Parish Council Achievements

Parish Council (23-MAY-24)

• Carried out a very successful May Litter Pick, well attended by The Community, Guides, Brownies & Hub.
• Onboarded four new councillors following their election.
• Met with EBC representatives at the Claygate Centre to review progress towards re-opening four days a week & to make suggestions for joint activities between the two memberships.
• Approved £10k grant for refurbishments to the Village Hall.
• Approved £2k seed funding grant—50% matched by the Claygate Community Benefit Society Ltd (CCBS)—towards valuation and survey costs of The Winning Horse Project.
• Approved £50,000 CIL grant to The Winning Horse Project, contingent on a grant of £890,000 from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
• Onboarded & started to train the new Clerk & RFO.

Planning Committee (23-MAY-24)

• Reviewed 22 planning applications in the past two months.
• Represented Claygate at the enquiry at EBC by the Planning Inspectorate into the application to build on the Green Belt: Land North of Raleigh Drive (2023/0962).
• Represented Claygate at the Local Plan review with the planning inspectorate at EBC.
• Met with EBC to discuss local planning issues and particularly to lobby for Claygate to be reclassified as a Local Centre to protect it from overdevelopment.
• Objected to the Station House HMO Development (2024/0118) at East Area planning committee, on the grounds of parking issues on The Parade. Unfortunately EBC voted for the development despite admitting at the Committee Meeting that there is a parking issue.