Cllr Dominic Ramsay

09/11/2025

17/06/2025

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07/05/2025

Labour just voted to submit a proposal that could merge Crawley with Reigate— under the false pretence of “keeping options open.”.

I used to live in Redhill and went to college in Reigate. I know both areas well. Crawley and Reigate are completely different communities with different priorities. Forcing them together would create a dysfunctional, Frankenstein’s monster of a council.

Watch the debate back and you’ll see Labour councillors confidently say they are just “keeping their options open”. I knew this was wrong, because the process itself says that the national government has the power to accept the proposal at face value and press ahead with it, denying Crawley the chance to say no to the proposal down the line like Crawley Labour implied. They either hadn’t checked themselves, or didn’t want anyone to notice.

I invited them to call me a tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist if I was saying something false, something they’d been happy to do for the previous hour to my colleagues. Needless to say, they passed up the chance. Even after the council’s CEO explicitly clarified that the government could take this proposal at face value—locking us into a merger without any further input—Labour still voted for it.

They may not have known the risk before the meeting started, but by the end of the meeting they knew the risk and they chose to ignore it.

Hopefully national government does us a favour and shoots this idea down before it goes any further, and if you want to put the pressure on, do sign this petition - https://chng.it/qBhvQbn7hG.

Let Crawley Decide Its Future in West Sussex

02/12/2024

On Wednesday 11 December, Crawley Borough Council will debate the following motion submitted by the Conservative Group, that is seeking Crawley Borough Council to take a formal position, to call on the UK Government to stop the deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and to ensure that local representatives of our Chagossian community are fully involved in all discussions relating to the future of the Chagos Islands.

10/11/2024

27/10/2024

Over the last few weeks, by far the most common query I've been receiving from residents has been about the walkway roof repair in Maidenbower Square. This has obviously been ongoing for quite a few months now, and we have patiently waited for it to be completed, but the length of time it's taken has frankly become a bit silly now.

Throughout the whole process, Crawley Borough Council's officers have been liaising directly with the managing agents and the officers themselves can't really be faulted but obviously aren't able to interact with residents in the same way that Councillors are. It's got to the point where their follow-ups are now not being responded to adequately, so myself and my fellow Maidenbower Councillors have penned the attached letter (the original of which does include the recipient's name & address) to the managing agents that was sent to them yesterday afternoon.

My hope is that this will up the urgency on their end, and we'll soon see significant progress, but in any case I'll continue to keep everybody in the loop as to how this is going.

As ever if you have any questions, or just want to give some feedback on the local area, do write to me!

22/10/2024

17/09/2024

Had an awesome day cleaning out the Stanford Brook with almost 20 other volunteers organised by the SE Rivers Trust. It was lovely weather for it and made even more convenient by SE Rivers Trust providing waders (which sadly my size 14 feet were too big to wear… but still, convenient for everybody with a normal shoe size!) and other equipment such as bins & litter pickers. We set up camp right outside the Community Centre which of course meant we were able to stop for lunch at Coughlans Bakery while we regathered our energy.

The SE Rivers Trust are working along the whole of the Upper Mole, to restore, renaturalise and reconnect the river, removing barriers to fish migration and enhancing habitats. Really appreciate all the work Rachael, the team and of course all the other volunteers put in to making it such a success.

I didn’t quite manage to get any pictures in the actual river but here are a few shots to show how full we were able to get the bags over the course of the day (we went through *a lot* of these bags!).

All in all it was a really fun & productive day out and I know SE Rivers Trust have plans to do a lot more so I’ll definitely be keeping a keen eye on their future events.

17/09/2024

28/08/2024

South East Rivers Trust have organised a Maidenbower River Litter Picking Day and there’s still time to volunteer to come help us out!

In the lead up to World Rivers Day why not take part in our river clean-up to remove litter from the Stanford Brook and the river banks?

It’s taking place on Tuesday 17th September from 10am to 3pm so you have until the 15th to sign up (assuming there’s space of course, and almost half the spaces are already gone!)

Activity Description: In the lead up to World Rivers Day on the 22nd September why not take part in a river clean-up to remove litter from the river and banks. […]