Leatherhead community recycling centre and waste transfer station

Improvements to Leatherhead community recycling centre and waste transfer station started on 9 January 2012.

The Leatherhead site is now closed to the public for approximately eight months while construction takes place. Alternative community recycling centres are at Blenheim Road, Epsom, KT19 9DL and Ranmore Road, Dorking, RH4 1TL. Both sites are around seven miles away. There is also a weighbridge for businesses to use at the Epsom site.

The site is being redeveloped to provide Leatherhead residents with a modern, accessible and user-friendly facility.

The upgrade will include:

• Improved parking and road layout to help the public move around the site more easily and to reduce queuing.
• Separate entrances for the public and site service vehicles to help reduce congestion at the site entrance.
• Drop off area for garden waste carried in trailers.

Other alterations planned include:

• Redevelopment of the waste transfer station to include a fully enclosed building for household waste from district and borough councils.
• Improved traffic management with the complete separation of neighbouring Grundon and Thames Water vehicle access, as currently they pass through the site.