Nonsuch Park - D-Day is Tuesday 25 March 2008

11.19.00pm GMT Thu 6th Mar 2008

The Mansion is costly to maintain

Surrey County Council's governing Executive Committee is set to meet at 2.30 pm on Tuesday 25 March 2008 to finally decide whether or not to lease Nonsuch Park and its Mansion House to the Epsom & Sutton councils whose joint management committee (JMC) has run the park for them for the last 70 years. Campaigners, including Sutton's Lib Dem MP, are encouraging those concerned about the future of Nonsuch to attend this meeting to demonstrate the strength of public feeling locally on this issue when D-Day (Decision Day) finally arrives

Surrey's Executive will also have to decide what to do about the JMC's loss of income due to their lease to a catering company having been put "on hold" for a year whilst the park's future was thrashed out. The Mansion is costly to maintain and the JMC are looking to Surrey for an increase on the sum of money promised last year before they can recommend their own councils to accept the lease that they hope Surrey will agree to offer.

Related Link:

Defending Nonsuch Park (March 2007)