Today I have had my new blue lidded wheelie bin delivered. I am fortunate that we have space at the side of our house to store it. We know that many do not have space. I’ve sorted my week’s recycling into the new categories. As the pictures show 2 nearly full green boxes with plastics, […]

Developers of the old Brighton Road Total garage have now purchased the neighbouring properties and plan to submit a new planning application for the entire site. No application has yet been validated, but it is expected this month (February) to be for 46 flats and shops. More details will be put on our website when […]

This afternoon, regrettably, Boris Johnson has not used his powers to help residents of Tolworth and has rubber stamped the decision by Kingston’s Conservatives for the overdevelopment of the Tolworth Tower site. He has chosen to ignore a petition collected in just 10 days by Kingston Liberal Democrats and signed by over 1000 local residents. […]

Over 18 months after the initial public consultation over a 20mph in Surbiton town centre, consultation is hopefully going to start again. The ongoing saga of getting safer streets in Surbiton is hopefully entering its last phase. In November 2014 the local Conservatives used a constitutional power to overturn the majority decision of Surbiton Neighbourhood Councillors to […]

Kingston Council is currently consulting on closing 4 of the current 8 youth centres across the borough. The centres for that are likely to close are: The Devon Way Youth Centre in Chessington/Hook. It is home to five regular groups including disabled children groups. It also has a brand new sensory room (opened only a couple […]

Tory councillors have forced through the planning application which will see four further towers alongside Tolworth Tower on the Broadway. The towers will be 5, 12, 15 and 19 storeys high. At the meeting local residents told them they were concerned about even more traffic, pressure on local schools and doctors, lack of affordable homes […]

Are Kingston town centre and Tolworth about to change dramatically? The next 3 months will see decisions on 4 major planning applications that if permitted with change the nature of Kingston forever. Eden Walk regeneration Former Government Offices – Hook Rise South (King George’s Gate) Old Post Office Tolworth Tower This evening (12th January) will see […]

Kingston Council launched a consultation on their proposed air quality action plan in late 2015, but local Liberal Democrats say that the plan is not ambitious enough. Despite the pressing need to improve air quality in the borough, the action plan is very weak. It aims to ‘prevent, wherever possible, a deterioration in the levels of […]

Kingston’s history centre is now open in the basement of the Guildhall in Kingston. The collection holds archives of local newspapers, old maps, books and photographs about how Kingston (including Surbiton, Tolworth, Chessington and New Malden) has changed over the years. To find out more visit the RBK website.

Our review of 2015 2015 seems to have been the year of the planning application! Major applications across the borough have been consulted on, submitted, withdrawn, re-submitted, refused, amended, re-consulted and re-submitted in a seemingly endless saga! Back in February, we tried to get height limits put into the planning brief for Kingston Town Centre, but were voted […]