Tandridge District Council is urging residents and businesses to make sure they have their say about the Draft Local Plan before the deadline.  The consultation runs until 5 pm on Monday and is an opportunity for residents to comment on the legal compliance and soundness of the plan.

The draft plan sets out a number of proposals for the district including a new garden community of around 4,000 homes in South Godstone, new healthcare facilities and new schools. It also sets out measures to alleviate flood risk.  

The local plan has met opposition from Godstone Parish Council and the Oxted and Limpsfield Residents’ Group.

An ATM cash machine was removed from Barclays Bank in Banstead in the early hours of Sunday morning.  

The ATM was removed using a digger which police believe was stolen from a nearby building site. There is extensive damage to the building and to the ATM which was abandoned on a nearby roundabout.  CCTV shows two individuals sat on a bench close by. Police believe they could help with information on the other vehicles used by the thieves; a convertible BMW and a Land Rover Defender.

Anyone who saw these vehicles travelling to or from Banstead early on Sunday morning should contact Surrey Police on 101.

Crawley Borough Council has selected Clarion Housing Group as the preferred development partner to deliver 313 new homes.  

The development is part of the Crawley Growth Programme, a multi-million pound town centre regeneration project. Clarion will develop a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments at Telford Place which is currently being used as a temporary car park.  Half of the homes will be available for private sale, with the remainder consisting of shared ownership homes and 87 council homes charged at affordable rents.

Work is expected to start next year subject to planning permission.

Families in Surrey and West Sussex are being urged by the NHS to talk about organ donation as Organ Donation Week is launched today.  

New figures show the number of people in the area who have died while waiting for a transplant. NHS Blood and Transplant has announced that 29 people in Surrey and 35 people from West Sussex have died waiting for a transplant in the last five years.  Last year 63 people in Surrey and 70 people in West Sussex had their lives saved by a transplant. More detailed local figures show that in the Reigate and Banstead area five or fewer people have died while waiting in the past five years and seven people from the borough have received a transplant in the last year.  

The NHS is urging families to let each other know if they want to be donors.