The Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 17 March 2026, with a key focus on addressing parking and traffic management issues in Verona Drive and Ewell Road. The committee will also consider proposals for community grants.

Verona Drive Parking Issues

A report is scheduled for discussion regarding the ongoing parking and access issues on Verona Drive. The proposals aim to address concerns raised by residents about narrow footways, obstruction of bin collections, and difficulties for pedestrians, including wheelchair users and those with pushchairs. The report outlines plans to introduce designated passing places and double yellow lines at bends to improve visibility and traffic flow. It also suggests formalising some existing temporary verge parking between numbers 2 and 8 Verona Drive, while removing temporary parking elsewhere to ensure full footway accessibility. The report notes that more significant construction measures are not currently possible due to budget constraints. The committee is being asked to approve the proposed measures for implementation, subject to local statutory consultation, and to delegate authority to officers to decide on the way forward following this consultation.

Ewell Road Cycle Route - Experimental Traffic Management Order

The committee will consider objections received during the statutory consultation for an Experimental Traffic Management Order (ETMO) on Ewell Road. The ETMO, which came into force on 24 November 2024, relates to amendments made to Cycleway C29. Objections have been raised by the Kingston Cycling Campaign (KCC) and individual respondents concerning the operational hours and layout of a loading bay outside numbers 140-142 Ewell Road. These objections highlight concerns that the loading bay obstructs cyclists, particularly during peak times, and can lead to conflict between cyclists and vehicles. The report recommends setting aside these objections, with the caveat that increased enforcement will be undertaken to ensure the loading bay is used for its intended purpose. It is also proposed that further reviews of parking and loading provisions will be carried out as part of a borough-wide Retail Parking Study.

Community Grants Programme

The committee is set to consider two allocations from the Councillor Ward Funding (CWF) programme. The first proposal is for an allocation of £1,382.82 to Kingston Adult Education (KAE) for the purchase of a new printing press. This press, to be located at the Surbiton Annex at Surbiton Library, is intended to enable learners to develop new techniques and produce higher quality work, potentially supporting existing art courses and enabling the development of a specialist print course. The second proposal is for the allocation of the committee's remaining £2,867.78 of CWF for the provision of hanging baskets. The locations for these hanging baskets on Ewell Road and Red Lion Road would be delegated to the Neighbourhood Manager in consultation with the Chair of the Committee and Tolworth Ward Councillors, subject to structural tests and suitability checks.

Work Programme

The committee's work programme for future meetings will also be presented. This includes standing items such as a Community Safety Update and an update on Seething Wells, as well as planned discussions on the Tolworth Close Experimental Traffic Management Order consultation, the annual review of the Surbiton Neighbourhood Community Plan, and a report on Ranger Activity undertaken in 2026.