As we regularly do, we want to highlight the help available to local residents and businesses to enable them to save energy and money: Local residents This year Reigate and Banstead Borough Council will be bolstering its usual awareness raising work using a £20,000 grant from the Department of Health via the Surrey Healthy Homes [...]

Residents are being encouraged to make their voices heard on proposals to introduce new Dog Control Orders across the borough. The Council is consulting on proposals to bring in the new Orders to replace the existing legislation relating to dog control enforcement. The Dog Control Orders aim to address the nuisance of dog fouling in [...]

Here are a few New Year’s resolutions to help everyone get into the habit of reducing waste: Reduce your waste – buy only what you need and try to buy with little packaging. Reuse what you can – buy products that can be reused (rechargeable batteries, bottles instead of cans etc), take old carrier bags [...]

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Deep concern has been expressed by residents and local councillors at a planning application to erect a mobile phone mast on the allotments to the rear of St Bede’s School, next to Gatton Park Road. The application has been made for a mast which would serve Vodafone and O2 customers, in what the applicant claims [...]

Pupils from schools across the borough were awarded for their environmental artwork at a special ceremony held at the Harlequin Theatre on 12 November. Primary and infant schools were invited to enter an Eco Art competition as part of the Council’s Environment Campaign with Horley Town Council. Pupils were asked to demonstrate awareness of environmental [...]

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East Surrey MP, Sam Gyimah added his signature to the borough’s Environment Campaign in Horley last week, as the campaign drew to a close. He was joined for the signing in Waitrose by the Council’s Chief Executive, John Jory, Mayor of Reigate & Banstead, Cllr Stead, Mayor of Horley Town Council, Cllr Marshall and Cllrs [...]

Visitors to Priory Park can swap their leftover loaves for a free bag of bird food next week to feed the ducks that live on the lake. The Council is holding its annual bread amnesty from Monday 25 July to Friday 29 July to celebrate Love Parks Week. Visitors to Priory Park can swap their [...]

A Borough wide campaign to encourage residents to think about using less energy and to be more environmentally friendly kicked off this week outside Morrions in Reigate. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is working with Horley Town Council to run Environment Campaign events at key locations across the borough between June and September. Primary schools [...]