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Surrey Heath: 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.
Surrey Heath 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.
Do it online
- 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 Surrey Heath for 2026–27: £268.07 of a £2,585.16 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£317,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | £695,000 |
| Public health | £4,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.2 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.0 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £6.9 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.8 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £3.3 million |
| Other services | £438,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £17.9 million |
Life in Surrey Heath: the official facts
- People living here
- 95,094 people
- Typical age
- 43 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £34,840
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £714
- Children growing up in poverty
- 13.8%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.2%
- Average price of a home
- £457,981
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 10.8 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 4.9 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 89.4%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 207.4 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,825 businesses
Who runs the council
35 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 23, Conservative and Unionist 6, Independent / Other 3, Labour Party 2, Green Party (E&W) 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 35 councillors, by ward
- Mark Gordon (Conservative and Unionist) — Bagshot
- Richard Wilson (Liberal Democrats) — Bagshot
- Valerie White (Conservative and Unionist) — Bagshot
- Liz Noble (Liberal Democrats) — Bisley & West End
- Sarbie Kang (Liberal Democrats) — Bisley & West End
- Ying Tong-Perrett (Liberal Democrats) — Bisley & West End
- Alan Ashbery (Liberal Democrats) — Frimley
- David O'Mahoney (Liberal Democrats) — Frimley
- Helen Whitcroft (Liberal Democrats) — Frimley Green
- Jacques Olmo (Liberal Democrats) — Frimley Green
- Sashi Mylvaganam (Conservative and Unionist) — Frimley Green
- Bob Raikes (Liberal Democrats) — Heatherside
- John Skipper (Green Party (E&W)) — Heatherside
- Louise Ashbery (Liberal Democrats) — Heatherside
- Julie Hoad (Liberal Democrats) — Lightwater
- Kevin Thompson (Liberal Democrats) — Lightwater
- Shaun Macdonald (Liberal Democrats) — Lightwater
- Cliff Betton (Liberal Democrats) — Mytchett & Deepcut
- David Whitcroft (Liberal Democrats) — Mytchett & Deepcut
- Morgan Rise (Liberal Democrats) — Mytchett & Deepcut
- Dave Hough (Liberal Democrats) — Old Dean
- Shaun Garrett (Conservative and Unionist) — Old Dean
- Nirmal Kang (Liberal Democrats) — Parkside
- Rob Lee (Liberal Democrats) — Parkside
- Jonathan Quin (Labour Party) — St Michaels
- Murray Rowlands (Labour Party) — St Michaels
- Jonny Cope (Conservative and Unionist) — St Pauls
- Josh Thorne (Conservative and Unionist) — St Pauls
- Leanne MacIntyre (Liberal Democrats) — Town
- Mary Glauert (Liberal Democrats) — Town
- Kel Finan-Cooke (Liberal Democrats) — Watchetts
- Lisa Finan-Cooke (Liberal Democrats) — Watchetts
- Emma-Jane McGrath (Independent / Other) — Windlesham & Chobham
- Pat Tedder (Independent / Other) — Windlesham & Chobham
- Victoria Wheeler (Independent / Other) — Windlesham & Chobham