2018 Happy New Year!
AN APOLOGY AND AN UPDATE FOR OUR MEMBERS We do apologise for the absence of any postings since 20 November last year but we can assure you that this does not mean we were not continuing with our fight to…
Category Thames Water
UPDATE – Asbestos in Cranleigh
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…
VICTORY for Cranleigh Civic Society!
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…
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,…
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…
Last Chance to Sign our Petition – deadline 30 April 2017
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…
KPI and A2 Dominion Granted Permission
The nightmare has come true! Yet another 265 houses on green fields were voted in last night on the casting vote of the Waverley Joint Planning Committee’s Chairman Cllr Peter Isherwood. So now Cranleigh has a deluge of 1,236 new…
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…
Thames Water Still Can’t Find Sewage Leak
DON’T FORGET OUR AGM TONIGHT – 2 MARCH 2017, BAND ROOM, VILLAGE WAY FROM 7PM After more than seven years Thames Water say they still can’t find the source of the sewage leak into the brook running along the field…
Northdowns Sewage Update
For residents of Northdowns the winter has brought some welcome relief from the pong of sewage emanating from a sewage pipe running behind their houses on the Downs Link. However, yes you’ve guessed it, this problem has not yet been…