This is an opportunity to ask questions and raise any matters of concern with Town, Borough and County Councillors. There will also be an update on the proposed Commercial Hub.

The Virtual Residents Forum will be presented by the Chair of the Panel who will explain the virtual format of proceedings at the start.

Residents are asked to submit their question in advance to: town.clerk@horleytown.com and will be provided with a Zoom link to join the meeting.

At the meeting, each speaker may address the Panel for up to 3 minutes to ask their question. One speaker should be nominated to represent a group.

For more details, please get in touch with Horley Town Council (email: town.clerk@horleytown.com or telephone 01293 784765)

HORLEY TOWN COUNCIL - HORLEY WEST

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 87(2) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 THAT:

a vacancy has arisen in the Office of Councillor for the Horley West Ward of the Town Council of Horley.

An election to fill the vacancy will be held on 6 May 2021 if notice in writing of a request for such an election is made by TEN local government electors for the Horley West town council ward and received by the Returning Officer, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate RH2 0SH not later than 11 January 2021.

If a request for an election is not received by the above deadline the Town Council will co-opt a person to fill the vacancy as soon as practicable.

Joan Walsh, CLERK TO THE TOWN COUNCIL

Dated: 21 December 2021

Reigate & Banstead along with the rest of Surrey (excluding Waverley) is now under Tier 4:
Stay at Home restrictions. This means tighter measures as well as a withdrawal of the planned easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.

Tier 4: Stay at Home
The new restrictions are closely aligned to those in place during the national November lockdown, and mean:

• you should stay at home except for limited exceptions (e.g. for essential travel for work, education or medical appointments)
• you cannot meet indoors with anyone not in your household or existing support bubble
• you can only meet outdoors with one person from another household
• you must not travel into/out of a Tier 4 area except for limited exceptions (e.g. for essential travel for work, education or medical appointments)
• all non-essential shops, personal care, indoor gyms as well as hospitality venues must close.

Full details of the new Tier 4: Stay at Home restrictions, including additional exceptions, can be found on the GOV.uk website.

Christmas
The planned easing of restrictions for five days over Christmas has been cancelled for those within Tier 4 areas, meaning that you cannot form or join a Christmas bubble.

People living in Tiers 1-3, can now only meet with two other households for one day only, on Christmas day, instead of the five days previously announced.

For further information on Reigate & Banstead Council Services and news of business support please click here for the information

Good Things Foundation have launched a new learning platform, the ‘Make It Click’ website where you can find a variety of reliable, easy to follow, free resources made up of guides, videos, blogs and news articles.

10 main subject areas: Careers: Email: Documents; Calendars; Presentations; Photos; Online security; Spreadsheets; Social media; Working from home. Our Make It Click Facilitator, Caroline Butler can provide support to help people to get the most out of the Make It Click learning platform or learners can choose to self-study.

To register contact Caroline Butler – email carolineb@surreyca.org.uk or call 01483 566077 or visit www.surreyca.org.uk/advice-and-support/make-it-click/

There is no train service on Christmas Day. On Boxing Day, limited train services will operate on the following three routes: 

Brighton to London Victoria, calling at Haywards Heath, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon and Clapham Junction; Sutton to London Victoria via West Croydon and
East Croydon to London Victoria via West Norwood

From Sunday 27 Dec to Sunday 3 Jan, there will be changes to Southern, Thameslink, South Western Railway and Great Western Railway services that use the railway lines through Gatwick, Horsham, Epsom and Dorking over the Christmas period.
Passengers travelling on those lines are advised to allow more time to travel as some journeys will require a change of train.

Please check your journey at National Rail Enquiries