Tag Archives: Oxted

£18.7m rail scheme brings contactless ticketing to 50 stations

Rail passengers will be able to use pay as you go with contactless ticket barriers at 21 more stations served by Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern from December 14. The stations getting the updated payment system include Ashtead, Box Hill … Continue reading

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Regulator finds ‘serious failings’ in Tandridge’s social housing

Some things ‘came as an absolute surprise to me’ says chair of district council’s housing committee, as inspectors found more than 1,000 overdue fire safety fixes and no clear records of stock surveys for almost a decade Tandridge District Council, … Continue reading

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Tandridge reports itself to housing regulator over electric tests

Tandridge Council has reported itself to Regulator of Social Housing after it failed to carry out mandatory electrical safety tests on its council homes. The district council, based in Oxted and covering Caterham, Godstone, Lingfield and Warlingham, announced its decision … Continue reading

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Tandridge among 14 landlords rebuked by Gove over housing

Social housing is being badly managed by councils and housing associations across the country, and all the Tory government is doing is sending a few ‘stern’ letters to officials. By our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES Tandridge District Council in Surrey … Continue reading

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Tandridge is latest Surrey council to seek financial bail-out

Tandridge, one of Croydon’s boundary neighbours to the south, has become the latest Surrey council to appeal to central government for a financial bail-out. It is the second time that Tandridge District Council has sought a capitalisation direction – or … Continue reading

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The Dream Syndicate, The Barn Theatre, Oxted, Mar 6

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Trinity 6th-form playwrights explore the nuclear option in Oxted

Three sixth-formers from Trinity School in Shirley will perform at the Southern Counties Drama Festival tomorrow night with an original play, which has been written by two of them. Letters of Last Resort, written by Barney Sayburn and Rob Wilding, … Continue reading

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Oxted Beer Festival, Master Park, Jul 20-22

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Whoops! Tories fail to field candidate in local election

Odd goings ons in Oxted, across the boundary from Croydon in Surrey. There is a by-election happening in Oxted South today, for a parish councillor. But in this heartland of true blue Conservative stockbroker belt, there’s no Tory candidate. In … Continue reading

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