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ERA Events

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100

Upcoming 2026 Events

Local Election for Councillors for new West Surrey Council (WSC) combined Egham Ward 7th May

A chance to exercise your democratic right to use your TWO votes.

Note that Isabel Mullens & Gren Elliot were endorsed at ERA’s AGM on February 19th as the Runnymede Independent Residents Group (RIRG) candidates.

Magna Carta Day - 13th June

We will be running a stall in the High Street, raising awareness and almost certainly running a competition with proceeds going to charity.

ERA Events from 2025

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100

ERA Events from 2025

Egham Christmas Fair in Egham High Street - Saturday 13th December 2025

ERA had a stall where:

🎅 Father Christmas made a guest appearance
We had a “Guess the Bottle Contents” competition
- We are very grateful to our member, Jules Manson for providing the contents.
  The proceeds were split equally between Egham's Manorcroft Nursery
  and Egham Choral

Advent Carol Singing with Egham Choral - Sunday 7th December 2025

Advent Carols with Egham Choral

at the United Church, Egham

Group Visit Visit to the British Museum Bronze-Age finds excavated at Runnymede Bridge in the 1970/80s

On Thursday 23rd October 2025 a group of 18 enthusiasts from ERA, the Egham Museum and the Egham-by-Runnymede Historical Society had a private visit to the British Museum Bronze-Age store, and enjoyed talks given by the Museum’s experts.

West Surrey Local Elections 7th May 2026

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100

ERA Events from 2025

Advent Carol Singing with Egham Choral - Sunday 7th December 2025

Advent Carols with Egham Choral

at the United Church, Egham

RAGE 3 November 2025 response to SCC Ref 2021/0023

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100

RESIDENTS AGAINST GRAVEL EXTRACTION - 3 November 2025 response to SCC Ref 2021/0023

The following is a slightly reformatted HTML version of the original docx file response.

Egham Residents’ Association, Stroude Residents’ Association, Thorpe Ward Residents’ Association,

Chairman: Dr Jocelyn Boxall Treasurer: Helen Garlick

                                                                    Residents Against Gravel Extraction  
                                                                    3 November 2025

Ms S Saadeh Assistant Director for Planning and Development Planning PO Box 478 Reigate RH2 8EF

Dear Ms Saadeh

Constitution of the Egham Residents' Association

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100

For a PDF version of this, see ERA_Constitution as of February 2025

The PDF copy should be considered the master copy - the following is provided for convenience.

For a Word document copy of the previous version of this, see ERA_Constitution as of March 2024

CONSTITUTION OF THE EGHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

1 Title

The Association shall be called the “Egham Residents’ Association”.

2 Aims and Objectives

2.1 To improve and preserve amenities and facilities within the geographical area of Egham Town and to consider all matters of interest to the residents.
2.2 The Association shall not align itself with any Political Party, (other than Runnymede Independent Residents’ Group for electoral purposes) or religious groups, for other than in 2.1
2.3 To nominate and support, when considered appropriate and desirable, the election of Councillors to the Borough and County Councils or the body/bodies that succeed these in the event of a local government re-organisation such as the introduction of a new Unitary Authority. See Councillors; Terms of Reference [Section 8])
2.4 To inform the electorate of Egham of local matters which may concern them. (See Communication with Association Membership [Section 9])

3 Membership

3.1 Voting members of the Association shall consist of residents of the Egham Town Ward in the Borough of Runnymede (or the ward(s) that include(s) the town of Egham should current ward boundaries be changed by a local government re-organisation such as the introduction of a new Unitary Authority) (“The Ward”), who will become members upon payment of the specified annual subscription. Membership can be declined, and any subscription refunded in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Committee.
3.2 Non-residents of The Ward, but with a close connection to Egham, may be admitted as non-voting members at the discretion of the Committee.

4 Subscriptions

4.1 The annual subscription shall be a figure determined by each Annual General Meeting.
4.2 The annual subscription is payable at the time of joining the Association and subsequent subscriptions shall be due on 1st January each year.
4.3 The subscription shall cover one adult member (See 5.7). Separate subscriptions will be required from other adults, in the same household, wishing to join the Association. Senior Citizens will be eligible for membership at a reduced subscription rate. A mid- year subscription rate and a household subscription rate may be adopted at the discretion of the Committee.

