Effective, efficient and worthwhile consultation is at the heart of our commitment to the community. We encourage people to engage with us to help us improve our services and provide value for money.
Current open consultations
Draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-2028
The Council has recently drafted a new Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
The strategy was presented to the Community and Wellbeing Committee on Thursday 13 March 2025, and is now open to public consultation.
The strategy has the aim of improving the mental and emotional health of residents by improving access to physical activity, creating opportunities, and by supporting residents to build connections with others. Whilst the strategy will seek to improve the health and wellbeing of all residents, there shall be a focus on the borough’s children and young people, and those whose health and wellbeing is disproportionately impacted by socio-economic factors and life circumstance.
The consultation will run for 6 weeks from Friday 4 April 2025 at 9am, and will close at 5pm on Friday 16 May 2025.
Residents may complete the online consultation questionnaire by clicking on the link below:
Click here for the draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy consultation questionnaire.
Or you can complete the questionnaire in person at any of the following venues:
- Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Spring St, Ewell, Epsom KT17 1UF
- Community and Wellbeing Centre, Sefton Rd, Epsom KT19 9HG
- Epsom Methodist Church, 11-13 Ashley Rd, Epsom KT18 5AQ
- Epsom Town Hall, The Parade, Epsom KT18 5BY
- The Rainbow Leisure Centre, East Street Epsom, KT17 1BN
- The Wells Community Centre, Spa Drive, Epsom KT18 7LR
Drop-ins will also be held at each of these venues as follows:
- The Wells Community Centre: Friday 11 April 10.30am-12.30pm
- Epsom Methodist Church: Thursday 24 April 10.30am- 12.30pm
- The Rainbow Leisure Centre: Thursday 24 April 5pm – 7pm
- Epsom Town Hall: Tuesday 29 April 10.30am-12.30pm.
- Community and Wellbeing Centre: Wednesday 30th April 10.30am-12.30pm.
- Bourne Hall: Thursday 1 May 10.30am – 12.30pm
If you have any general queries pertaining to this consultation, please email cdevelopment@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
Previous consultations
Compliance and Enforcement Policy Consultation
This consultation closed on Sunday 9 March 2025
The Council is consulting on a revised compliance and enforcement policy which sets out the principles the Council will observe when making decisions on how best to deal with contraventions of law, breaches or items of non-compliance. It applies to businesses and individuals in the area and is designed to be used by the Council where the Council is responsible for the enforcement of national or local laws.
Draft Compliance and Enforcement Policy
Comments may be made generally on the entirety of the document or on any specific aspect(s) by email to consultations@epsom-ewell.gov.uk by Sunday 9 March 2025.
Proposed Submission Local Plan (Regulation 19)
The Proposed Submission Local Plan was subject to public consultation from 09:00 on 20 December 2024 to 23:59 on the 5 February 2025. This consultation stage (Regulation 19) focused on whether the plan is sound and legally compliant. Thank you to everyone who submitted a response.
We recognised that the Regulation 19 consultation stage was more technical than the previous Regulation 18 stage, and it is for this reason that we:
- produced a guidance document to assist residents in submitting responses
- provided short webinar on the Local Plan regulation 19 consultation
- held four bookable events to provide one to one support for residents.
We are currently processing the responses received and are preparing to submit Local Plan (2022-2040), other consultation documents, supporting documents and all consultation responses to the Secretary of State for public examination before the 12 March 2025.
The Proposed Submission Local Plan was informed by the responses to our consultation on a Draft Local Plan (Regulation 18) that was undertaken in February and March 2023.
Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) Consultation
The PSPO consultation had three sections to complete and ran from Monday 4 November 2024 at 9am until Sunday 5 January 2025 at 23.59pm.
A Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) is made by a Local Authority if satisfied on reasonable grounds that two conditions are met. Firstly, that:
- activities carried on in a public place within the authority’s area have had a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality; and
- it is likely that activities will be carried on in a public place within that area and that they will have such an effect.
The second condition is that the effect, or likely effect, of the activities is, or is likely to be of a persistent or continuing nature, such as to make the activities unreasonable, and therefore justifies the restrictions imposed by the notice.
A PSPO is an order (enacted under powers given by the Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014) that identifies the public place and prohibits specified things being done in the restricted area and/or requires specified things to be done by persons carrying on specified activities in that area. The order may not have effect for more than 3 years and the Local Authority must consult with the chief officer of the police and the local policing body before issuing the order. Failure to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order is an offence.
Commercial Dog Walking Consultation
The questionnaire ran between 29 April 2024 and closed for submissions at 4pm on 3 June 2024.
Nonsuch Park is managed and maintained by a Joint Management Committee, comprising an equal number of Councillors from Epsom & Ewell Borough Council and the London Borough of Sutton. The committee Chair rotates between the two councils annually. The two councils fund, on an equal basis, the running of the park, after taking income into account. The committee is covered by the political balance arrangements.
Joint Management Committee Meetings are held quarterly, at Nonsuch Mansion. the public are always welcome to attend these meetings and questions for the committee can be submitted ahead of the meeting in accordance with the published guidelines.
Details of the meetings and how to take part can be found at https://democracy.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/ieDocHome.aspx?bcr=1
The Joint Management Committee are aware that Nonsuch Park is hugely popular with dog walkers and whilst most dog walkers are responsible, concerns have been raised about the growth of commercial walkers with multiple dogs.
Ahead of implementing any measures to control commercial dog walking, the Joint Management Committee are keen to consult with the public and stakeholders about this issue to help inform future decisions.
We were also at Nonsuch Park on the following dates and times to answer any questions:
- 29/04/2024 - Cheam Gate between 08:30am - 10:30am
- 15/05/2024 - London Road Gate between 10:30am - 12:30pm
- 22/05/2024 - Sparrow Farm Road Gate between 12:30pm - 2.30pm
Consultation on Local Validation Requirements List
Public consultation of the new List runs from Thursday 25 April – Sunday 26 May 2024.
The consultation is on the information required when an application is submitted to the Council, this information is required to validate the application. This is known as the Local Validation Requirements List.
The list comprises national and local validation requirements and provides advice on the detail and scope of information, depending on the type of application and nature of the proposal. Applications will not be validated until the information is provided.
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