Contact Information

Tel: 01932 888851

Email: cdra@live.co.uk

LATEST NEWS

  1. COBHAM FREE SCHOOLS

    It has been confirmed that the Cobham Free School, a primary school, will be set up at the old Cobham Police Station & section house in Portsmouth Road.  The proposal is to use temporary classrooms on the site of the demolished section house to start with, subject to planning.  The Department of Education has turned down the application for a secondary "free school" in Cobham.

  2. OLYMPIC CYCLING ROAD CLOSURES

    Travel in and around Cobham will be affected on 28th & 29th July & especially on 1st August.  See our News page for more information.

  3. ALLOTMENTS

    The CDRA Environment & Amenities Representative, Ian Clifford, has taken up the cause of increasing the number of local allotments.  It looks as though he will be successful and there will be an extra area next to the existing Leg of Mutton allotments.

  4. CDRA WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS

    Please email us if you spot any errors or omissions on our website or have suggestions about future enhancements.  We'd also like to hear from you about local news and events that we can include on our site.  And of course, get in touch if you'd like to help look after this site.

The CDRA

Read about some of the CDRA's activities below and look out for the latest news in the panel on the right of the screen.

The next CDRA RESIDENTS' MEETING will be on Thursday 12th April at 7.30pm in Cobham Village Hall.  All local residents welcome. 
Find out more about Cobham & Downside Residents Association
 
Current CDRA Activities

To illustrate the range of the CDRA's activities, here are some of the topics (excluding planning applications) from our May 2012 committee meeting.  They are in no special order:

You can find more about some of these items in the News section of this website

  • Various highways problems including gap in yellow lines & railings by river
  • Hand car wash in car park of New York Grill
  • Latest proposals for the Cedar Road site (Community Centre with library plus houses)
  • New proposals on planning payments
  • Action on illegally parked trailer in Church Street
  • Future of damaged pedestrian bridge over Portsmouth Road
  • Progress on extra allotments at Leg of Mutton site
  • Plans for footpath walking to check their condition
  • State of the river and proposal to clean it
  • Green transport funds in Surrey
  • Lack of funds to re-surface noisy concrete section of M25
  • Replacement of street lighting in Cobham
  • Levels of policing during Olympics & other policing issues
  • Plans for Cobham's Jubilee Celebrations on 3rd & 4th June
  • Olympic cycling route through Cobham
  • Traffic & parking issues re siting Cobham Free School at the Police Station site.
CDRA activities at previous meetings
 
Recent Donations by the CDRA
  • The CDRA is donating £500 to the Cobham celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on 3rd June 2012. 
    See our News page.
  • The CDRA is donating £250 to Cobham in Bloom 2012.
CDRA's Action on Planning

Some applications the CDRA has objected to recently:

  • Retrospective planning application at Chasemore Farm
  • Application for gasification plant in Redhill Road, Cobham
  • Retrospective planning application for site of Old Vicarage, Hollyhedge Road
  • 2 blocks comprising 6 flats behind 26-38a High Street
  • Appeal on replacement house, corner of Mizen Close/Mizen Way
  • Apeal for 2 "semis" in place of The Bungalow, Elm Grove Road
  • Swimming pool/gym/changing rooms 10/11 Korea Cottages
  • New road at Reeds School

Latest pre-submission consultations the CDRA has participated in:

  • Further meeting, in May, of interested parties to discuss the proposals for the Cedar Road site.

A CDRA representative attended a workshop on 24th March 2012 about Neighbourhood Planning, which was run by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
Earlier CDRA actions on planning
 
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