5 General Meetings

5.1 At least one month’s notice will be given of the time and venue of General Meetings. The agenda for General Meetings will be circulated at the same time and will include provision for Any Other Business so that business not stated elsewhere may be discussed.
5.2 An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) will be held by the decision of the Committee, or at the written request of 40 of the current membership. This written request will be addressed to the Association’s Secretary and will state the business to be discussed.
5.3 The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held as soon as conveniently possible after February 1st. The AGM will elect the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Planning Officer and Webmaster to serve for the next year.
5.4 No officer will be eligible for re-election unless he/she has attended two thirds of the previous year’s Committee meetings (unless due to illness or with the consent of the AGM)
5.5 The Association’s Constitution may only be altered at a general meeting and then only with a two-thirds majority of those Association voting members attending the meeting. Ten days’ notice shall be required for such an amendment.
5.6 The quorum of a general meeting shall be 30 or 5% of the current voting membership, whichever is the smaller.
5.7 A voting member of the Association shall be any member who fulfils the criteria for voting member given in sections 3.1 and 3.2 above. (Postal votes can be available at the discretion of the Committee)
5.8 All decisions (except that for the selection of candidates for Council elections [see 8.2] or affecting the Constitution and termination of the Association [see 10]) will be agreed by a simple majority, voted in by a show of hands of voting members unless a secret ballot is demanded by a majority of voting members present.

6 Committee

6.1 The Committee will consist of up to twenty members including the officers. All such members will have full voting rights.
6.2 No Committee member shall be an active officer engaged in the affairs of any political party, other than Runnymede Independent Residents’ Group.
6.3 A quorum of the Committee shall be five Committee members, and decisions made by the Committee shall be by simple majority of those present.
6.4 Committee members can be voted off if they have not attended three consecutive meetings without good reason or have not submitted their apologies.
6.5 Committee members must declare any interest they may have in the topic under discussion and the Committee will decide if they need to forfeit their right to vote on such topic.
6.6 The Committee may:
- (a) Fill any vacancy until the next AGM.
- (b) Co-opt additional members.
- (c) Upon prior notice to and with the consent of the Secretary invite any person they see fit to attend any meeting.
- (d) Appoint sub-Committees to deal, on the Association’s behalf, with specific subjects, including the co-opting of additional members pursuant to 6.6(b) above
6.7 The Committee shall cause minutes to be taken of all meetings of the Association and carry out the business of the Association in accordance with the policy agreed at a general meeting.
6.8 The Committee shall hold a minimum of nine meetings per year and one within a month of any General Meeting.
6.9 A special Committee meeting may be called at the request of three Committee members.
6.10 No officer or member of the Committee except the Chair or Secretary shall make an official statement to the press.
6.11 Nominations for election to the Committee must be sent in writing together with the name of the proposer and seconder (who shall both be ERA members, but only one of which may be an existing Committee member) to the Secretary to reach him or her at least ten days before the annual General Meeting at which the election is to take place. Retiring Members from the Committee shall be eligible for re-election.
6.12 Any member newly nominated to the Committee shall be co-opted to the Committee for a probationary period of 3 months. Thereafter the confirmation of the member’s appointment to the Committee shall be by a majority decision of the Committee.

