Cobham Road Solar Farm

By SDRA / November 10, 2025

The dates for the Cobham Road Solar Farm planning appeal have been announced and there is very little time for residents to submit new written representations as submissions must be in by November 18th. The background to the appeal is that last April, Mole Valley Councillors voted to refuse plans to install multiple arrays of…

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Stop The Paddocks – Final Deadline for Comments

By SDRA / November 6, 2025

As expected additional information has now been submitted by the developer and can be accessed on the Elmbridge Planning Portal. The additional documents can be found under Plans and Documents – Supporting Documents and are all dated 28/10/2025. The deadline for further comments to be submitted is now the 2nd December 2025. All our 1076…

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Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 28th October 2025

By SDRA / October 27, 2025

All are welcome. Thursday 28th October 2025 at 8pm in the Stoke D’Abernon Village Hall. We will be welcoming the director of Painshill Park, the renowned 18th century landscape garden on our doorstep in Cobham. We also look forward to hearing from the chair of governors at Parkside School about the challenges facing the private school…

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Elmbridge BC Planning Committee Councillors

By SDRA / August 11, 2025

As per our recent email update providing an update on the status of The Paddocks application, we are asking residents to lobby their local Councillors and those on the planning committee. They are your elected representatives and a list of those on the Planning Committee can be found below. Councillor Ward Email Councillor Barry Cheyne…

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SDRA AGM Presentation on The Paddocks

By SDRA / June 15, 2025

This presentation was given by Sue Prentice at the Stoke D’Abernon Residents’ Association AGM on 27th May 2025. You can download the PDF file below, or view all the content on this page. 1 Say NO to 250 New Homes on Blundel Lane 2 Say NO to 250 New Homes on Blundel Lane 3 Say NO…

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Stoke D’Abernon village to change its name

By SDRA / April 1, 2025

It’s April 1st and our village is changing its name. After 1,000 years of being called Stoke D’Abernon, it’s time for a change. The new name for the village reflects the thousands of daffodils which have been planted over the years, bringing colour and joy to the area. The name change will take effect on…

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Blundel Lane Application Comments Closed

By SDRA / January 3, 2025

The Environmental Impact Assessment ahead of the planning application for 300 houses on Blundel Lane has now closed for comments. We can confirm the following comments were successfully submitted: Thank you for your support. The objection filed by the Stoke D’Abernon & District Residents’ Association has been included below for your information. To: Elmbridge Planning DepartmentFrom: Stoke…

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SDRA Christmas Lights Event 2024

By SDRA / November 21, 2024

Sadly due to the weather forecast we have decided to cancel the Christmas Lights event this year. We liaised with a number of the key participants (musicians, pub and ponies) and this was a unanimous decision. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. The annual Stoke d’Abernon Residents’ Association Christmas Lights event will take place on Saturday…

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Plans to transform Cobham Skate Park

By SDRA / October 30, 2024

As you may be aware, a small group of local residents are aiming to raise funds to replace the old and outdated Cobham Skatepark at the Leg O’Mutton field into a state-of-the-art community facility. We are a small group of local residents, acting on behalf of the predominately younger generation of skatepark users. Our aim…

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Knowle Hill Park and Polyapes Footpath

By SDRA / October 2, 2024

A notice from Cobham Heritage Trust re Footpath Improvement Works near Knowle Hill Park and Polyapes We were delighted that we were once again successful in applying for and being awarded more CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) monies to improve footpaths in our local area. Over the last few years, thanks to CIL awards, we have…

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