28th May, 2025

This site presents an independent view to maintain the current status of Shere Parish Council, with Peaslake as part of it, forever.
The website is independent of SPC, and does not represent SPC, or any councillor, in any way.

STOP PRESS!

!!!!!! TONIGHT. !!!!!!
Be there!

Stop the Proposal for a new Parish Council for Peaslake only.

Extraordinary Parish Council meeting called, for Wednesday, 28th May, 7.30 pm, Tanyards Hall, Gomshall.

The Agenda item is to discuss, decide and vote on the official Shere Parish council view on the proposed parish council split, and boundary change, brought about by pressure from some Peaslake residents, whereby Peaslake would have its own parish council. All are welcome to attend, and make their views known to SPC. This is a matter of urgency, and the consultation period is now under way. Further details to be added here, daily. Please do attend!

Stop the Proposal for a new Parish Council for Peaslake only.

Note: Reason for this site to exist: A request was made to the Peaslake community 'council' to ask if they could publish a 'balance' document stating the case to stay with the current arrangement i.e. to keep Shere Parish Council as it has been for 131 years, so as to provide a balance to their published case for leaving SPC: but they have declined permission to do so. So it leaves little choice but to publish the 'remain' case, here. New Details and comments to be added, here, daily.

Background:

The 'governance /boundary review' as it is called, is to allow Guildford Borough Council to consider, after a public consultation, the idea to split the parish council, leaving Shere with 2 wards, and to separate Peaslake ward allowing the formation of a new Parish Council to serve Peaslake only, separate from Shere Parish Council. This consultation is now under way, with a closing date for public comments on the 7th July, 2025. So if you do not want this to happen, act soon, please! Many reasons to oppose the idea and details on how to register your view are listed in the sidebar, on the left.

All residents of Shere Parish should have received a consultation letter, inviting comments from the public. This is for ALL residents of Shere Parish, not just residents of Peaslake.

While there may be some reasons for this proposal, there are many reasons too why it might not be a good idea: The idea of this site is to provide details and points to counter the pressure being brought about to do this, driven by 2 local ward councillors and the Peaslake 'community council', despite the latter not being a representative organization within the village. Not all of the current serving Parish ward councillors support this, and the majority of residents of Peaslake have not publicly expressed any views, as yet, which is the purpose of the current consultation letter sent out by GBC.

The site offers points in favour of the 'status quo'.

The navigation sidebar allows links to various pages, where these details on how to register your view, what its all about, what is entailed. Your comments if you want them known, can be published there too, using the e mail link below.

Please indicate if you want your name published, and give permission to do so. Please note that this site not a public forum, much the same as the 'community council' site is not: the editor reserves the right to moderate or exclude any comments deemed offensive, or not relevant.

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