7 Association Officers

7.1 The Officers of the Association shall be Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Planning Officer and Webmaster and other officers as the Committee may wish to appoint. No Committee member shall fill more than one such position, except on a temporary basis to fill a vacancy.
7.2 The Chair shall be responsible for the work of the Association. He/she shall preside over meetings and be responsible for their conduct including having power of adjournment. The Chair shall have a casting vote but no other vote. (This applies to all meetings). One of the other Officers shall be appointed to stand in for the Chair if any prolonged period of absence occurs.
7.3 The Secretary shall be responsible for the administrative work of the Association and will act under the general direction and authority of the Committee. He/she may also act under the direction of and by the authority of a special resolution of a General Meeting of the Association.
7.4 The Treasurer shall be responsible for maintaining a bank account in the name of Egham Residents Association and receiving all monies and paying all Accounts agreed by the Committee. The Treasurer shall act under the general direction of the Committee, including any statutory requirements relating to membership of Runnymede Independent Residents’ Group, and prepare an annual statement of receipts and payments to 31st December each year, which shall be audited by a suitable person selected annually for that purpose. The Accounts will then be presented to the next AGM for adoption.
7.5 The Membership Secretary shall be responsible for administration work in relation to the membership of the Association and shall act under the general direction of the Committee and shall also serve as the Association’s Data Protection Officer.
7.6 The Webmaster shall be responsible for the design & maintenance of the Association’s web pages & shall act under the general direction of the Committee. The Webmaster may also look after the Associations Social Media feeds, or the Committee may appoint a separate Committee member to look after Social Media.
7.7 The Planning Officer shall be responsible for scrutinising planning applications made for the local area, proposing to the Committee suitable responses, and where decided, submitting letters of objection and/or support in co-ordination with the Chair.
7.8 All payments over £40 shall be authorised/signed by at least two of the Secretary, Treasurer or Chair. Payments of £40 or under can be authorised/signed by any one of the Secretary, Treasurer or Chair. Only payments of £40 and under can be made by cash (excepting on the night cash payments made for Barn Dance services).

8 Councillors: Terms of Reference

8.1 Any decision to give official support to a candidate for election to the Borough or County Councils or the body/bodies that succeed these in the event of a local government re-organisation such as the introduction of a new Unitary Authority will be taken by a general meeting of the Association. In the event of a by-election any decision will be taken by a General Meeting or the Committee.
8.2 The choice of candidates will be made as in 8.1. Anyone wishing to be selected should arrange for his/her nominations (signed by a sponsor and seconder) to be submitted to the Secretary two weeks before the meeting at which the candidacy is to be discussed. The potential candidates will be expected to address the meeting and to answer questions to the best of his/her ability. Where more than one nomination is received, the Committee will meet with the candidates beforehand, and the Chair may express the Committee’s preference for one or more of the candidates at the meeting, before the candidates must then be selected by a vote of those present.
8.3 Councillors or candidates, nominated and officially supported by the Association, must not be officers or active members of a political party other than Runnymede Independent Residents’ Group.
8.4 Councillors elected with the official support of the Association would be a representative of the electorate and not a delegate of the Association. He/she will, however, always be mindful of Association Policy and must frequently consult and report to the Association.
8.5 The Association will be free to withdraw its support from a Councillor or Candidate if it is thought by the Committee that he/she is acting contrary to the Association’s interests.

9 Communication with Association Membership

9.1 The Association will circulate a Newsletter to the membership.
9.2 Normally a minimum of four of these Newsletters will be circulated in any one year. One must be distributed within two months of a General Meeting.
9.3 The Committee will arrange Public Meetings, when considered appropriate, on topics of local interest and concern. [These Public Meetings are not the same as a General Meeting and so the rules for the conduct of such meetings do not apply. The privileges of General Meetings are also not available.]
9.4 The Committee may take any other steps as it sees fit to inform the electorate of The Ward and surrounding wards.

10 Termination of the Association

10.1 The Association may be dissolved if a resolution in respect of this is passed by a two thirds majority, voting by secret ballot, of the Association’s voting membership, at a General Meeting.
10.2 One months’ notice must be given of any such resolution and the meeting at which it is to be discussed.
10.3 Subject to any specific directions of any resolution (passed as in 10.1) the Committee shall, after payment or collection of any debts of/or to the Association, pay any remaining funds to a purpose(s) as is/are agreed will contribute to the amenities/facilities of The Ward.

February, 2025

Notes : Clauses amended:

Important

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100

The Committee

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Elections for the Committee are held annually at the AGM in February or March, although anyone interested in joining can contact the Secretary at any time (& be voted in at a Committee meeting).

Committee meetings are held monthly (except for August & December) on the third Tuesday evening of the month at the United Church in the High Street.

Willy Burgess

📨 Chair - Willy Burgess

Came to live in Egham in 1985 and joined ERA in 1986.

Areas of interest

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Residents Against Gravel Extraction (RAGE)

RAGE is an ‘umbrella’ organisation opposed to inappropriate gravel and sand quarrying in the North-West Surrey Area.

