This is the home page of the website for the Epsom Civic Society, which seeks to protect and enhance the heritage and green space of Epsom, while encouraging good design in new building which is sympathetic to the context in which it is situated. We encourage a sense of civic pride in all Epsom residents and workers.
Links to recent posts in all categories can be found to the right on your screen.
Most posts relate to Planning matters, both planning policy and individual applications, but feel free to explore the menus for additional content.
If you live or work in Epsom, and care about keeping it as a nice place to live and work, you can join us here.
Stop Press News October 2024 – Epsom Draft Local Plan nearing completion?
The Borough’s Planning team are now in what we hope are the final stages of preparing the Draft Local Plan (together with its supporting Evidence Base documents) to go forward to the Regulation 19 Public Consultation in January to February 2025.
The draft will be discussed at the Licensing and Planning Policy Committee on Wednesday 20/11/2024, when the Committee will decide whether or not to recommend its approval by Full Council on Tuesday 10/12/2024. Both these approvals are required before the draft plan can be published for the so-called Regulation 19 consultation, during January and February 2025.
Minor amendments may then be made in the light of consultation responses, but the Borough’s current timetable expects the Draft Local Plan to be submitted to the Planning Directorate for examination for “soundness”. This process may take the remainder of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, so final formal Adoption is currently scheduled for April 2026.
Both the LPPC and Council meetings are expected be open to the Public and available in real time to the public on-line for those who request access. See the relevant notices on the Council website roughly a week before each meeting. The LPPC meeting in particular may be a stormy and lengthy one!
A brief history of the Epsom Civic Society follows. The Society was founded in 1959 as the Epsom Protection Society, at a time when many historic and architecturally valuable buildings and houses in Epsom and Ewell were being threatened by developers. Then, our primary role was to halt the destruction of Epsom’s heritage and to ensure that new development was compatible with the traditional character of the town. In 2011, our name was changed to Epsom Civic Society. Our purpose continues to be to protect the heritage of Epsom and to encourage high standards of new planning and building; but the change of name reflects the wider concerns of the Society to promote civic pride and to inspire progressive improvement in the quality of urban life for everyone. The Society is a founder member of Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement in England, and shares common aims with other civic societies. We:-
care about the surroundings – the places where people live and work and enjoy leisure
want to find solutions to environmental problems
wish to improve the fabric of the town for present and future generations
help to safeguard the heritage and character of Epsom
listen to the local community and campaign for their interests
encourage high standards of planning, design and architecture in the built environment and the retention of open spaces
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This is the home page of the website for the Epsom Civic Society, which seeks to protect and enhance the heritage and green space of Epsom, while encouraging good design in new building which is sympathetic to the context in which it is situated. We encourage a sense of civic pride in all Epsom residents and workers.
Links to recent posts in all categories can be found to the right on your screen.
Most posts relate to Planning matters, both planning policy and individual applications, but feel free to explore the menus for additional content.
If you live or work in Epsom, and care about keeping it as a nice place to live and work, you can join us here.
Stop Press News October 2024 – Epsom Draft Local Plan nearing completion?
The Borough’s Planning team are now in what we hope are the final stages of preparing the Draft Local Plan (together with its supporting Evidence Base documents) to go forward to the Regulation 19 Public Consultation in January to February 2025.
The draft will be discussed at the Licensing and Planning Policy Committee on Wednesday 20/11/2024, when the Committee will decide whether or not to recommend its approval by Full Council on Tuesday 10/12/2024. Both these approvals are required before the draft plan can be published for the so-called Regulation 19 consultation, during January and February 2025.
Minor amendments may then be made in the light of consultation responses, but the Borough’s current timetable expects the Draft Local Plan to be submitted to the Planning Directorate for examination for “soundness”. This process may take the remainder of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, so final formal Adoption is currently scheduled for April 2026.
Both the LPPC and Council meetings are expected be open to the Public and available in real time to the public on-line for those who request access. See the relevant notices on the Council website roughly a week before each meeting. The LPPC meeting in particular may be a stormy and lengthy one!
Watch this space!
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A brief history of the Epsom Civic Society follows. The Society was founded in 1959 as the Epsom Protection Society, at a time when many historic and architecturally valuable buildings and houses in Epsom and Ewell were being threatened by developers. Then, our primary role was to halt the destruction of Epsom’s heritage and to ensure that new development was compatible with the traditional character of the town. In 2011, our name was changed to Epsom Civic Society. Our purpose continues to be to protect the heritage of Epsom and to encourage high standards of new planning and building; but the change of name reflects the wider concerns of the Society to promote civic pride and to inspire progressive improvement in the quality of urban life for everyone. The Society is a founder member of Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement in England, and shares common aims with other civic societies. We:-
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