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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.

Charlton Lane Incinerator - a  Last Throw of the DiceIn case you missed the earlier article, please scroll down to read the entry for Tuesday 5th November.

SITA needs to change the incineration technology because the original manufacturer went bankrupt. This means big changes... which require a new full planning application, so to avoid further delays SITA is sneaking these big changes through as 'minor amendments' under what is known as a Section 73 procedure. This procedure allows for minor amendments to an earlier approved application; but it is our contention that the proposed changes are not minor by any definition. Surrey County Council are simply using S.73 in order that the extant application can be rubber stamped without further delay.

You are urged to register your objection to this; and to find out more about the changes being proposed and how you can go about it please click here: http://satep.co.uk/

The Cricket Club is delighted to welcome the excellent Hampton-based Venice Red, led by guitarist, harmonica player and vocalist Chris Allard, a great supporter of the music nights and a former colleague of Karl Green and Kevin Welling before the formation of Dave's Not Here. Before he headed for London, Chris's career goes back to the '60s with Hades and Nottinghams's top prog rock outfit Dawn Trader, who opened for Def Leppard, Krokus and Saxon over the years. Some readers will know vocalist Sarah Burley from when she ran the excellent music venue, the Duke's Head in Hampton, and the line-up is completed by Graham Reed on alto sax, Paul Chaplin on tenor sax, Nick Taimitarha (keyboards), Pete Horsnell (bass) and Chris Kerrigan (drums).

They play an eclectic mix of rock, soul and R&B classics, and it will be an entertaining evening in the true Sunbury Music Night mould.

On Friday, 8th November, Crest Nicholson, the developers of The Avenue London Irish site held a drop-in event for all those residents living nearby and most likely to be affected by the housing project.

If you were unable to attend or would like to view the display boards used to illustrate the plans, please click here

Monday, 11 November 2013 14:21

Night Work on Bridge this Week

Walton BridgeRoads around Walton Bridge will be closed for five nights this week to enable road surfacing on either side of the new crossing to take place.

Costain Ltd will be carrying out work along Walton Bridge Road to complete the road surfacing at the new Walton Lane roundabout on the Shepperton side and at the traffic-signalled junction of New Zealand Avenue and Oatlands Drive.

The Callender-Hamilton bridge has now been completely removed and the last parts of the fifth crossing will be taken down at the end of this week and work has now started on constructing the permanent cafe on the Cowey Sale side of the river, which was displaced during the build.

Thursday, 07 November 2013 00:10

Rogue Traders in Sunbury

A resident has been receiving calls from various companies offering PPI refunds - the latest claimed they were from Trading Standards and offered a substantial refund in connection to her late husband. They asked for an address saying the cheque could be delivered that afternoon. Needless to say this was NOT us and she didn't divulge any personal information and reported it!

There seems to be an influx of cold callers in the Sunbury area offering energy saving surveys that are supposedly connected with a government scheme.

Think before you open the door or agree to anything and, above all, do not let strangers into your home!

Further reports of alarm sales. These follow unsolicited calls to elderly residents who are then subjected to pressure sales and even persuaded to change their already installed and more than suitable community alarm for the traders expensive contract version!

NB These are sometimes sold as 'free' but actually come with an expensive and lengthy maintenance contract.

Please look out for friends, family and neighbours!

Incinerators are the cause of increased cancer ratesAs the saying goes, if you put lipstick and a frock on a pig, it is still a pig. Whereas an earlier application for the installation of a gasifier was approved by SCC last year, by cunning sleight of hand, SCC are now seeking to vary that approval for the installation of an incinerator. The two are very different but the County Council, in defiance of independent definition, insist that the revised installation at Charlton lane is still a 'gasifier'. This is of course nonsense but SCC cannot admit this for, to do so, would imply a new application rather than a variation to that already approved.

LOSRA and the Shepperton Against The Eco Park (SATEP) have campaigned long and hard to prevent this untested and unproven installation being situated so close to a residential population but it seems that SCC are determined to press ahead in defiance of the local residents' wishes and their legitimate fears.

As time passes, more and more reports are published clearly stating that incinerators are the cause of increased cancer rates.  By the very nature of the incipient progression of these diseases it is only now that these long term studies are revealing the truth.

The following is the conclusion of an in-depth accredited Spanish study which involved a significant amount of sampling work in support of that conclusion:

5. Conclusion "Our results support the hypothesis of a statistically significant higher risk, among men and women alike, of dying from all cancer in towns situated near incinerators and hazardous waste treatment plants, and specifically, a higher excess risk in respect of tumors  in the stomach, liver, pleura, kidney, and ovary. Furthermore, this is one of the first studies to analyse the risk of dying of cancer related with specific industrial activities in this sector at a national level, and to highlight the excess risk observed in the vicinity of incinerators and installations for the recycling of scrap metal and scrapping of ELVs, regeneration of spent baths, and treatment of oil and oily waste." The full report may be viewed by clicking here:
http://news.newclear.server279.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1-s2-0-S0160412012002279-mainIncindeaths.pdf

All residents are urged to make their representations by 28th November to Surrey County Council by writing to Alan Stones, Planning Development Control Team Manager, (ref.SP13/01553/SCC), Planning and Development Group, Surrey County Council, County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DY. Alternatively by email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The application itself may be viewed by clicking here: www.sita.co.uk/your-environment/our-plans

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