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Stop the closure of Post Office fortress counter at Hook Parade

Post Office at Tesco Express Chessington

We need your support to stop the closure of the Post Office fortress counter at Tesco’s, Hook Parade, Chessington. It appears the Post Office has a programme of closing dedicated fortress counters and replacing them with regular checkout positions alongside the shop’s existing checkouts. Customers are not happy, neither are the staff. We have already lost the fortress counter at North Parade and what’s in its place there is not working. Please sign the petition to stop the same happening at Hook Parade and halt the Post Office in their mission of degrading Post Office counter services.
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Festive Greetings

Christmas greetings

A big thank you to our members, whose support this year has allowed CDRA to continue to fight for residents on issues that affect them.

The team at CDRA wishes you and your families a happy, healthy and safe Christmas and new year.

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Recycle your Christmas tree with Princess Alice Hospice

Christmas tree recycle
Photo by Carly Hendrickson on Unsplash

You may not have put your Christmas tree up yet but come January you’ll be pleased you have its disposal sorted. And Princess Alice Hospice do need a bit of forward planning to arrange collection.

The hospice is working with JustHelping to raise money by asking people to recycle their Christmas trees this festive season.

Their team of volunteers will be collecting trees on 8th, 9th and 10th January and will take them all away to be recycled. The service is for selected postcodes, of which KT9 is one.
In return, they ask people to make a donation to the hospice to help them deliver more care to local people.
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Back garden development, Leatherhead Road, Chessington

13-15 Leatherhead Road development

A resident attended our last meeting concerned about a planning application submitted to Kingston Council to build three new three-storey houses in the back gardens of 13-15 Leatherhead Road and to ask for CDRA’s support in objecting to it. The resident was concerned that only a very small number of neighbouring households had been notified about the application; that the houses will have a third storey which will overlook residents in Bolton Road and Bolton Close; a lot of trees have already been removed, and the application includes limited landscaping.
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Plans submitted for Chessington World of Adventures redevelopment

Chessington World of Adventures
Photo by Martin Lewison, via Wikimedia Commons

You may remember from our September newsletter that there was a consultation event on 19th September about the attraction’s current projects and new proposals on 19th September. Chessington World of Attraction’s owners, Merlin Entertainments, has now submitted plans to Kingston Council for redevelopment, creating new attractions and accommodation.
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Signal Park Tolworth, Phase Two – Application submitted

Signal Park, Tolworth Phase Two
Image © Countryside Partnerships

In our November newsletter we wrote about Signal Park developers Guinness Partnership and Countryside submitting their planning application for Phase Two. CDRA’s concern is that the developers are seeking permission to build 226 more housing units that the 950 units that were previously permitted. We are also concerned by the height of the blocks. We will be objecting to the application.
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Former County Hall, Kingston

County Hall Kingston
Image © London Square

London Square, a luxury property developer, has acquired the historic Grade II listed County Hall in Kingston. Formerly the headquarters of Surrey County Council, the site is poised for transformation. With existing planning permission, London Square plans to refurbish, restore, and extend the building, creating a total of 292 new homes. Among these, 256 will be private residences, 36 will be affordable housing units, and the development will also include 4,408 square meters of commercial space.
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