What is a Flood Action Group?
What is a Flood Action Group and is it time for you all to step up and form a dynamic working group? Some of us already attend Surrey Wide Flood Forum meetings and our few Water Rangers regularly test our…
Category Environment Agency
What is Water Neutrality and How Can Councils adopt a robust policy?
WATER NEUTRALITY and EVERYONE’S WATER FOOTPRINT Water is an essential natural resource and the world’s freshwater supply is shown to be gradually decreasing year by year. Environment agencies and institutions have started to explore the concept and process of Water…
Are Cranleigh’s rivers and streams polluted?
Does Cranleigh have rivers? yes! Are Cranleigh’s rivers and streams polluted? Many springs arise in and around Cranleigh and venture towards the main rivers. Many are piped underground, under housing and roads and pop up all around you. You may…
Flood Forum News, request for waterways task force
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…
Flooding and How clean are our local rivers and streams? New Water Bill on the way
Have you had a chance to listen to Destination Cranleigh’s Cranleigh Community Radio number 23? Have a listen here Cranleigh Society current Chair Trevor talks about where the streams are and how we need to keep them clean. If you…
The Wey & Arun Canal near us
A section of the Wey and Arun Canal is apparently Under Reconstruction near us here in Cranleigh. As you drive along Elmbridge Road between the One Stop and the A218 the narrow hump with traffic calming is a sort of…
Anne Milton opens Flood Gates
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,…
Blue Asbestos
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…
Poo Brook still not resolved
Adrian Clarke of Cranleigh Civic Society and Cranleigh Borough Councillor Liz Townsend were interviewed by Surrey Radio this week about the severe pollution problems in the brook that flows out of a culvert behind Marks and Spencer’s car park. The…
Death of the Grampian Condition
It won’t have gone unnoticed to residents that both Crest Nicholson on the Horsham Road and Cala Homes on Amlets Lane have started developing their sites. Both these sites had Grampian style conditions. This was meant to prevent the start…