For the municipal year 2010-2011 I have the privilege of chairing the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.  The Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s role is in my view to look into the operation the council and other organisations in which the people of Woking are stakeholders, to understand how they operate and to offer suggestions regarding how […]

It was good to get back on the street again after the election on Saturday.  Diana Smith and I held the monthly Knaphill street surgery in the High Street between 10.30 am and 11.15 am. The number one issue that came up was litter on our streets.  I have passed these concerns along with specific […]

Is Surrey the Pothole capital of the UK?  Kia Motors certainly thinks so, but Surrey County Council strongly denies this.  Kia Motors suggest there are 1,998 potholes in Surrey, something Surrey County Council suggests is far too small a number and uses this to pour scorn on the survey.  However, I take the view that […]

On Friday 12th March I had the honour of meeting the School Council at St John’s primary school.  They are a very impressive group of students who clearly consult the class members who appointed them before expressing concerns at Council meetings. The key issues raised at the school council meeting were: The need for a […]

I met the Sue Morley CEO of the ambassadors over a year ago to express my desire for visitors to the Ambassadors to be able to recycle their paper and plastic waste on leaving the cinema or theatre. It has taken a long time due to the need for the Ambassadors to renegotiate their waste […]

I met with Peter Smith manager of Sainsbury’s in Knaphill, along with a representative from Arriva the bus company and a representative from Surrey County Council, today to discuss the solution being proposed to the problem of antisocial behaviour in the Sainsbury’s car park at night.Sainsbury’s have fitted new gates to the main entrance of […]

As the protracted adoption of roads on the former Brookwood Hospital site continues I have written letters to the developers urging them to give a concrete time table outlining when they anticipate the snagging list delaying adoption will be completed.  I will be writing more letters for other roads in the near future. This follows […]

We have continued community speed watch in July, with two new members joining the team.  We will be expanding our area of operation to the Broadway, Chobham Road and the A222 Junction at Brookwood in August.  We were shocked to catch a motorbike travelling at 66mph along Redding Way when last out.  Team members and […]

The Knaphill Street Surgery will return after the school summer holidays on Saturday 26th September. The surgery will continue on the last Saturday of each month from then onwards.  The surgery runs from 10.30am to 11.15am in Knaphill High Street. Since we started these surgeries in December 2008, it has been really pleasing to meet […]

Cllr Diana Smith, Cllr Ric Sharp and I braved the wintry March wind for our monthly High Street surgery on Saturday 25th March.  As ever it was a useful exercise for meeting local residents and listening to their concerns.  Should local people have any concerns they can contact us via email or phone and of course […]