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Letter: I Hope Proper Scrutiny of the Ransom Strip Deal Will Still Be Undertaken
From: John Rigg former R4GV lead councillor for Regeneration In response to: Ransom Strip Decision Should Not Have Been Attempted By a Council Officer Bernard Quoroll is correct in saying…
Letter: Ransom Strip Decision Should Not Have Been Attempted By a Council Officer
From: Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO and former Independent Person at GBC In response to: Council Director’s Decision on Sale of ‘Ransom Strip’ Called in by Councillors It sounds…
Council Director’s Decision on Sale of ‘Ransom Strip’ Called in by Councillors
By Martin Giles A crucial decision relating to the sale of a small area of land by Guildford Borough Council to the developers of Blackwell Farm has been “called in”…
Insights: Lead from the Front on Values
Part 2 of open letter from former local authority CEO Bernard Quoroll to the new joint CEO for Guildford and Waverley, Pedro Wrobel. See also Part 1: Guildford Needs You…
Letter: Council’s Unwillingness to Take Informed Advice Left Us With a Very Poor Local Plan
From: Jim Allen In response to: I Hope Proper Scrutiny of the Ransom Strip Deal Will Still Be Undertaken It is a great shame that Guildford Vision Group did not…
GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
By Martin Giles Statutory notices informing the public about the controversial sale of a council-owned ransom strip at Blackwell Farm have been found to contain a major error. Two notices…
Letter: Residents Were Not Properly Informed About ‘Merger by Stealth’
From: Richard Mills Conservative borough councillor for Castle Ward See: Godalming & Ash Candidates Cross Swords Over Council Collaboration The petition supported by Jeremy Hunt to end the current “merger…
Blackwell Farm – Don’t Throw Away Our Trump Card
From: Gavin Morgan See: previous articles on Blackwell Farm Ransom Strip here Rightly or wrongly this whole proposal for an option agreement on a ransom strip at Blackwell Farm makes…
Letter: Cllr Hunt Makes Misrepresentations of His Own
From: Ben Paton In response to: The Dragon Says – When Will Our Councillors “Walk the Walk” On Openness? I am not sure the Dragon Says piece included any misrepresentations…
The Dragon Says: When Will Our Councillors “Walk the Walk” On Openness?
The sale of a strip of land to those wishing to develop a controversial green belt site should not have been delegated to a council officer, however capable. See also:…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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