Morning. From the end of this month, Surbiton's neighbourhood committee stops deciding planning applications. Then a council motion on roadworks, A3 lane closures and the week.

From 31 October, Kingston's neighbourhood committees, Surbiton's included, lose the power to decide planning applications. It's a national change under the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025. Council officers will decide routine applications and the borough's Planning Committee the larger ones. A smaller application can still go to the Planning Committee if an officer and a councillor both agree it raises a significant local issue.

You can still view and comment on every application. Neighbourhood committees will still be consulted on major schemes, and their chairs and vice-chairs get the right to speak at the Planning Committee. Full Council votes on the matching changes to its constitution next Tuesday, 13 October, at 7.30pm at the Guildhall. The meeting is webcast.

At the same meeting, Conservative councillor Ian George will propose that the council explore funding a dedicated officer to manage roadworks, as part of the coming budget. His motion notes the Lane Rental Scheme coming in 2027, but says it will cover only a few of the busiest roads.

Lamberts Road closes tomorrow, around the clock, until 13 November, for UK Power Networks cabling.

Villiers Avenue in Berrylands has had two-way lights near Cheyne Hill since Friday, for the same kind of cabling. They stay until 4 November.

Portsmouth Road gets a second set of lights outside Marlowe House from Monday 12 to 20 October, for brickwork and root cutting. The set near Uxbridge Road comes down on the 13th.

A3: lane closures on Tolworth Rise South, both directions, between Shannon's flyover and the Tolworth on-slip, overnight from next Monday for four nights, 9pm to 5am (10pm on Thursday).

Buses: both Athelstan Park stops (K1, K4) are closed until 6pm on Saturday.

Tonight: Corinthian-Casuals v Hackney Wick, London Senior Cup, 7.45. Agatha Christie and true crime at the cornerHOUSE, half seven, £4 for non-members. The Flyer's monthly quiz, half seven, £2.50, teams of up to five. Dry with sunny spells, 22, with a chance of rain after 9.

Wednesday: Lamberts Road closes. The Coronation Hall's beer festival starts, around 30 new beers, to 18 October. Local author Tim Flower at the cornerHOUSE, half seven, £5. Quiz at the Victoria, half seven, £2.50. Wet, heavy from about 9 to 3, clearing by evening, 16.

Thursday: Megan Leigh Mason and Richard Moore at the Lamb, half seven, free. Quiz at the Berrylands, half seven. Dry and sunny, 15.

Friday: Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament at Surbiton Library, 4 to 7, free, ages 5 and up. Heavy rain overnight, drying through the morning, sunny spells later, 20.

Weekend ahead: on Saturday, Corinthian-Casuals are at home to Badshot Lea at 3, there's a free Warhammer skirmish at Surbiton Library from 2 to 4 (ages 9 and up), and Bloody Mary & the Hangovers play the Flyer at 9, free. Dry with sunny spells, 16. On Sunday, Ski Sunday on St Mark's Hill, 11 to 1 (over-18s to ski), then the King's Soup in Claremont Gardens from 1.15. Kaspar Rapkin plays the Lamb at half four, free. The Berrylands Belles sing at Christ Church at half seven, £15, raising money for a 15-year-old in her third fight with leukaemia. Cloudy with a chance of rain, 16. Reading trains call at Surbiton all weekend, and trains to Guildford via Cobham stop at Effingham Junction, with buses on from there.

Back tomorrow.

Mike