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‘Not Much to Report’ Following Initial Meeting with Loseley Estate on Blocked Permissive Path
By Martin Giles The manager of Loseley Estate was said to be in “listening mode” when he met with Cllr Angela Goodwin and the chairmen of St Catherine’s and Onslow…
MP Hunt Objects Formally to Taylor Wimpey’s Housing Plan For Tongham
By David Reading MP Sir Jeremy Hunt has submitted a formal objection to Taylor Wimpey’s proposal to build up to 420 homes on greenfield land at Manor Farm, Tongham. The…
Guildford’s Major Developments Making Slow Progress
By Esme Campbell Progress on major Guildford developments is moving slower than expected and sometimes behind previously announced schedules. Delays, current and anticipated, are believed to be associated with the…
Fallen Tree Blocks Road
By Martin Giles An unconfirmed report has reached The Dragon this evening of a fallen tree that has completely blocked New Inn Lane in Merrow. The tree is believed to…
Portsmouth Direct Line Works Start Tomorrow
Maintenance work affecting services on the Guildford to Portsmouth start tomorrow, February 14, and will continue until the 22nd. During the school half-term holiday, engineers will be working on the…
Zoe Meets The King and Queen, ‘It Was Like the Best Wedding Reception Ever!’
By Martin Giles Zoe (she did not wish to give her surname), a local government officer at Guildford Borough Council, represented the council at a reception at St James’s Palace…
McDonald’s Press On with Plans To Open a Drive-Through at Nature Reserve Site
By David Reading Fast food chain McDonald’s is appealing against Guildford Borough Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a drive-through restaurant on the edge of the Tice’s Meadow nature…
Government Agrees to Write Off 90% of Councils’ SEND Debts
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The Government is “finally recognising the heavy pressure placed on local budgets to support children” after agreeing to wipe out 90 per cent of…
GBC’s Achievement of Sorting Out Its Finances Praised as ‘Amazing’ by Deputy Leader
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Guildford Borough Council’s leadership is celebrating the “extraordinary achievement” of getting its finances on an even keel three years after it was at serious…
Blocking of Popular Field-side Path Criticised – Councillor to Meet Loseley Estate Manager
By Martin Giles A field-side path, used regularly by local residents for decades, has been blocked off by Loseley Estate this week. The estate says they want to prevent crop…
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