The LDRA has permanently switched to online payments, or for those who do not use Internet banking, we continue to accept cheques.
For online payments, the details for the LDRA bank account at Barclays Bank remain unchanged:
Sort Code: 20 – 46 – 73
Account No.: 33506282
Payment Reference: <<Insert your road name here>>
We suggest £3.00, or more, per household. Some residents have set up an annual standing order, for which we are extremely grateful. For those who wish to donate, we value your annual contribution. (Please include as much of your road name as possible in the ‘Payment Reference’, so we can track subscription by road).
If you do not use online banking, cheques, made payable to: Long Ditton Residents’ Association, can be delivered or posted (2nd class) to: LDRA Treasurer, 7 Chalcott Gardens, Long Ditton, Surbiton, KT6 5HJ
(please put your road name on the reverse of the cheque).
If you have any questions about Annual Subscriptions, please e-mail:
paul.bartlett@
We would like to strongly encourage you to respond to the ‘Local Government Boundary Commission for England’ (LGBCE) consultation, which is proposing to separate Long Ditton from Thames Ditton and align us with Hinchley Wood instead. (https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-
Whether you are in favour or against, the volume of responses will count, so we are encouraging all residents to respond before the deadline of Monday 16th October 2023.
The LDRA and Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents’ Association (TDWGRA) are completely against this proposed change and will be making representations accordingly. However, we need residents’ voices to be heard. All the LDRA Officers, LDRA EBC Councillors (Houston, Langham & Laino), SCC Councillor (Darby) and committee meeting attendees are completely against this proposal.
In our view, the clue is in the title, ‘The Dittons’. The proposed changes would separate Long Ditton from Thames Ditton, communities which, as can be gathered by the name, are very closely linked and have been since the Middle Ages. The Dittons have a lot in common and the two communities are closely linked by schools, friends and families, as much as by geographic proximity.
We understand that The Boundary Commission’s role is to consider three main criteria:
We feel the proposals are at odds with all three of the Commission’s own criteria.
The LDRA strongly encourages you to vote against this nonsense change, which will lead to more costly expenditure, upheaval and wasted administration to fix a problem that does not exist in the Dittons. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at the bottom of the web page https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-
Thank you for your time.
Your sincerely,
The Officers of the Long Ditton Residents Association.
All residents are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting.
It is your chance to meet our councillors and to ask them questions!
Venue: Long Ditton Village Hall, Ewell Road
Local residents of are fundraising are raising funds for a ‘Village Green’ application at Public Inquiry in April 2023.
They need funding to pay for expert reports, legal/Barrister fees.
Full details of the flyer can be found here:
Village Green Fundraising Flyer
Alternatively, you can visit their website:
www.savehwldgreenbelt.co.uk
All residents are invited to attend our Autumn Public Meeting.
It is your chance to meet our Elmbridge and Surrey Councillors and to ask them questions!