• Welcome to the LOSRA Website

    Welcome to the LOSRA Website

    The Lower Sunbury Residents' Association Read More
  • Become a Member

    Become a Member

    We invite anybody interested in the issues facing Lower Sunbury to subscribe Read More
  • View Our Newletters

    View Our Newletters

    You can find all the recent LOSRA Newsletter available to download Read More
  • LOSRA's Aims

    LOSRA's Aims

    To optimise and enhance the quality of life for Lower Sunbury residents by all appropriate means Read More
  • Sunbury As It Was

    Sunbury As It Was

    Visit the LOSRA Gallery for images past and Present Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Welcome to the LOSRA Website

As with any other local neighbourhood, the policies and actions which affect the character and future of Lower Sunbury are generally framed and implemented by a combination of local and national government, along with the vested interests and market forces which operate within those frameworks. Lower Sunbury is by no means unique in being under threat from a creaking infrastructure brought about by rapid urban development, the growth of traffic, and other pressures affecting the quality of life and the character of the area.

Working with the local authorities, we see it as the responsibility of residents’ and amenity groups such as LOSRA to address the underlying issues which fundamentally affect their members’ lives, as well as the minutiae of everyday life with which such groups are often concerned.

Please sign up to receive our regular e-bulletins by subscribing via the facility at the top left hand of this page. It goes without saying that, without your continued support we would cease to function so we urge you to join, or renew your membership now Subscriptions (£5 per household) for 2024 are now payable.

Wednesday, 06 November 2024 12:10

BESS is Back - An Update

On 14 October we published an article about the re-submitted planning application for a Battery Energy Storage System on Green Belt land adjacent to the Charlton Lane Eco Park.  We advised that the applicant, Sunbury BESS Limited, had requested separate meetings with the local Residents’ Associations but that we had proposed instead a single meeting with representatives of those RAs.

This meeting took place in the Riverside Arts Centre in Lower Sunbury on Friday 25 October.  Five committee members from the Charlton Village, Lower Sunbury and Shepperton RAs met with four representatives of Sunbury BESS Limited (the ‘Applicant’) and its agent DWD.  It was a useful meeting, at which we were able to explain the various concerns of local residents and query, discuss and clarify aspects of the revised application.  Following the meeting we have re-assessed our objections to the scheme accordingly.

To see our full report of this meeting, click here

To see our objections to this revised application, click here

There’s an enforced change of plan for the next Music Night on Friday 15th November. The Club had announced The Skeleton Crew for that evening, but they have had to pull out through illness, and the Club was fortunate to secure the service of THE BLUE BISHOPS, who haven’t played at the Club for quite a while, mainly because a couple of members have to travel quite a distance.

They have done cracking shows for us in the past, and still feature long-time members Simon Burritt on guitar & vocals and Geoff Grange on guitar, harmonica and vocals. Simon is a veteran of many bands since his time as an artist with Mike Vernon’s Blue Horizon label in the ‘60s, and Geoff is a former collaborator of Bill Wyman and Nicky Hopkins. The other regular members are Ian Fordham on bass and Micky Hollis on drums, both also with a rich heritage in the business recording and performing with various bands.

The music is at the rockier end of the blues spectrum, and you can hear plenty of examples of their music, with clips from their albums on their website at www.bluebishops.co.uk, and ‘live’ performances on their youtube channel, which includes a track from this year’s Ealing Blues Festival in July, the last time they were in this neck of the woods, when they also played The Eel Pie Club. There’s plenty of other information on the website as well.

It's a welcome and long-overdue return to the Club for them, and they are looking forward to doing a show in the proper Sunbury Music Night rocking blues tradition. 

Hot food, prepared by the Club's resident caterers Surplus To Supper, will be available as usual from about 6.30pm, with the band on stage around 8.30 pm or soon after, so it's hoped you can make it.

Admission is £10.00 on the door, payable by cash or card.

Monday, 04 November 2024 10:01

Lower Sunbury Conservation Area Appraisal

Spelthorne Borough Council has undertaken an appraisal of the Lower Sunbury Conservation Area under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.  The deadline for submission of comments is November 20th.

This is an interesting document for anyone who lives in Lower Sunbury, especially for those who live within the Conservation Area. 

Significantly, it is proposed that the Conservation Area be extended to include Darby House, Sunbury Court and the eastern part of the riverside public open space.  In addition, certain modern development on the west side of Green Street is to be excluded.

Whilst there is reference to the state of the roads in the area, there is no mention of the wear and tear on buildings (both listed and otherwise) caused by the ever increasing volume of road traffic.  LOSRA's view is that this is a matter of real concern and that reference should be made to the threat to buildings in the Conservation Area caused by increasing road traffic.

Monday, 04 November 2024 09:59

An Update from LIARFC from Club President

The following email has been received by LoSRA from Chris Kane the President of London Irish Amateur RFC and we are pleased to reproduce it here:

"Following the recent press coverage and social media posts regarding the possible re-forming of the London Irish Professional Team, I am writing to provide you with an update on our project to secure a long term home for London Irish Amateur RFC at Hazelwood.

Our position

"London Irish Amateur RFC has a long lease over much of Hazelwood.  The site is also subject to very detailed planning obligations, requiring it to be used for community rugby, community sports and other community activities.  In further recognition of the site’s status, Spelthorne Council recently accepted our application to register Hazelwood as an Asset of Community Value. 

Increased Community Usage of Hazelwood

"As we informed you some months ago we are partnering with the London GAA and Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust in our project to acquire Hazelwood for the community.  We are now seeing both organisations increasing their usage of Hazelwood.

Extensive Support for our Plan

"We are confident our plan is deliverable and it has extensive support from our members, partners, and the community.

Engagement with other bidders

"We have always accepted it is possible another party may acquire Hazelwood and thus become our landlord. Since the administration we have engaged with a number of these parties. Our position remains we are happy to discuss with any bidders how Hazelwood could be shared.

 

"London Irish Amateur RFC  will not be making any comment on the recent media reports. 

We strongly believe Hazelwood must remain a community asset. We have a plan which achieves this."

Chris Kane

Club President

1 Nov 2024

The following email has been received from the General Manager of the Hazelwood Community Company and we are pleased to reproduce it here:

"We are going to be hosting the Spelthorne Business awards here for the second year running on the 1st November which is very exciting for us. We would appreciate a little word out to the local community if they would like to join in celebrating local business, they are welcome to buy tickets for the tables. The guests can buy tickets through the following website: www.spelthornebusinessawards.co.uk"

 

Page 1 of 112

Subscribe for 2024

Sunbury Ferry

Hedgehog Project

Join Our Mailing List

Latest Local News

06 November 2024