Reminder for LRA Christmas Lunch 22 December

 Dear LRA Member, Prospective Member or Friend

In case you’re thinking about attending our Christmas lunch, here’s the menu to tempt you to do just that. Send your food choices and a £5 deposit (cheques made out to Rialto) to Susan Leveritt, 54 Randalls Road, Leatherhead KT22 0AD – or the Institute Letter Box. There are 17 of us so far, and we’d love you to join us!

                                       Seasons Greetings from LRA Chairman  Caroline Brown

                                                                                                                     

Christmas Lunch Menu from

 Rialto Lounge, 24 High Street Leatherhead KT22 8AN

Ginger & Pumpkin Soup (V)

 Softly baked pumpkin soup with ginger, crunchy pumpkin seeds & croutons  

Wintery Christmas Salad (V)

 Organic baby rocket, pomegranate, walnuts, parmesan & balsamic dressing 

Smoked Salmon Bruschetta

Smoked Salmon with crème fraiche, dill & capers served on toasted bread

 Lamb Meatballs  

 Mini Lamb Meatballs in spicy tomato sauce served with garlic toast

   

Braised Scottish Beef with red wine, shallots & wild mushroom sauce

served with roast potatoes & winter vegetables

Salmon Fillet wrapped in smoked streaky bacon

with cranberry chutney, roast potatoes & winter vegetables

 Turkey Fillet with sage & onion stuffing in white wine gravy,

served with pigs in blankets, roast potatoes & winter vegetables  

Butternut Squash, grilled halloumi & rosemary risotto (V) 

                                                 Panettone Tiramisu

Two Scoops of Gelato

Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce

Stilton with fig chutney & crackers

 V- vegetarian  

Two Courses £17.50, Three Courses £20.00 (special prices)

£5 per person deposit due upon booking

All prices are inclusive of VAT. An optional 10% service charge will be added your total bill

AGENDA for Meeting 7 November 2016

LEATHERHEAD RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

            COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 7^th November 2016 at 7.30PM AT THE LETHERHEAD INSTITUTE ROOM G6

 AGENDA

            Are there any questions to come under AOB?

1.    Introductions

2.    Apologies for absence  SL

3.    Minutes of meeting held on 3^rd October 2016

4.    Matters arising from the meeting not covered elsewhere on the Agenda 

5.    Chairman’s Report (CB)

6.    Reports from sub-committees

a.    Environment(CA)

b.    ForwardPlanning (MW) 

c.    Health (HP)

d.    Highways (HC)  

e.    Membership (PS)

f.     Planning(FS)

g.    Newsletter (CA + JWW

7.    Ashtead & Leatherhead Local   

8.    AOB :

9.    Date of next meeting: Monday 9^th January 2017

10. Guest speaker – Joe Crome, Councillor for North Leatherhead  

If members have any problems they wish the Committee to discuss, please contact the Chairman (See “Contact” on the website) or in person at The Institute at 7.15pm before the Committee starts its meeting at 7.30pm

AGENDA for Meeting 7 November 2016

LEATHERHEAD RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

            COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 7^th November 2016 at 7.30PM AT THE LETHERHEAD INSTITUTE ROOM G6

 AGENDA

            Are there any questions to come under AOB?

1.    Introductions

2.    Apologies for absence  SL

3.    Minutes of meeting held on 3^rd October 2016

4.    Matters arising from the meeting not covered elsewhere on the Agenda 

5.    Chairman’s Report (CB)

6.    Reports from sub-committees

a.    Environment (CA)

b.    Forward Planning (MW) 

c.    Health (HP)

d.    Highways (HC)  

e.    Membership (PS)

f.     Planning (FS)

g.    Newsletter (CA + JWW

7.    Ashtead & Leatherhead Local   

8.    AOB :

9.    Date of next meeting: Monday 9^th January 2017

10. Guest speaker – Joe Crome, Councillor for North Leatherhead  

If members have any problems they wish the Committee to discuss, please contact the Chairman (See “Contact” on the website) or in person at The Institute at 7.15pm before the Committee starts its meeting at 7.30pm

Draft Agenda for the Open Meeting on Monday, 3rd October at 7.30 in G6 in The Letherhead Institute

Draft Agenda for the Open Meeting on Monday, 3^rd October at 7.30 in G6 in The Letherhead Institute.

