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Letter: A Local Plan Review Should Come Before Specific Planning Applications

From: Ben Paton In response to: Doesn’t Government Announcement Mean Development Should Be Curbed? Guildford Borough Council – by which I mean the majority of its councillors – have abrogated…

Drone Test Site Planned

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A new drone research testing hangar to provide a “step-change” in robot research will be built at Royal Holloway University. Plans were approved by…

Letter: ‘Something Wrong With Planning’ Wow, What an Understatement!

From: Jim Allen In response to: Something Is Very Wrong with Planning at GBC “Something wrong with Guildford planning” – well Cllr Spooner should know! 80,000 comments on the Local…

Letter: Doesn’t Government Announcement Mean Development Should Be Curbed?

From: Jules Cranwell So the government has announced that it will put protection of the environment and wildlife at the heart of all policy making. Surely this will sound the…

Eighth Year Running for Night Time Economy Purple Flag Award

Guildford has for the eighth year in a row been awarded Purple Flag accreditation for its evening and night-time economy (ENTE). The Purple Flag aims to raise the standard and…

Letter: More Politicians Should Cycle to See the Problems for Themselves

From: Ben Darnton In response to: State of Roads ‘No Fault of the Council’ – More Government Money Needed I’ve been cycling five miles into work in central Guildford for…

Caption Competition – Winners Announced

Readers were asked “What has happened at this North Street post box? Were the boots to be posted before the sender realised they had not wrapped them or ensured they…

Highways Repair Bulletin February 6 – 12

Next week there will be road closures in Ash, Bramley, Compton, Effingham Junction, and Guildford (Epsom Road). Traffic light signals will be operating in: Ash Vale, Chilworth, Guildford  (Egerton Road,…

Dragon Interview: Cllr Rigg Says ‘If the Developers Walk Away It Will Be A Disaster for Guildford’

John Rigg, the lead councillor at Guildford Borough Council responsible for Regeneration, is still clearly smarting from the rejection in January of the North Street Planning application from the St…

Woking High-rise Development Limits Slammed

By Emily Coady-Stemp local democracy reporter Plans to limit high-rise development in Woking is akin to slamming the stable door shut after the horse has bolted, Surrey County Council’s ex-head…