76: Redhill’s new new-music nights… and more
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What is the Planet Reigate Podcast about?
This is the Planet Reigate Podcast.
Consecutive weekly episode 76. Hello, this is Peter Stewart. Welcome to your Planet Reigate Podcast. And this is how we're reflecting and celebrating our love of life around here this week. Well, Red Start is the new local group formed by volunteers to bring original live music and performing arts... to the Planet Reigate area, and it was their first event last weekend. I was among the specially invited audience to see how it literally played out, and we have our interview a little bit later on in this week's show. Plus, people living on a road in Reigate say they want a local private road to be taken over by the council, so that one can be repaired, and so reduce traffic on their road. It's an unusual story. I'll explain it later on in the show.
We love to promote new businesses in the area, but sometimes they don't quite work out. This week, we bring you one of those sad stories. We've told you recently about the County Council's tree planting initiative. This week, the unusual story of how some of those trees were planted in the wrong place. and had to be dug up and moved somewhere else. And the background to plans to build a solar farm near Lye. I'll bring you the reasons, plus what could be happening and responses to it as well. Plus a warning if you're driving near Earlswood Lakes over the next few weeks. A new walking group for women is starting up. I'll give you the details. Planet Rygate stars this week and prays for those who found cash.
scattered on reigate high street i know maria from red hill tells us what she loves about living life around here in our roulette feature and our 60 second soundscape before we go at the end of the show natural sounds from a place you know this week nutfield and park wood with robin blackbird and a greater spotted woodpecker this is the planet reigate podcast with peter stewart And you can get a transcript of the show quickly, easily and free via the Apple podcast app. So find the show, tap the three dots and then tap on view transcript and you'll see all of the information that you need to know. And on the website at theplanetrigatepodcast.com, the last five episodes, links to all of the episodes and and direct links to every interview and feature in year one.
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What are the current issues in Reigate regarding local roads?
OK, let's go straight to our new sequence. And I can tell you about this unusual story from Rygate. So, High Trees Road. It leads up to Donata School, yeah. So, between Ringley Park Road and Chart Lane... That neck of the woods. It's a private road, as you're probably aware. And you may also know it's been closed to traffic since a sinkhole appeared in May last year. So that's quite a while. And the closure of High Trees Road is causing a large increase in traffic on surrounding roads, which are public roads. So, as I say, High Trees Road is what's called an unadopted private road. So that means... It's usually up to residents to sort out and pay for any repairs, re-tarmacking, lights and so on.
And indeed, you would expect them to pay for the hole to be filled in and the road to be made safe. But obviously, that's taken quite some time for whatever reason. And as I say, traffic's been using nearby public roads, which of course everyone pays for. Whether you live on a private road or a regular road, you still pay for the public roads. So now, a campaign has been set up to get Surrey County Council to recognise High Trees Road as a public right of way. So, a little bit of history. High Trees Road has existed for generations. I mean, it's shown on maps dating back centuries. to the 1800s, and it was there long before the nearby roads and the current houses were there.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the Planet Reigate Podcast about?
0:04–3:15
2
What are the current issues in Reigate regarding local roads?
3:15–7:28
3
Why did By The Horns Brewing Company close down?
7:28–12:49
4
What happened with the tree planting initiative in Whitebushes?
12:49–18:00
5
What is Red Start and its impact on local music?
18:00–20:32
6
What makes Redhill residents love their community?
20:32–43:30
Speakers
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