Four Lanes Are More than Enough (FLAME)

FLAME is a local Runnymede-based transport pressure group that was set up back in 1992 to fight government plans to expand the M25 motorway, which was such a big issue back then.

In late 2025, there is interest in reviving this or starting something similar, given the renewed interest in Heathrow expansion. We want to be sure that Egham Residents’ interests are taken into account - in particular with reference to transport infrastructure impact in the area.

FLAME - Four Lanes Are More than Enough

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Summary

FLAME is a local Runnymede-based transport pressure group that was set up back in 1992 to fight government plans to expand the M25 motorway, which was such a big issue back then. By FLAME’s constitution, any local Residents’ Association prepared to endorse its aims and objectives is entitled to provide two members to their coordinating committee. ERA was part of FLAME from the outset. By its nature, FLAME is dormant most of the time but rises to the challenge when needs must. The current FLAME committee sees a threat of a further expansion of the M25 should the Government give the go-ahead for a new runway at Heathrow. The two are intricately linked.

Planning

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

As a rule we do not comment on individual domestic planning applications e.g. an extension or conservatory etc & focus on major developments in the Egham Town Ward (or adjacent to it) &, in particular, those affecting the High Street & its environs.

To search for current planning applications, go to Runnymede Borough Council’s Planning explorer

This will take you to the planning portal where you can enter the site address or planning application reference, for the property your looking for.

Egham Residents' Association

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Protecting the interests of all who live and work in our town since 1983

In the early 1980s Runnymede Borough Council proposed to build houses on Manorcroft Playing Field between Egham railway station and Manorcroft School. Egham residents reacted against the possible loss of this well-used amenity by forming the Manorcroft Field Protection Group. This group became the Egham Residents Association in 1983, when it was agreed that its remit should be widened to work on behalf of all residents in the Egham Town ward.

Residents Against Gravel Extraction (RAGE)

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Residents Against Gravel Extraction (RAGE) was founded in the early 1980s to alert the public to planning applications to quarry sand and gravel from the local area. It represents the mineral concerns of the Egham Residents’ Association, Stroude Residents’ Association and Thorpe Ward Residents’ Association.

There are no personal members – just the three residents’ associations above, to which RAGE reports.

There is a Chairperson (currently Dr Jocelyn Boxall); a Secretary (position currently vacant); and a Treasurer (Helen Garlick).

Contact

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Contact Email addresses

📨 Chair - Willy Burgess
📨 Secretary and Newsletter Editor - Adrian Skelt
📨 Membership - Jenny King
📨 Treasurer - Andrew Marven
📨 Web - Gren Elliot - suggestions and corrections welcome

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EghamRA

Egham Residents Association Privacy Policy

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100

For a PDF copy of this privacy policy, see ERA_Privacy_Policy.pdf

The PDF copy should be considered the master copy - the following is provided for convenience.

Who we are

The Egham Residents Association (ERA) champions the interests of the people of Egham by enabling residents’ active participation on issues that affect the future of our town and by co-ordinating involvement in community events. We keep abreast of policy and planning proposals that affect Egham, inform the local community and ensure that its voice is heard. So that residents’ interests carry weight on representative bodies, we support the election of independent local councillors.

Useful Links

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Egham Flood Resilience Group

Advice on things you can do to prepare for a flood

Runnymede Access Liaison Group

Runnymede Access Liaison Group (RALG) was originally set up in 1991 as an advisory body to Runnymede Borough Council to suggest how the needs of people with disabilities might be best met within the Borough. Now an independent group, but still maintaining strong links with the Borough Council, we provide a representative “voice” for residents with all forms of physical or hidden disabilities

Report to community on the RHRCG Student Accommodation Working Group - July 2025

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:45:20 +0100

Author Cllr Isabel Mullens

This group consisted of Cllr Isabel Mullens, Independent councillor for Egham Town (chair); the Head of Commercial Services at RHUL, whose brief includes student accommodation; Assistant Planning Policy Manager (Local Plan) at RBC, involved in the review of the Local Plan and work on the Article 4 Direction; the Chair of the Egham Residents’ Association (ERA); the Chair of Englefield Green Village Residents’ Association (EGVRA); and the Head of Community Engagement at RHUL Students’ Union. Cllr Trevor Gates, Independent councillor for Englefield Green East joined us for most of the sessions, and the Director of Estates at RHUL joined us for one meeting.

