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Transport News – 22/1/26
Riddlesdown Rd Closure - the RRA are aware there are now huge issues, primarily in the morning and afternoon/evening school/commute, with drivers diverting onto Brancaster Lane and Lower Barn Rd, which has commuter parking on both sides, and also onto both the narrow Coombe Wood Hill and Riddlesdown Ave, with [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 12/1/26
SUBMITTED - 1E Riddlesdown Avenue - 25/04053/FUL - 12 Jan 2026 - Erection of a two storey dwellinghouse, associated changes in land levels, provision of on-site car parking, cycle and refuse storage. GRANTED - 25 Purley Bury Close – 25/03848/HSE – 01 Dec 2025 - Erection of single storey rear/side [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 5/1/26
SUBMITTED - 6 Cranford Close - 26/00020/TRE - 08 Jan 2026 - T6281 - Beech Tree: Lift to 3 metres. Remove young stem at base. Remove climber ( cut back and spray off). T6284 - Birch Tree: Clear building by 1 metre. T6309 - Sycamore Tree: One of the two [...]
Transport News – 6/1/26
Amended weekend train services for Riddlesdown; We have received this e-mail below from GTR reminding about the engineering works every weekend in January (and later in the year) on the main London to Brighton rail. According to the National Rail website, this WILL have an impact for Riddlesdown train services [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 29/12/25
SUBMITTED - 170 Riddlesdown Road - 25/03925/HSE - 08 Dec 2025 - Demolition of existing rear conservatory, Erection of single storey rear extension. Alterations include changes to roofs, land level and conversion of garage into habitable space.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 22/12/25
SUBMITTED - 25 Tandridge Gardens - 25/03765/HSE - 23 Dec 2025 - Garage conversion and single storey side extension to rear of garage including raising ridge height of garage.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 15/12/25
SUBMITTED - 109 Brancaster Lane - 25/03764/HSE - 15 Dec 2025 - Alterations, erection of two storey rear extension with a ground-floor side return bay and a single-storey rear extension arranged around a courtyard, alterations to land levels at rear with retaining wall and steps. SUBMITTED - 46 Holmwood Avenue [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 17/11/25
GRANTED - 32 Riddlesdown Avenue - 25/03197/HSE - 07 Oct 202 - Erection of a single storey side extension and front porch.
Transport News
GTR (Southern Railway & Thameslink) have announced today (8/11/25) in an e-mail that they are gradually reinstating the half-hourly service during the weekdays from 14 December 2025 for the East Grinstead line (including Riddlesdown). But there are some catches! They advise; "Services between East Grinstead and London Victoria – Monday [...]
School Flashing signs on Mitchley Ave
School Flashing signs on Mitchley Ave Some residents/motorists may have noticed the two amber flashing school signs on Mitchley Ave, in both directions (by No. 9 and opposite No.153), were flashing at weird times - like on a Sunday evening. The RRA took this up a few weeks ago with [...]
Fireworks
Fireworks With Diwali having just taken place and Halloween, Bonfire night and New Year's Eve coming up, would residents please note this e-mail from one of our residents living in our area, which we have received today (21 October '25); "I would like to write to you to let you [...]
Environment
New Street Trees As we have lost a number of old and mature street trees over the last few years in our area, the RRA decided last year to sponsor four street trees via the Council and 'Trees for Streets', https://www.treesforstreets.org/ (for info, in the link, 20 litres is about [...]