Welcome to the LOSRA Website
Like any local community, the policies and decisions shaping the character and future of Lower Sunbury are influenced by a combination of local and national government initiatives, alongside market forces and vested interests operating within these frameworks. As with many areas, Lower Sunbury faces challenges stemming from an aging infrastructure, rapid urban development, increasing traffic congestion, and other pressures that impact both quality of life and the distinctive character of the neighbourhood.
In collaboration with local authorities, other residents’ associations and amenity groups, LOSRA plays a vital role in addressing fundamental issues that affect its members' lives. This organisation not only engages with broader strategic concerns but also focuses on the everyday matters that shape community well-being.
To stay informed, we encourage you to subscribe to our regular e-bulletins via the link at the top left of this page. Your continued support is essential to our efforts, and we urge you to join or renew your membership. Subscriptions for 2026 are now payable at £5 per household. Donations are also welcome.
Music in the Park, Sunbury Walled Garden, Sunday 7th May
When: 11.30am - 4pm
Details: A Coronation concert in the Sunbury Walled Garden with The Linden Wind Orchestra and The Lammas and Staines Brass Band.
London Irish Amateur International Girls Festival, 30th April
The inaugural London Irish Amateur International Girls Festival will be taking place on 30th April.
Whilst we have not been notified of the precise number or age groups attending, we have been assured that the majority will be attending by coach transport. Nonetheless, it is reasonable to suppose that there will be a preference for street parking for those wishing to travel independently.
Alex Clarke & Alan Barnes with Terence Collie Trio at RAC, 14th May
Alan Barnes is a prolific international performer, composer, arranger, bandleader and touring soloist. He is best known for his work on clarinet, alto and baritone sax where he combines a formidable virtuosity with a musical expression and collaborative spirit that have few peers.
His range and brilliance have made him a first call for studio and live work since his precocious arrival on the scene more than thirty years ago.
His recorded catalogue is immense. He has made over thirty albums as leader and co-leader alone, and the list of his session and side-man work includes Bjork, Bryan Ferry, Michel LeGrande, Clare Teale, Westlife, Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum. He has toured and played residencies with such diverse and demanding figures as Ruby Braff, Freddie Hubbard, Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache, Ken Peplowski, Harry Allen and Conte Candoli.
Alex and Alan will be appearing with the Terence Collie Trio at the Riverside Arts Centre on Sunday 14th May.
SCC Welcomes Great Blues Artist Papa George on 21st April
The next Music Night at Sunbury Cricket Club is on Friday 21st when the Club welcomes the great bluesman PAPA GEORGE, playing at the Club for the first time with his own band.
Singer and guitarist Papa George is one of the great British blues troubadours, who has been a fixture on the club and festival circuit since the 1970s, and is sufficiently renowned to have been inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame in the USA. He will be appearing with bass player Pete Stroud, well-known at the club from his appearances with Bad Influence, and, extraordinarily, a drummer also called Pete Stroud, formerly with Sassafras, who has played at the Club with Paul Cox, and is also a member of The Foundations.
Muddy Waters’ guitarist Bob Margolin called George “A powerful deep blues player….a spectacular blues artist. He’s got power and nuance as a master entertainer”. Broadcaster Bob Harris says George plays “electric blues at its very best”. There’s more information at www.papageorge.co.uk.
George has appeared at the Club before with The Barnes Blues Band, but it’s a welcome and long overdue debut at the Club for him with his own band, and one not to be missed. This is the last Music Night before we have a break during the summer so we look forward to seeing you to make the most of this one.
Admission is £10.00 on the door, payable by cash or card. Hot food, prepared by the expert chefs from our resident caterers from the community food distribution organisation Surplus To Supper, will be available from 6pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
Local Plan - Public Hearings Dates
SBC have confirmed dates for the public hearings as part of the Local Plan examination, which is now well underway. The hearings will commence on Tuesday 23 May 2023.
Full details can be found here
Statement of Persons Nominated for Local Election
The Statement of Persons Nominated for the election on 4 May 2023 has now been published and may be viewed here
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London Irish Mini Festival, April 23rd
The Amateur London Irish Mini Festival will once again be staged this year on Sunday, 23rd April. In previous years, inconsiderate parking by visiting parents has caused problems in nearby roads, often preventing residents from leaving or entering their driveways.
The Club has written to all competing clubs asking that they comply with the arrangements for parking which are as follows:
Car Parking
"No parking will be available at the London Irish Hazelwood ground. Kempton Park will provide all Festival parking. The designated entrance is the main entrance on Staines Road East. Marshals will be on hand to collect monies and direct you to overflow parking facilities if required. In addition they will direct you to buses which will transfer you to the Hazelwood ground which is a ten-minute bus ride from Kempton Park.
"Buses will carry shelters and kit.
"Out of consideration to residents in the immediate area please do NOT park in adjacent roads. A number of adjacent roads are too narrow to allow residents to park on, or leave, their houses because turning out of, or into, private drives becomes impossible if festival attendees park on the street.
"The police are likely to remove any cars that cause an obstruction for emergency vehicles or are blocking residents’ driveways".
A number of signs (illustrated) will be available on the day.