Reports

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:45:20 +0100

Chairman’s report for AGM, February 25th 2025

Please see the report in PDF form here - Chairman’s report for AGM, February 25th 2025

Report to community on the RHRCG Student Accommodation Working Group - July 2025

Egham councillor Isabel Mullens has produced a report to community on the RHRCG Student Accommodation Working Group

Egham Residents' Association

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:16:00 +0100

Protecting the interests of all who live and work in our town since 1983

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webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:16:00 +0100

Egham Residents Association Quarterly Newsletters

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Fri, 23 May 2025 10:32:42 +0100

A selection of past newsletters

One of the advantages of membership is that you get a quarterly newsletter delivered to either your email or, if you wish and you live in one of the Egham wards, a physical copy will be delivered to you.

Here are a selection of past newsletters for you to see what sort of information you will get.

Independent councillors supported by Egham Residents' Association

webmaster@eghamresidentsassociation.co.uk (Gren Elliot) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:22:25 +0100

Councillor Isabel Mullens

📨 cllr.isabel.mullens@runnymede.gov.uk

Councillor Geeta Moudgil

📨 cllr.geeta.moudgil@runnymede.gov.uk

Another councillor, Sam Jenkins was elected with the support of ERA as an independent but defected to one of the major national political parties in February 2025.

Also see:

Runnymede Borough Council’s full list of councillors

Our advocates are in the Runnymede Independent Residents section.

Egham Flood Resilience Group (EFRG)

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ERA Events

Upcoming 2026 Events

Local Election for Councillors for new West Surrey Council (WSC) combined Egham Ward 7th May

Magna Carta Day - 13th June

ERA Events from 2025

ERA Events from 2025

Egham Christmas Fair in Egham High Street - Saturday 13th December 2025

Advent Carol Singing with Egham Choral - Sunday 7th December 2025

Group Visit Visit to the British Museum Bronze-Age finds excavated at Runnymede Bridge in the 1970/80s

West Surrey Local Elections 7th May 2026

ERA Events from 2025

Advent Carol Singing with Egham Choral - Sunday 7th December 2025

RAGE 3 November 2025 response to SCC Ref 2021/0023

RESIDENTS AGAINST GRAVEL EXTRACTION - 3 November 2025 response to SCC Ref 2021/0023

Egham Residents’ Association, Stroude Residents’ Association, Thorpe Ward Residents’ Association,

Chairman: Dr Jocelyn Boxall Treasurer: Helen Garlick

Constitution of the Egham Residents' Association

CONSTITUTION OF THE EGHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

1 Title

2 Aims and Objectives

3 Membership

4 Subscriptions

5 General Meetings

6 Committee

7 Association Officers

8 Councillors: Terms of Reference

9 Communication with Association Membership

10 Termination of the Association

February, 2025

Important

Tags

The Committee

Willy Burgess

Areas of interest

Residents Against Gravel Extraction (RAGE)

Four Lanes Are More than Enough (FLAME)

FLAME - Four Lanes Are More than Enough

Summary

Planning

Egham Residents' Association

Protecting the interests of all who live and work in our town since 1983

Residents Against Gravel Extraction (RAGE)

Contact

Contact Email addresses

Social Media

Egham Residents Association Privacy Policy

Who we are

Useful Links

Egham Flood Resilience Group

Runnymede Access Liaison Group

Report to community on the RHRCG Student Accommodation Working Group - July 2025

Reports

Chairman’s report for AGM, February 25th 2025

Report to community on the RHRCG Student Accommodation Working Group - July 2025

Egham Residents' Association

Protecting the interests of all who live and work in our town since 1983

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Egham Residents Association Quarterly Newsletters

A selection of past newsletters

Independent councillors supported by Egham Residents' Association

Councillor Isabel Mullens

Councillor Geeta Moudgil

Runnymede Borough Council’s full list of councillors

Egham Flood Resilience Group (EFRG)

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