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.
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The Big Fat Surrey Festival at the Hazelwood Centre on Sunday 25th August
As far as we know this Festival has never been hosted at the Hazelwood Centre before.
The Festival's website states:
"This years hottest local summer festival coming to sunbury on thames this august bank holiday sunday House musics [sic] finest DJs complete the line up"
An excerpt from an email sent by London Irish manager to LOSRA reads as follows:
"We want to make you and the local neighbours aware of an event that is being held here at Hazelwood on the Bank Holiday Sunday 25/08/2024. This is going to be a festival of various DJ’s playing for a daytime event. 13:00 – 22:00. I have met with the organizers today, food vendor, and security/parking team who have assured me that they are going to be respectful of the local community....Ahead of the event I will make sure there is an emergency contact number left on our answer phone should anyone have anything that they are not happy about on the day."
Hedgehogs - A Great Project for Youngsters to Get Involved in During the Summer
Lower Sunbury Hedgehog project update
Earlier in summer we launched an initiative called The Lower Sunbury Hedgehogs Project aimed at helping to increase the hedgehog population of our area, which, as everywhere in the UK, has declined alarmingly over recent decades. They are certainly still around in Lower Sunbury, but we see them a lot less than we used to.
The primary aim was to encourage residents to improve access for hedgehogs between domestic gardens by making a 13cm diameter hole in the bottom of fences, hedges and walls where possible, to create ‘Hedgehog Highways’. Hedgehogs forage over a distance of 1-2 km a night, so being able to move between gardens broadens their range and gives them access to a variety of habitats for different food sources.
Foraging over a wider area also helps them encounter other hedgehogs and improves their breeding prospects, which is important to keep the population growing. There are also ways that residents can help by making their gardens as hedgehog-friendly as possible, so there are places to shelter during the day and hibernate during the winter.
To date a good number of people have become regular users of the Lower Sunbury Hedgehog Project Facebook page, and there have been quite a number of reported hedgehog sightings via the page, with one or two videos being shared. It’s a gradual process, so we’re keen to get as many residents taking an interest as possible.
There are lots of resources on the Facebook page, some of which are also in the dedicated page devoted to the project on the LOSRA web site. These give advice on how best to give them access between gardens, providing improved habitats and feeding opportunities, and lots of other information and guidance – for instance don’t put milk out for hedgehogs – they are lactose intolerant!
It’s a great project for youngsters to get involved in during the summer – anything we can do to get more hedgehogs active and visible in the area in the months before they go into hibernation in the autumn will be a positive initiative.
A night Celebrating Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock on 4th August at the RAC
Steve Waterman on trumpet, and Simon Allen on saxophone join the Terence Collie Trio at the Riverside Arts Center, 59, Thames Street on Sunday, 4th August.
This promises to be a great evening celebrating the work of two modern jazz giants.
To see full details, click here
One Point of Contact for All Reports to Council
At our June AGM, the Chief Executive of Spelthorne Council drew our attention to the recently introduced one point of contact for all reports to Council.
This point of contact may be found at spelthorne.gov.uk/report
In brief, the contact should be used to:
- Report fly tipping
- Report a noise complaint
- Access a parks and open spaces report form
- Report a street cleaning request
- Report antisocial behaviour
- Report graffiti
- Report dog fouling
- Report a littering offence
- Report a bonfire
- Report a missed bin collection
- Report abandoned vehicles
- Report faulty play equipment
- Report change of circumstances
- Report to planning enforcement
- Report tree problems
- Report a faulty street light
- Report potholes
- Report a footpath repair
- Report road maintenance
It may be good idea to print off this comprehensive list for future reference!
Rivermead Island to Host Sunbury Regatta for the Last Time on 10th August
For a full report, please go to Monica Jones' excellent article in the July/August edition of Sunbury Matters
The Council Is Seeking Your Views and Asks You To Take Survey
The Council says:
"If you live in Spelthorne, then you can really help us to understand about your views on the services that Spelthorne Borough Council provide you and your family."
More...
Sunbury BESS planning application withdrawn – just days before planning committee meeting
Those who were at the LOSRA Annual General Meeting on the 19 th June will have heard Daniel Mouawad, the Chief Executive of Spelthorne Borough Council, unexpectedly announce that the planning application for a huge Battery Energy Storage System on Green Belt land adjacent to the Eco Park in Charlton Lane had been withdrawn by the applicant.Spelthorne Design Code Officially Launched - How to Get Involved
The following email has been received from Spelthorne Council and we are pleased to reproduce it here:
Dear Residents Associations,
The Spelthorne Design Code project officially launched today!
How to get involved
Work on the Design Code Project will be kicking off with Walking Tours and Digital Tours of the Borough, running from the 20 June 2024 to 18 July 2024. For more information on the project and to sign up for a tour, visit the Spelthorne Design Code Hub
Spelthorne Launches Design Code Hub
- Have you wondered about how and why the buildings, streets, parks, and gardens you see around you were designed and built?
- Do you ask yourself why homes, offices and shopping centres look the way they do?
- Have you got a favourite building?
- Do you want to find out more about architecture, urban design, and town planning?
- And do you want to help shape the future of the place where you live?
What is a Design Code?
