Some progress had been made in talks on the basis of siting the map near the existing notice board. This would, however, mean going back to Elmbridge for planning permission for the new site.

The possibility of buying a salt box had been looked into and further investigation of what permissions might be needed regarding its siting would be undertaken.

It was agreed that the potholes had got worse and were very bad in the area, particularly around Sugden Road and Manor Road. Surrey County Council was being pressed for some action. Residents are encouraged to report potholes on the SCC website www.surreycc.gov.uk.

It was reported that the new contract for provision of lampposts in Surrey would start on 1^st April 2010 with, eventually, 85% of all lamp posts being replaced. Elmbridge was second in line and would start to get the new lamp posts around April 2011. There would be different styles to be in keeping with different street environments.

Attention is drawn to the Elmbridge Today internet newspaper which can be found at: http://www.elmbridgetoday.co.uk/

From Councillor Tim Grey:
If you weren’t aware already I nominated Mannys along with Ian Taylor, who sponsored the nomination, for an award as small shop of the year.

The background is that the award came into being as a result of a cross-party working group in the House of Commons, chaired by David Aymes MP. As I understand many hundreds of shops were nominated.

Manny got down to the last ten, all of whom attended the ceremony at the House of Commons yesterday along with their local MPs. I was very kindly invited along. Out of all those hundreds of shops chosen, Mannys came in first place!!! It really is an amazing achievement as the award is a national award focussing on the importance of local shops to the community they serve, as well as ensuring they meet the highest standards in terms of retail stock, and so forth.

I am really so pleased for him and for LD as a whole. It should be great for the identity of the village as a whole.