Horley residents are invited to attend the Residents Forum which will be held in person at the Horley Town Council Offices, 92 Albert Rd, Horley, RH6 7HZ. This is an opportunity to ask questions and raise any matters of concern with Town, Borough and County Councillors.  

Residents are asked to submit their topic or question in advance to: town.clerk@horleytown.com 
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)

Town Award Presentation

At the Horley in Bloom Awards evening, Head of Leisure and Deputy Town Clerk, Carol Fenton, was presented with a Town Award.

Cllr Samantha Marshall, Chairman & Town Mayor, Horley Town Council said “Carol has been a very valued staff member of Horley Town Council for many years, her wide-ranging experience and wealth of Town Council and Local Government knowledge will be greatly missed”.

In the 25 years that Carol has worked for Horley Town Council, the Council has grown from strength to strength.  Carol has played a large part in its development, having worked tirelessly to help transform the Council’s modest recreation grounds and playgrounds into an outstanding estate, which are enjoyed so much by the local community, making them attractive places for everyone of all ages to visit and enjoy.  Through Carol’s tireless efforts, the Council has enjoyed many years of success in the South and South-East in Bloom Competitions.  Carol has also ensured that the “Horley in Bloom” annual competition has attracted entrants of all ages.

Horley Town Council are also reviewing the consultation material and will be drafting a response in due course

David spent 25 years in the British Army with the Royal Military Police. He spent 2 years in Saigon protecting the British Embassy  during the Vietnam conflict and notably found himself under fire whilst trying to reach the British Embassy at the start of the Tet offensive in 1968. He eventually left the army as a Regimental Sergeant Major in 1979.

After leaving the Army David managed Kensington & Chelsea’s Environmental Enforcement Services for the next 10 years, before being recruited to manage the then start -up French Waste management company Veolia. Whilst working for Kensington & Chelsea he was asked by the Ministry of Defence to join the TA to rescue a failing unit which he was able to do. David left Veolia as Managing Director in 2000 but despite his intention to retire David started receiving calls from other Councils around the country asking for help to improve the productivity of their waste management services. Eventually at the age of 78 David decided it really was time to retire.

David and his wife, Bee, moved to Horley from London in 2001 and he became a Town Councillor in 2002 and a Borough Councillor from 2010 -2017. David has been both a Borough and Town Council Mayor. David is also the President of the local branch of the Royal British Legion.

In 2013 when he was 78 he read about a 70-year-old from Essex breaking the age-related world record skydiving from 30,000ft free falling at 300mph. It was coming up to the Centenary of the start of WW1 and he was looking for a project to raise money for the RBL. He thought ‘If he can do it so can I.’ The only person in the world who has a licence to train civilians for this is in Memphis, USA so David went out there to do the jump. He enjoyed it so much he did it again aged 80 when Borough Mayor, and also as a birthday treat for his 82nd birthday. David holds the world record for the oldest person to do a HALO (High Altitude Low Opening parachute jump as performed by Special Forces) from 30,00ft.  In 2020 David walked the equivalent distance from Horley to the Menin Gate around the Horley Recreation Ground to raise funds for the burnt down Earl Haig Club.