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Blue canopies in an empty car park with low cream coloured walls and boarded up windows

Car wash plans scrapped over fears of harming view

"Large and unsightly" awnings had already been constructed at the site in Esher, the council heard.

The former cafe rouge building seen from behind and with a blue awning installed on a metal stand over a car park. The building is boarded up and a hole has been due in the ground in the car park.

Car wash plans at former cafe site to be decided

The plans are due to be decided by councillors at a meeting on Monday evening.

A view of an island in the Thames, seen from a nearby road. There are boats in the foreground and around the island there are boats moored. There are trees around, some in leaf and others are bare while there are white clouds in the sky.

Private island festival plans rejected

The island is accessed by a single bridge over the River Thames.

New red brick homes part way through construction, still surrounded by scaffolding poles.

Decisions due in 2025 on thousands of new homes

Planning decisions on nearly 15,000 new homes across Surrey are due to be taken in 2025.

Traditional Christmas fruit cake on a wooden board in a festive decoration, dark background.

Museum staff to host day of fruit cake fun

Staff will tell youngsters about the history of the Christmas treat, along with fun activities.

A woman in a red anorak, dark leggings, wellington boots and a blue beanie hat sits beside a river, writing in a journal.

Writing competition marks 20th anniversary in 2025

The competition is organised by the R C Sherriff trust to celebrate the author's local links.

A CGI image showing a brown brick building with two floors. In front of the building is grass and four people walking on a footpath. There is a car park to the right with two cars in

Fire-ravaged hospital could finally be replaced

People have been accessing healthcare in temporary buildings after the hospital fire in 2017.

The outside of an Aldi store, with a sign saying 'Food Market'.

Supermarket chain in second bid to build store

A public consultation is under way on plans for a new Aldi store in Thames Ditton.

Aerial view Car Park spaces Shopping, London UK.

'Celebrating the contribution of small businesses'

Free all-day parking in village and town council car parks will be offered on 7 December.