A design code is a manual or handbook that contains drawings, plans and a set of rules that will influence the how all new buildings, streets, parks, gardens, and public spaces across the borough should be designed and built, or how existing buildings should be modified.
Spelthorne Borough Council has recently committed to prepare a design code for the whole borough, and it wants local people – the people that know and love the area best – to help it write this code. We want to put local people at the heart of the process. Over the next few months, the project team will be meeting with diverse groups across the area to find out what they think of Spelthorne today and what it could be like in the future.
Contact details
The email address for the project is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the weblink for commonplace is https://designspelthorne.commonplace.is/
Should you wish to be removed from the Residents Association mailing list please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Many thanks,
Design Code Team
Spelthorne Borough Council
Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 1XB
Tel: 01784 446 397
A Major Project Development Project for Ashford Hospital Is Underway
A major project to increase surgical capacity and help to reduce waiting times for people across Surrey Heartlands and neighbouring regions is underway with a surgical centre of excellence being developed at Ashford Hospital.
Duncan Lamont Jr. Joins the Terence Collie Trio at the RAC on 7th July
Duncan Lamont Jr. on saxaphone & flute joins Esther Bennett and Janet McCunn (vocals) with the Terence Collie Trio in a celebration of the late Duncan Lamont at the Riverside Arts Center on Sunday, 7th July at 8pm.
View Our AGM Newsletter Here
The Annual General Meeting of the Lower Sunbury Residents’ Association will take place at The Riverside Arts Centre, Thames Street, Sunbury, on Wednesday 19th June at 8 p.m.
We are privileged and delighted that Daniel Mouawad, the Chief Executive of Spelthorne Borough Council, has accepted our invitation to be the Guest Speaker.
To read the AGM newsletter, click here
Draft Air Quality and Spring/Summer Activities
The following email from the Council has been received by Residents' Associations within Spelthorne and we are pleased to reproduce it here:
Dear Residents Associations
The Spelthorne Borough Council pollution control team have just launched a draft air quality action plan. They are keen to receive feedback on this. The links to the consultation are below.
Below this and attached there is some information from my leisure colleagues with information about Spring and Summer Events in Spelthorne.
I would appreciate it if you could share this information with the members of your residents association.
Thanks and Best Wishes, Lisa
Draft Air Quality Action Plan
We are very keen to get your views on the measures and actions included in our Draft air quality action plan available at www.spelthorne.gov.uk/AQAP
Your feedback will help us to refine the measures in the AQAP. Please complete our questionnaire online at https://spelthorne.inconsult.uk/AQAP before 30 June 2024 at 6pm.
Do feel free to share this correspondence with any interested party. Also contact us via the following inbox: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need further details.
Your response will take approximately 2-3 minutes of your time.
Spring/Summer Events
Spelthorne Summer Events Programme 2024
June-August 2024
Looking for something to do over the summer? Our Summer Events leaflet is packed with activities and events to help you make the most of your leisure time.
What's on - Spelthorne Borough Council
Saturday Morning Craft Club
Saturday 8 June-Saturday 13 July
10am-11am or 11:30am-12:30pm
5-9 years
Spelthorne Resource Centre, Staines Park, Commercial Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 2QJ
£4.80 per session or £28.80 for the term. Fees are payable in advance at the beginning of each half term and must be pre-booked as spaces are limited.
The club provides children the opportunity to take park in art and craft activities, learn new skills and have fun. With guidance from staff the children will be able to make and create their own art and craft masterpieces.
Saturday morning craft club - Spelthorne Borough Council
Music in the Park 2024
Sundays, 2 June-1 September
2-4pm
All Ages
The Walled Garden, Thames Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6AB & The Lammas Band Stand, Lammas Recreation Ground, Wraysbury Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4XZ.
Join us for a free afternoon of music. Please bring your own chairs or picnic blankets. Refreshments are available to purchase at both venues.
Flautist, Gareth Lockrane, Joins the Terence Collie Trio at the RAC on 2nd June
Gareth Lockrane is arguably the UK's premier jazz flautist and a prolific and versatile musician who will be joining the Terence Collie Trio at the Riverside Arts Centre on Sunday 2nd June.
Difficulty Paying for Rotary Club 75th Anniversary Dinner?
With reference to the article posted here on 6th May, we have received this further email from the Rotary Club:
Further to the invitation below we have been advised that a few people have had difficulty using online banking to pay for their tickets to this event.
The information we provided was:
Barclays Bank, Walton-on-Thames
Account name: Shepperton & Sunbury Rotary Club
Sort code: 20-90-56
Account number: 70793930
Reference: your surname and, if possible, add “75th Dinner”
It seems in some cases the bank isn't verifying our bank account unless the account name is written in the following specific format - ‘Rotary Club of Shepperton and Sunbury’.
Also, in case you haven’t dealt with the Holiday Inn, we’ve had to set a deadline of May 17th for responses in order that we can then comply with their deadline just a few days later. All numbers we give are then a firm commitment which is why we must ensure we have bookings by the date we have set.
We’re really hoping bring local organisations together to celebrate our lovely local area and all the voluntary work done. Also just to say, proceeds raised on the night will be used to support local charities especially Homestart, Purple Angels, White Lodge and my President’s charity Thames Sailability.
