Glossary
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| AGAR
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Annual Governance and Accountability Return
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| CiB
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Claygate in Bloom
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| CIL
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Community Infrastructure Levy
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| Cllr
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Councillor
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| CPC
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Claygate Parish Council
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| CPS
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Claygate Primary School
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| CRGT
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Claygate Recreation Ground Trust
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| CVA
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Claygate Village Association
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| CVHA
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Claygate Village Hall Association
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| EA
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Environment Agency
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| EBC
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Elmbridge Borough Council
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| EEFB
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East Elmbridge Food Bank
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| EMR
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Ear Marked Reserves
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| EYFS
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Early Years Foundation Stage
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| FOI
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Freedom of Information
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| GDPR
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General Data Protection Regulation
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| GH
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Cllr Geoff Herbert
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| HGS
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Highway Garden Sites
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| H&S
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Health and Safety
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| HTC
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Holy Trinity Claygate
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| HT&E
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Highways, Transportation & Environment committee
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| JB
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John Bamford
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| KBC
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Kingston Borough Council
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| LDC
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Lawful Development Certificate
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| LDS
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Local Development Scheme
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| MS
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Cllr Mark Sugden
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| MoU
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Memorandum of Understanding
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| MT
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Mark Tymieniecki
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| NALC
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National Association of Local Councils
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| NPPF
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National Planning Policy Framework
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| Ofsted
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Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
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| PDF
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Portable Document Format
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| PPE
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Personal Protective Equipment
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| RBK
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Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames
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| RBL
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Royal British Legion
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| RFO
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Responsible Financial Officer
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| ROSPA
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Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
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| RPI
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Retail Prices Index
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| SALC
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Surrey Association of Local Councils
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| SCC
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Surrey County Council
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| SPD
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Supplementary Planning Documents
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| SSALC
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Surrey and Sussex Associations of Local Councils
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| SuDs
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Sustainable Drainage Systems
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| SWP
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Staff Working Party
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| TS
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Tom Swift
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| VAT
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Value Added Tax
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| VR
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Vanessa Relleen
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| YoY
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Year-on-Year
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CAR PARK SHOCK SPARKS CO-OPERATION
The proposal for a supermarket on the site of the
Torrington Lodge car park has been the most contentious
planning issue in our village for a very long time. Claygate
Parish Council began monitoring events in November 2022,
although at that time Elmbridge Borough Council said it
would reveal only the barest outline until commercial
confidentially allowed.
Real information only came to light last summer and it
quickly became clear that many residents were not happy.
The Parish Council held a public meeting on July 21, at
which the extent of unhappiness became clear: the Council
responded to more than 500 letters of objection and also
heavily lobbied Elmbridge Borough Council, asking several
times for proper consultation. At the same time, a
“Claygate Can Do Better” campaign was created.
In the face of this opposition, Elmbridge said at its Cabinet
meeting on September 27 that it had decided to withdraw
from negotiations with Kilo Properties Ltd and Marks and
Spencer plc. It further undertook to engage in a broad
consultation with Claygate residents. Since then, “Claygate
Can Do Better” has become “Claygate: The Way Forward”
and has also been engaging with Elmbridge. Claygate
Parish Council undertook at its meeting last November to
work with Claygate: The Way Forward. Both organisations
are waiting for the Borough Council to bring forward the
details of its proposed consultation.
source: Claygate Courier, March 2024 issue, page 3
The price of parking
- iii) EBC Car Parks
- It was noted that the minimum charge for Claygate’s car parks was now 90p for one hour. Cllr Sugden noted that the effect of abolishing the 30-minute free parking would lead to cars parking in the roads and that the abolition did not support local businesses. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 11-FEB-21)
Planning Issues
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AP91 Cllr Herbert to send details to the Clerk of EBC Torrington Lodge Car Park residential development proposal to circulate & Clerk to add to 3/12 Planning Committee agenda. DONE. (PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 14-JAN-21)
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Torrington Lodge Car Park - EBC Potential Residential Housing Project.
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No updates at present. (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 5-JAN-21)
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Torrington Lodge Car Park - EBC Potential Residential Housing Project
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Nothing new to report. (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 28-JAN-21)
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- The committee noted that EBC planned to increase Village car parking charges in car parks from a minimum 40p for 30 minutes to a minimum of 1 hour for 90p. There will no longer be a 30-minute option. This will affect Torrington Lodge Car Park and Hare Lane Car Park by Champions. (PARISH COUNCIL H&TE MEETING 10-DEC-20)
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Torrington Lodge Car Park — EBC Potential Residential Housing Project
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The Clerk circulated the minutes of the EBC Cabinet meeting on the 18th November prior to the meeting. They state that there are a number of potential projects, where additional residential developments could be considered on council owned land. Work has been undertaken by parking services, pre-covid, to look at the underperforming car parks in the borough. There are a number of carparks that are under-performing but not all of them are necessarily suitable for residential development. There are several car parks which are worth focussing on in the short-term to establish whether residential development is a possibility, a couple of the carparks already have high level capacity studies done, albeit they are a few years old. Torrington Lodge Car Park is situated in the centre of Claygate with good access to facilities and transport options. A high-level capacity was done in March 2016 which demonstrated several options for the land. One option showed 15 houses could be developed, a second option demonstrated 16 flats could be developed. As the capacity study was undertaken over four years ago, the site potentially could hold additional units. CPC will continue to keep an eye on any developments made by EBC on this subject. (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 3-DEC-20)
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| 96/11
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To note the minutes of the Planning Committee and decide any action arising.
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The Chairman of the Planning Committee raised that Torrington Lodge Car Park had been selected as a possible EBC residential housing project with the possibility of 15 houses or 16 flats being put on the land. (PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 19-NOV-20)
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To receive the report from the Parish Clerk and decide any action arising
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... It was noted that the Covid-19 mobile testing unit at Torrington Lodge Car Park would remain in place from Sunday 6-19th September 2020. It is there due to Public Health England requesting a mobile testing unit to be put in place due to the increase in Covid-19 cases within the borough. (PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 17-SEP-20)
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Environmental issues
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AP23 Trimming shrubs Torrington Lodge Car Park > Clerk to notify PQ that a tidy up of the entrance way into the car park is required as a priority. DONE. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 3-SEP-20)
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See also
