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 July 2025 – Epsom Draft Local Plan Examination Hearing Timetable
The Draft Local Plan was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on 10th March 2025 and the Hearing Timetable has now been published. The Hearing will be in public in the Town Hall, Stage 1 (Legal Compliance & Duty to Cooperate) on 28th August, Stage 2 (Soundness) on 30th September to October 3rd, and 7th-10th October.
More information can be found on Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s website which has a dedicated section on the Local Plan Examination, accessible here, and more generally on the emerging Local Plan here.
Tree Champions Wanted
At last we have had some rain this summer! But young street trees are particularly susceptible to drought, and need regular watering.
Epsom & Ewell Tree Advisory Board (EETAB), aided by funding from ECS members, has been successful since the covid-19 lockdown in persuading and enabling Surrey County Council (SCC) to plant street trees in Epsom & Ewell, which leaves us with more than 100 new trees that need regular watering, even if we’ve had a little rain. Please look at the list of trees planted in the 2024/2025 planting season (autumn and winter) and if any are near your house, please give them a bucket of water whenever you can – each tree ideally needs up to 50 litres of water a week, but every little bit helps. You can’t overwater them.
Better still, see the EETAB website here, for more information on how you can help by becoming a Tree Champion”.
Discounted Theatre tickets for the Mill at Sonning 2025 Programme – now only a few left!
The members who went to 2023’s outing to the Mill at Sonning thoroughly enjoyed their production of High Society, but the Society over-estimated the number of members wanting to go, possibly as a long-lasting effect of the Covid epidemic. As a result ECS now has gift voucher(s) sufficent to enable up to 10-12 people (or multiple parties up to the value of the vouchers) to attend. These vouchers mostly expire in November 2025. Tickets are for a lunch followed by a matinee performance or dinner followed by an evening performance.
The theatre programme still includes “Don’t Rock the Boat” (a comedy by Robin Hawdon 10th July to 6th September. Other performances are available including evenings of music and snooker as well as stand-up comedy and magic.
If you would like to see any of these performances, please check theatre availability and price per seat and then email finance@epsomcivicsociety.org.uk for your vouchers. You will be asked to reimburse Epsom Civic Society for the value of the vouchers used less 15%, thus securing a discount for yourselves while saving money for the Society. First come first served!
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 July 2025 – Epsom Draft Local Plan Examination Hearing Timetable
The Draft Local Plan was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on 10th March 2025 and the Hearing Timetable has now been published. The Hearing will be in public in the Town Hall, Stage 1 (Legal Compliance & Duty to Cooperate) on 28th August, Stage 2 (Soundness) on 30th September to October 3rd, and 7th-10th October.
More information can be found on Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s website which has a dedicated section on the Local Plan Examination, accessible here, and more generally on the emerging Local Plan here.
Tree Champions Wanted
At last we have had some rain this summer! But young street trees are particularly susceptible to drought, and need regular watering.
Epsom & Ewell Tree Advisory Board (EETAB), aided by funding from ECS members, has been successful since the covid-19 lockdown in persuading and enabling Surrey County Council (SCC) to plant street trees in Epsom & Ewell, which leaves us with more than 100 new trees that need regular watering, even if we’ve had a little rain. Please look at the list of trees planted in the 2024/2025 planting season (autumn and winter) and if any are near your house, please give them a bucket of water whenever you can – each tree ideally needs up to 50 litres of water a week, but every little bit helps. You can’t overwater them.
Better still, see the EETAB website here, for more information on how you can help by becoming a Tree Champion”.
Discounted Theatre tickets for the Mill at Sonning 2025 Programme – now only a few left!
The members who went to 2023’s outing to the Mill at Sonning thoroughly enjoyed their production of High Society, but the Society over-estimated the number of members wanting to go, possibly as a long-lasting effect of the Covid epidemic. As a result ECS now has gift voucher(s) sufficent to enable up to 10-12 people (or multiple parties up to the value of the vouchers) to attend. These vouchers mostly expire in November 2025. Tickets are for a lunch followed by a matinee performance or dinner followed by an evening performance.
The theatre programme still includes “Don’t Rock the Boat” (a comedy by Robin Hawdon 10th July to 6th September. Other performances are available including evenings of music and snooker as well as stand-up comedy and magic.
See the full programme here.
If you would like to see any of these performances, please check theatre availability and price per seat and then email finance@epsomcivicsociety.org.uk for your vouchers. You will be asked to reimburse Epsom Civic Society for the value of the vouchers used less 15%, thus securing a discount for yourselves while saving money for the Society. First come first served!
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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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