Members Bulletin 6 March 2026

New Member Information

East Surrey Joint Committee

The agenda for the next East Surrey Joint Committee meeting has been published on Surrey County Council’s website. This can be accessed by the link below:

Agenda for East Surrey Joint Committee on Friday, 13 March 2026, 1.00 pm - Surrey County Council

The meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday 13 March at 1pm. The meeting will be held at Elmbridge Borough Council, Civic Centre, High St, Esher KT10 9SD. Please note this meeting is being live streamed. The stream can be accessed via the following link:

The East Surrey Joint Committee meeting - Friday 13 March 2026, 1:00pm - Elmbridge Borough Council Webcasting

Surrey Hills National Landscape Management Plan - A 75 Year Vision for a Thriving Place for People and Nature.

Please find located in your pigeonholes a copy of the Executive Summary of the new Management Plan for the Surrey Hills National Landscape.

The Management Plan is a statutory document that Reigate & Banstead Council adopted on 23 October 2025. All public bodies have a legal duty to further the purpose of the designated landscape in carrying out its functions by having regard to the Targets, Strategic Priorities and Policy Framework in the Plan. These are set out in the Executive Summary which includes links to the evidence and justification in the full Management Plan which can be found online.

The Management Plan is required to be kept under review and adopted on a no less than 5-year basis. A new Management Plan will be reviewed considering the proposed 30% extension to the Surrey Hills National Landscape and adoption by the new unitary authorities in 2027.

In the meantime, new governance arrangements are being put in place with an extended Partnership Board and a new Members Steering Group.

Please contact me or the Surrey Hills National Landscape Director, rob.fairbanks@surreyhills.org, if you would like any further information on the Management Plan.

Invite for Councillors - Railway 200 Exhibition Train

Councillors are invited to visit the Railway 200 Exhibition Train with Southern Railway on 10 March 2026, 10am–5pm, at Tattenham Corner Station, Tattenham Crescent, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5QD.

The Mayor will be attending from 12.30–1.30pm.

Councillors are welcome to drop in at any time during the event.

Tickets are booked here

Member Information

Calendar of Meetings

New Future Surrey newsletter and intranet

Hopefully you will have all received your first Future Surrey newsletter with links to the new intranet for members from all Surrey councils. The purpose is to keep you updated on all the developments as we go through Devolution & Local Government Reorganisation (D&LGR).

If you haven’t received, please check your quarantine folder – as we understand some have gone into there. The newsletter is from futuresurrey@comms.surreycc.info – so if you add that to your contacts, if should come directly in future.

Members are invited to a joint evening Member Development Session, in conjunction with Planning team accross Surrey, on An Introduction to Spatial Development Strategies

Session Overview found below

For the attention of Borough and District Councillors in Surrey

The admission arrangements for Surrey's community and voluntary controlled schools for 2027 were determined by Surrey's Full Council on 3 February 2026. The following documents, which set out Surrey's arrangements, are available in full on the Surrey County Council website at www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/arrangements-and-outcomes/determined-arrangements.