(If members have any particular problems they wish the Association to discuss, please contact the Chairman, either via the Website or in person 15 minutes before the start of the meeting)

1. Apologies for absence

  

2. Minutes of the meeting held on 5^th September 2016

3. Matters arising from the Minutes not covered elsewhere on the Agenda

4. Chairman’s report.

5. Mr. Martyn Williams will present the latest stage of our incorporation to a C.L.G.

6. Brief reports from sub-committees:

a) Planning

b) Forward Planning - any further developments being planned by Transform Leatherhead

c) The Environmental sub-committee:  with Reports on Rye Brook "Love your River" event  and the SCC Community Resilience Conference.

e) Highways

f) Membership

Introduction of our Speaker for this evening, Mrs. Bridget Kendrick, Councillor for North Leatherhead.

The next meeting will be on Nov. 7 when Jo Crome, Councillor for N. Leatherhead will also be speaking to us.

Registered Office: Oaklands, 54 Randalls Road,  Leatherhead,  Surrey,  KT22 0AD

A company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales number 10248803

COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 5th September 2016 at 7.30PM AT THE LETHERHEAD INSTITUTE ROOM G6

DRAFT AGENDA

   Are there any questions to come under AOB?

1.    Apologies for absence

2.    Minutes of meeting held on 4^th July 2016
3.    Matters arising from meeting not covered elsewhere on the Agenda
4.   Chairman’s report: 
5. Report from MW on the progress of our CLG incorporation application
6. Reports from sub-committees

 a) Planning: (FS) Beechcroft/Era/Forty-foot Road

 b) Forward Planning (MW) Kingston House Gardens

 c) Environment (CA)

       d) Health (HP)

 e) Highways (HC) 

  f) Membership (PS)

  7. Newsletter 
88. AOB
99. Date of next meeting - Monday 3rd October, for which an invitation has been sent to Bridget Kendrick to speak about her objectives and goals as a Councillor for N. Leatherhead; Joe Crome will speak similarly at our November meeting.

If members have any problems they wish the Committee to discuss, please contact the Chairman (See “Contact” on the website) or in person at The Institute at 7.15pm before the Committee starts its meeting at 7.30pm

MW Report on Local Plan 28 6 16

LRA-FPG - Notes of a meeting held on Friday 10^th June with Guy Davies of MVDC Planning Dept.

re the formulation of the Local Plan.

Present from FPG:          John Wilson and Martyn Williams.

Guy Davies is the co-ordinating officer for this exercise.

Guy is producing the Local Development Scheme. The principles to be adopted have changed since the last one. Previously the government (HMG) would accept that excess demand in one area could be diverted to other “growth” areas. Now each area has to meet its own demand for space. The only mitigating circumstances are where national planning policies make that difficult. In the case of MVDC that is likely to be the amount of land that is protected by the “Green Belt”.

The Process  (Target dates in brackets)

1.       MVDC are at the very start of the process, which is expected to take about two years.

2.       MVDC will call for owners of sites on ‘Brownfield Land’ (previously developed land) to offer them to be considered for development. (Summer 2016)

3.       MVDC will use outside consultants to prepare Spatial Strategy Options, i.e. to identify what the likely demand for space will be over the plan period (15 years). (Winter 2016/17)

4.       There will almost certainly be a deficit of available land relative to identified demand.  MVDC will then need to decide whether the deficit is justifiable to HMG or whether it needs to find more land. It is likely to be the latter.  If so MVDC will then call for other sites,  which might include change of use of existing buildings and release of low-grade “Green Belt” land. (Winter 2016/17)

5.       MVDC will then appraise all supply options to ascertain their feasibility.  The plan will then be formulated combining the likely demand where it can be met by supply and why the full demand cannot be met (if that is the case) because of national policies. (Summer 2017)

6.       The plan is then reviewed by an HMG appointed inspector. (Summer 2018).

7.       If approved it is then adopted. (Autumn 2018)

Comment

It is inevitable that much of proposed development will be in the north of the District as 2/3 of the District’s built up area is in the north in Leatherhead/Bookham/Fetcham/Ashtead and this was part of the existing Core Strategy.

HMG regulations dictate the minimum local consultation that any local authority must undertake, but it is open to any authority to do more.  MVDC are still deciding how much consultation and in what form, but were pleased with the “Transform” exercise and are likely to opt for more consultation rather than less and are likely to focus on social media to involve the younger elements of the population.

LRA is an acknowledged consultee and it and others will be advised in due course as to how we can become involved in the process.

LEPs have no involvement in the Local Plan formulation process.

Further Information

For further information on the Local Development Scheme click on this hyperlink: http://www.molevalley.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=29392 .  To refer to the existing Core Strategy 2009 click on this hyperlink:   http://molevalley-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/cs/cs_-_adopted_oct_2009/core_strategy_-_adopted_october_2009_1?pointId=906692

MW/JWW