Surrey’s 5 Year Greener Futures Plan- Have Your Say, East & Central Surrey

Tuesday 1 July • 10am – 3.30pm

Dorking Halls, Reigate Road Dorking RH4 1SG

Come share your thoughts on Surrey’s plan to create a greener future for the next 5 years in East & Central Surrey!

Please Note: This workshop is for residents living or working in East and Central Surrey. If you live elsewhere, please see our other listings to find a location closer to you.

Surrey is a historic county which is home to many thriving communities and some rare and beautiful places. Whilst there is a diverse set of perspectives across the county, monthly polling of Surrey residents shows restoring nature and climate change consistently rank in the top 5 resident priorities[1].

We need your help to design the next five-year delivery plan to tackle these key issues in a fair way, whilst providing key co-benefits across healthcare, the local economy, and support for our communities.

Surrey residents are united in a shared vision to tackle climate change and protect Surrey’s nature and wildlife, with only a tiny minority of 5% of residents saying this is ‘not important’. Meanwhile 68% rate it ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ important [2]. But we all have different ideas on how to do this, and this series of workshops is your opportunity to feed into the delivery plan to help Surrey thrive despite many uncertain challenges in the future.

This plan will impact residents’ daily lives in many ways, for example;

• Increasing the thermal efficiency of Surrey homes to reduce the risk of damp and mould, in turn lowering pressure on local health services, with 300,000 homes in Surrey having energy performance ratings of D or below. [3]
• Reducing energy bills for residents through grants and bulk purchasing schemes to provide long-term cost savings, with 2/3 of homes locally paying more than necessary on bills.
• Building resilience to threats to personal property and the local economy, such as flooding, extreme heat, wildfires, and damage to commuting infrastructure including trainlines and roads. [4]
• Reversing nature loss, to tackle the fact that 11% of our native species have gone extinct in the last few decades. including trainlines and roads. [5]
• Reducing air pollution levels in Surrey, which has the stretch of road with the highest nitrogen dioxide air pollution levels in the country. [6].
• Creating jobs and upskilling opportunities in new and innovative sectors.
• Reducing the amount of waste created and disposed of in Surrey through community schemes and better resource efficiency.

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