Top British Blues Guitarist, Dave Kelly, Returns to SCC on 31st March
The next Music Night at Sunbury Cricket Club is on Friday 31st March, when we are delighted to welcome back DAVE KELLY, a leading figure on the UK and international blues scene for several decades, and one of the country’s finest slide guitarists, who has attracted sell-out audiences on previous visits to the Club, both solo and with his band.
He was with The John Dummer Blues Band in the ‘60s blues boom alongside his late lamented sister Jo-Ann Kelly, and toured the UK with John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, before he and Jo Ann formed Tramp with Tony McPhee. In 1979 he founded The Blues Band with Paul Jones, Hughie Flint & Tom McGuinness, former members of Manfred Mann and McGuinness Flint, and for over 40 years until they called it a day in 2021, they were the UK’s top blues attraction. He is also a regular at festivals, club and concert dates across Europe and in the USA and Canada.
Dave won the British Blues Awards Top Acoustic Artist for five years running, until they stopped entering him! As a singer and guitarist steeped in the blues for a lifetime, his repertoire draws on classics from across the genre as well as his own material, and we can guarantee an evening of spell-binding and high-class entertainment from one of the greats of British blues.
Admission is £10.00 on the door, payable by cash or card. Hot food, prepared by the expert chefs from our resident caterers from the community food distribution organisation Surplus To Supper, will be available from 7pm.
Public Hearing Dates Announced for Local Plan Examination
Spelthorne Council announces the dates for the public hearings as part of its Local Plan examination, which will commence on 23 May 2023.
After 6 long years in gestation it is to be hoped that we now have the finishing line in sight.
For full details, please click here
A Pictorial History of Spelthorne by Nick Pollard on 30th March - POSTPONED
POSTPONED
Local historian and curator of Spelthorne Museum, Nick Pollard, will be discussing the history of Spelthorne through the lenses of photographers over the last century and a half as well as earlier prints from the 18th century.
Donations are welcome and all proceeds raised will go to the Mayor's charities.
Emergency Alerts
The UK government have launched an Emergency Alerts system and a test will be sent to all residents in the early evening of Sunday 23 April.
For further details, click here
LOSRA Spring 2023 Newsletter Out Now
Our Spring newsletter is currently with the printers and should be available for distribution from the weekend 25/26th March.
Guitarist, Paul Stead Joins Terence Collie Trio at the RAC on 2nd April
With over twenty years playing experience, Paul has worked with numerous ensembles and as a solo performer in a variety of musical scenarios. Confident playing in a wide variety of genres spanning Jazz, Classical, Flamenco, Blues and Rock, Paul has become an in-demand freelance guitarist.
Picking up the guitar at the age of eleven, initially self taught Paul started performing with his first band at fourteen. After completing a BA in Jazz studies at the prestigious Leeds College of Music in 2001 he went on to work as a freelance musician and guitar teacher
Re-locating to London in 2009 and recently completing an MA in Film and TV Composition, he currently divides his time as a performer, music educator and media composer.
Currently Paul is working with many established musicians and singers on the London Jazz scene, playing at many of London's prestigious venues.
Anti-social Behaviour, Make Your Views Known
The Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend is asking for residents’ views on anti-social behaviour in Surrey.
It comes as the county’s partnership including her office, Surrey Police, Surrey County Council, housing providers and various support charities look to boost the service that is provided when residents report an issue or need help.
Getting tough on anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a key part of the Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan, that outlines the priorities for Surrey Police.
Have your say now: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GQZJN3/
ASB takes many forms, ranging from rowdy or inconsiderate behaviour to antisocial driving and criminal damage. It can significantly increase the risk to an individual’s health and is often connected with the bigger picture of community safety.
But reducing anti-social behaviour is complex and requires coordinated support from partners in areas such as housing, care, and mental health as well as policing.
The survey is an important way of making sure residents’ views remain at the heart of the work of the partnership and capture a fresh picture of the problems that communities in Surrey are facing in 2023.
Charity ASB help are supporting the launch of the survey and will be working with the Commissioner’s office and Surrey Police to analyse the feedback in the spring. The results of the survey and focus groups will then help the partnership to improve services and raise awareness of the different routes for reporting ASB and the support that is available.
Commissioner Lisa Townsend said it was a topic that is regularly raised by residents in Surrey, but that ASB could not be ‘solved’ by police alone.
She said: “Anti-social behaviour is often described as a ‘low level’ crime but I don’t agree – it can have a lasting and devastating impact on people’s lives.
“I regularly hear from residents affected by ASB and they often feel there is no escape. It is happening where they are and may repeat weekly or even daily.
“Making sure our communities feel safe is a key part of my Police and Crime Plan for Surrey and I’m proud that we have a strong partnership tackling ASB in Surrey.
“There is more to do. Your views are really important for us to be able to raise more awareness of the ways you can report different problems and access help.”
The online survey will run until Friday, 31 March.
Anyone affected by ASB in Surrey can find out which agency to contact for different problems at healthysurrey.org.uk/community-safety/asb/who-deals-with-it
Support is available if you experience persistent ASB in Surrey. Visit the Mediation Surrey website for more information about mediation and coaching, or visit the Community Trigger page to find out what to do if you have reported the same problem on multiple occasions but are not satisfied with the actions taken to resolve it.
