Residents have won a "victory for the little man" after forcing developers of the Epsom station site to clean up their act.

People living in Horsley Close, behind Epsom station, contacted the Epsom Guardian last month saying there were fed-up with the danger and disruption caused on their road by the developers.

This included the closing off of pavements, fencing on the road, and lorries coming in and out of Horsley Close to collect and deliver materials used for the main Epsom station development - which residents and Epsom and Ewell councillor Neil Dallen insisted was contrary to prior planning agreements.

Now, following the article on this website, the pavements in Horsley Close have been re-opened in places, and equipment and materials - to be used for the main station site - removed.

Janet Burgess, of the Horsley Close Action Group, said: "An enforcement officer from the council came to see me last week and took photos of the road and had a meeting with the developers as they were working.

"Since then, I’ve been told that the pavements will be re-opening in places, the fence which was on the road will be put back and Horsley Close will no longer be used to store material which will be collected for use on the main Epsom station site.

"We got there in the end.

"It’s really a good victory for the little man."

A council spokesman said it was regularly monitoring the use of land in Horsley Close since a "breach of the conditions" relating to the development was brought to the council’s attention.

He said: "It became evident that some materials and machinery that were on the site should not have been and, following intervention by the council, we can confirm the area of land in question will not now be used for any purpose other than to construct a new parking area [in Horsley Close].

"The equipment and materials are currently being removed and the developers have confirmed the land in question should not be used to support general construction work on the station site."

Coun Dallen said he was "very pleased" that action has been taken, but still has reservations about the issue of potential flooding in Horsley Close.

He said: "During the development, many natural absorbers of water such as trees and bushes have been removed, and the water is not being absorbed by the clay. 

"I was told a reservoir would have to be dug.  Time will tell."