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Residents from Collingwood and Bushey Roads met with senior managers from TfL, Go-Ahead buses and Sutton Council last Thursday 4 March, at a meeting arranged by your ward councillors. The meeting had been called following concerns of residents about the speed of buses (there is a 20 mph limit in Collingwood Road), the number of […]

Sutton’s Planning Committee granted planning permission on 3 March for nine two storey houses with accommodation at roof level together with parking, a new vehicle access from Woodend, landscaping, provision of open space, a pavilion and allotment plots. For further details of the application (No. DM2019/00322) see our post in June last year Residents will […]

Residents often ask what we do.  Some of it will be obvious from the posts we put on this website, but there is much that goes on behind the scenes, especially taking up issues for individual residents.  We thought that producing a regular note on this would give a broader picture of what councillors do. […]

The resurfacing, at St Dunstan’s Hill, will take place between Thursday 11 March and Wednesday 24 March 2021.   The road will be closed between Alma Crescent and the Cheam Road traffic lights.  Traffic will be diverted at the Rosehill roundabout and at the Cheam crossroads. This is a substantial resurfacing which will treat the road’s foundation […]

Sutton Local Committee met virtually on 25 February.  As well as local Councillors from the Sutton North, Sutton Central and Sutton West wards, the Committee also includes various representatives from local community groups.  In Sutton North these include:  Chaucer Gardens Residents Association, Friends of Rosehill Parks, Friends of Sutton Green, Greenshaw Residents Engagement Group and […]

The area of Rosehill Park around the car park, by the café, is an area of high surface water flood risk.  A recent investigation shows that the culvert which takes the water from the ditch in the car park, under the Tennis Centre, and the railway line, to the back of Hurstcourt Road, is of […]

The Council will be withdrawing the trial North Sutton LowTraffic Area scheme from Monday, 1 March 2021. The scheme remains fully operational until it is removed. This is to both maintain a safe environment and to avoid any confusion for all road users.We will continue to explore alternative ways to improve road safety, reduce carbon […]

We have heard that the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who is making the final decision on this appeal, has raised a question which will delay his decision until 25 March. The issue raised is about whether his department or the Department for Education should be the signatory to the various […]

Potential industrial action means that there will be no Quality line bus services on routes S1, S3 and 470 on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 February, if the strike goes ahead. All other London buses are planned to operate as usual. To ensure any potential disruption is kept to a minimum, TfL advises customers who […]

A demolition notice for the Prince Regent has now been served. Planning permission was granted for the development of a block of flats on this site last October. The Prince Regent pub, formerly The Cricketers, was a well-established part of the High St, but has been derelict for many years.  Sadly once it lost its […]