FLOOD FORUM & SEWAGE TREATMENT UPDATE We are pleased to tell you that our MP for Guildford, which includes Cranleigh, Ewhurst, Alfold and Dunsfold, Angela Richardson, held a meeting held via ZOOM 18th June 2021. Councillors and Officers from Cranleigh…
WE HAVE LONG BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT DRINKING WATER PIPES – THEY KEEP BURSTING AND SOME ARE MADE OF ASBESTOS CEMENT Cranleigh Society members have done their best to persuade Waverley Borough Council (WBC) and Thames Water (TW) to renew our…
MP Anne Milton came to Cranleigh with her selected representatives from Waverley Borough Council, Surrey County Council, Thames Water, and the Environment Agency. Our councillors attended and spoke up for Cranleigh too. Cranleigh Society representative Adrian Clark spoke about the…
20 Feb 2018 Waverley’s Local Plan Part 1 adopted was adopted tonight: For – 41 Against – 1 Abstained – 3 Even those who opposed or had serious reservations took the view that the Waverley area would have more protection…
Thames Water advised Cranleigh Civic Society on the 20th October that the 3km of asbestos cement pipe that they are replacing in Cranleigh is only one fifth of the total length of the asbestos pipes in the village. That means…
After a long fight by Cranleigh Civic Society, Thames Water have agreed to start replacing Cranleigh’s asbestos cement drinking water pipes starting in 2018. 29.6% of our drinking water pipes are old and made from asbestos cement (compared to an average…
On Monday the 24th of July, Anne Milton MP organised a meeting at the village hall that she described as a flood forum and it turned out to be much more than that. She brought together Waverley planners, Thames Water,…
Main Report sent to Waverley Borough Council by Cranleigh Civic Society: Asbestos Cement Pipes, H & S Risk Assessment, CCS, 29-Jan-17 References: 1. Thames Water email 23-Dec-16, 30% & 2% 2. Water Research Council report, deterioration of AC pipes, 1988…
As you will be aware we have had major concerns about our ageing and deteriorating asbestos cement drinking water pipes for some time now. Due to the age of previous significant development in Cranleigh in the 60’s, we suspected that…
We have previously highlighted our concerns about the asbestos cement pipes that supply drinking water to 29.6% of the homes in Cranleigh. Read our previous article in full here. We have recently found that over 30% of the drinking water pipes…
