Future of Walton
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WoTTA is looking forward to the future. A future that's bright for Walton! To that end we have developed our Business Plan and share that with you below. In addition, please read on to find out what else we've been doing.
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Elmbridge Local Plan
Find out all about the current Local Plan for housing in the Borough for the next 15 years and HAVE YOUR SAY
Find out all about the current Local Plan for housing in the Borough for the next 15 years and HAVE YOUR SAY
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Businesses Working for Business
WoTTA, with the support and funding of Elmbridge Borough Council, have engaged The Mosaic Consulting Partnership to undertake a 'Feasibility Study' into a BID for Walton. BID stands for Business Improvement District. It would be funded and run by businesses in a nominated area of Walton and would work on delivering a mandate of activities. Please read this flyer for more information. |
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EBC Workshop with WoTTA
In order to build on the WoTTA Business Plan, and give the town a strong direction going forward, we decided developing a Vision would support where we'd like the town to be in five years. To that end the Steering Committee went along to a Facilitated Workshop at Elmbridge Borough Council run by EBC Policy Manager Annabel Crouch, who has been updating the 5 year Elmbridge Vision. Doug Perkins, Economic Development Officer at EBC - and a great support for WoTTA at EBC - arranged the Workshop and joined in the process. As the WoTTA team are all volunteers, we could only manage 90 minutes all together, so a dynamic workshop ensued at the Civic Centre in Esher. Among other things we heard that characteristics of a good Vision and Priorities are: feasible, focused, flexible, communicable, imaginable, desirable and compelling. That got us thinking... Working individually and then in groups we brainstormed ideas and key words which we felt reflected our vision of the future for our town. Words that leapt off the page again and again were THRIVING, GREEN, WELCOMING, ACCESSIBLE, EVENTS, SUPPORTING BUSINESS, BRANDING, COMMUNITY. Doug Perkins is now pulling together all the information resulting from the workshop, which WoTTA can incorporate into the Business Plan. And then we can publish it! Following on from that, the next stage will be to conduct a brief survey of other local businesses to find out if the key areas we've identify resonate with them. Once we get a solid, plan for the town, with wide support from business, we can apply for funding and work towards those shared goals. |
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Walton-on-Thames Loves Oxted - press release from Elmbridge Borough Council
The Walton-on-Thames Trading Alliance in partnership with Elmbridge Borough Council have visited the 'Love Oxted' team to learn from neighbouring towns as we continue our work to ensure Walton is a great place to live and work.
Representatives from Walton met with counterparts in Oxted to share ideas for events, town improvements, safety and developing a long-term vision for Walton.
The visit generated lots of new ideas that can build on the work the Walton-on-Thames Trading Alliance has been doing with the Council to improve the streetscene, offer 3 hours of free parking every Saturday, clean up the town with regular litter picks and support businesses with funding for shop fronts and marketing projects.
Joanna Gordon, Managing Director of the Walton-on-Thames Trading Alliance said "The visit was a fantastic opportunity to share ideas and learn from another thriving Surrey town. We have come back with lots of new ideas to support our business plan over the next 12 months."
Councillor Mary Marshall, Portfolio holder for Community and Corporate Development said "It's wonderful to see our local business groups supporting the Council's work to help ensure our town centres continue to thrive. Working together we can continue to see that Walton is a really pleasant place to live and work."
The Walton-on-Thames Trading Alliance in partnership with Elmbridge Borough Council have visited the 'Love Oxted' team to learn from neighbouring towns as we continue our work to ensure Walton is a great place to live and work.
Representatives from Walton met with counterparts in Oxted to share ideas for events, town improvements, safety and developing a long-term vision for Walton.
The visit generated lots of new ideas that can build on the work the Walton-on-Thames Trading Alliance has been doing with the Council to improve the streetscene, offer 3 hours of free parking every Saturday, clean up the town with regular litter picks and support businesses with funding for shop fronts and marketing projects.
Joanna Gordon, Managing Director of the Walton-on-Thames Trading Alliance said "The visit was a fantastic opportunity to share ideas and learn from another thriving Surrey town. We have come back with lots of new ideas to support our business plan over the next 12 months."
Councillor Mary Marshall, Portfolio holder for Community and Corporate Development said "It's wonderful to see our local business groups supporting the Council's work to help ensure our town centres continue to thrive. Working together we can continue to see that Walton is a really pleasant place to live and work."
Business Plan
WoTTA have been doing a great job on organising local events, creating this amazing website, connecting with other local volunteer groups & charities, getting new banners for the town and connecting with local people via social media. However, we haven't made enough progress on our Business Plan and looking at the future as we would like it for Walton.
To that end we were delighted to be able to pursuade Richard Meade to join us on the Steering Committee with responsibility for the Business Plan.
As a long term Walton man, Richard recently retired as Manager of the Sainsburys in town. In that role he was on the WoTTA Steering Committee but left us when he retired. After a brief few months to relax, he's now on board again, this time agreeing to lead the charge on the Business Plan. Already we've moved on in leaps and bounds and have a draft nearly ready to go. Thanks so much Richard!
WoTTA have been doing a great job on organising local events, creating this amazing website, connecting with other local volunteer groups & charities, getting new banners for the town and connecting with local people via social media. However, we haven't made enough progress on our Business Plan and looking at the future as we would like it for Walton.
To that end we were delighted to be able to pursuade Richard Meade to join us on the Steering Committee with responsibility for the Business Plan.
As a long term Walton man, Richard recently retired as Manager of the Sainsburys in town. In that role he was on the WoTTA Steering Committee but left us when he retired. After a brief few months to relax, he's now on board again, this time agreeing to lead the charge on the Business Plan. Already we've moved on in leaps and bounds and have a draft nearly ready to go. Thanks so much Richard!