I am writing to update you about the latest, disappointing news about the future of Epsom Hospital and the Epsom and St Helier Trust.

If you've been up on Epsom Downs or in any of the boroughs parks recently, you may have spotted quantities of small, metallic bulbs littering the ground, sometimes accompanied by deflated balloons.

Along with other open air spaces across the country, the borough of Epsom and Ewell has seen a huge increase of litter in parks, countryside and nature reserves.

Epsom MP Chris Grayling gives an update on the ongoing situation

I am writing to let you know that the local NHS have announced that they intend to go ahead with the consultation about where they will build their new acute hospital early in the New Year, after a final meeting between the local GP groups to confirm their recommendations. At present they plan to recommend that Sutton should host the new unit.

Epsom MP Chris Grayling gives an update on local housing issues - and an invite to a Christmas Charity Concert

As you may be aware from previous messages from me, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council is currently embarking on the process of shaping a new local plan. The plan is an essential part of ensuring that the Borough can meet its housing needs while at the same time putting in place strict guidance for developers about what they can and cannot do locally. This can include a clear allocation of land for development, design guidelines, limits on the height of buildings and other guidance.

Last night councillors, at the Environment and Safe Communities Committee meeting, agreed a range of proposed changes to parking charges in council owned car parks from April 2020.

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council have formally responded to the latest Heathrow Airport expansion consultation.

Following the submission of the Improving Healthcare Together report to NHS England earlier this summer, setting out proposals for the consolidation of the area’s acute services to be located at either Epsom, St Helier or Sutton hospitals, Councillors at Epsom & Ewell Borough Council have been meeting senior NHS management about the future of hospital services for the borough.