will take place between 1pm and 3pm at the Staines Library, Friends Walk, Staines, TW18 4PG.

To book your place, please contact Liz Tracey: Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Telephone 02085417020.

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