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Residents and businesses are urged to be vigilant when employing traders to dispose of their waste or risk a fixed penalty of £400 or a fine of up to £5000.

Although a rogue trader may flytip the waste, it could still be whoever employs them that is fined. To avoid prosecution, residents and businesses must ensure they use a registered waste carrier and ask them how and where they intend to dispose of waste, get a receipt and avoid traders who knock on doors or advertise on websites like Facebook and Gumtree.

A partnership of East Surrey councils has successfully bid for government funding of £55,000 to provide specialist support to those who are sleeping rough, or are at risk of it.

The High Weald AONB Partnership, which includes Tandridge District Council and 14 other planning authorities across Surrey, Kent and Sussex, is carrying out an eight week public consultation on the draft Design Guide for new housing development in the High Weald.

The proposed Garden Community of 4,000 homes in South Godstone has received support and financial backing from the government, as it joins 19 other garden villages on the Garden Communities Programme.

The Planning Policy Committee on 25 June approved the Limpsfield Neighbourhood Plan, which forms part of the Council’s wider development plan and will be used in the assessment of planning applications for the Limpsfield area.