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Elmbridge: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Elmbridge Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of SRY. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Surrey County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Elmbridge for 2026–27: £265.88 of a £2,557.75 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)
- Chandlers Field Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
- Walton Leigh School — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
- Chandlers Field Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025
- Walton Leigh School — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£1.8 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | £3.6 million |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £7.5 million |
| Cultural and related services | £3.6 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £9.5 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £8.4 million |
| Other services | £1.7 million |
| Total service expenditure | £35.7 million |
Elmbridge in numbers
- Total population
- 141,926 people
- Median age
- 43 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £51,161
- Gross median weekly pay
- £754
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 11.3%
- Claimant Count
- 2.3%
- Average house price
- £748,080
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 12.5 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 4.1 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 84.7%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 181.1 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 9,330 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
48 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats and independents.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 20, Conservative and Unionist 9, Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association 4, Independent / Other 3, Esher Residents Association 3, The Molesey Residents Association 3, Hinchley Wood Residents Association 2, Reform UK 2, The Walton Society 1, Weybridge & St. George's Independents 1.
Next scheduled council election: 31 March 2027.
All 48 councillors, by ward
- Alex Coomes (Liberal Democrats) — Claygate
- Mary Marshall (Independent / Other) — Claygate
- Mike Rollings (Liberal Democrats) — Claygate
- Alistair Mann (Conservative and Unionist) — Cobham and Downside
- Katerina Lusk (Conservative and Unionist) — Cobham and Downside
- Laurence Wells (Liberal Democrats) — Cobham and Downside
- Richard Williams (Esher Residents Association) — Esher
- Simon Leifer (Esher Residents Association) — Esher
- Simon Waugh (Esher Residents Association) — Esher
- John O'Reilly (Conservative and Unionist) — Hersham Village
- Paul Hughes (Liberal Democrats) — Hersham Village
- Wendy Gibbs (Liberal Democrats) — Hersham Village
- Gill Coates (Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association) — Hinchley Wood and Weston Green
- James Crawshaw (Hinchley Wood Residents Association) — Hinchley Wood and Weston Green
- Janet Turner (Hinchley Wood Residents Association) — Hinchley Wood and Weston Green
- Jez Langham (Liberal Democrats) — Long Ditton
- Liz Laino (Liberal Democrats) — Long Ditton
- Neil Houston (Liberal Democrats) — Long Ditton
- Kevin Whincup (Independent / Other) — Molesey East
- Richard Flatau (Liberal Democrats) — Molesey East
- Steve Bax (Conservative and Unionist) — Molesey East
- Pat Gormley (The Molesey Residents Association) — Molesey West
- Ruby Ahmed (The Molesey Residents Association) — Molesey West
- Tony Popham (The Molesey Residents Association) — Molesey West
- Harrison Allman-Varty (Reform UK) — Oatlands and Burwood Park
- Hilary Butler (Conservative and Unionist) — Oatlands and Burwood Park
- John Cope (Conservative and Unionist) — Oatlands and Burwood Park
- Alan Parker (Conservative and Unionist) — Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
- Andrew Burley (Conservative and Unionist) — Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
- Corinne Sterry (Conservative and Unionist) — Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
- Alex Batchelor (Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association) — Thames Ditton
- Caroline James (Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association) — Thames Ditton
- Elaine Sesemann (Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association) — Thames Ditton
- Barry Cheyne (The Walton Society) — Walton Central
- Gregor Macgregor (Independent / Other) — Walton Central
- Stanley Luker (Liberal Democrats) — Walton Central
- Clare Bailey (Liberal Democrats) — Walton North
- Joshua Lambert (Liberal Democrats) — Walton North
- Nick Dodds (Liberal Democrats) — Walton North
- Alistair Price (Liberal Democrats) — Walton South
- Catherine Glass (Liberal Democrats) — Walton South
- Kirsty Hewens (Liberal Democrats) — Walton South
- Ashley Tilling (Liberal Democrats) — Weybridge Riverside
- Helgi Joensen (Liberal Democrats) — Weybridge Riverside
- Judy Sarsby (Liberal Democrats) — Weybridge Riverside
- Colin McFarlane (Reform UK) — Weybridge St George's Hill
- Peter Harman (Weybridge & St. George's Independents) — Weybridge St George's Hill
- Pippa Graeme (Liberal Democrats) — Weybridge St George's Hill