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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…

Commissioners Tell Indebted Council To ‘Get a Grip’

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter A Surrey council is still not out of the woods yet just months into government intervention, according to commissioners’ first report. Spelthorne Borough Council…

Woking Council Tax Payers Face Another Hike – But Budget Will Not Service Huge Debt

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Band D council tax payers in Woking are expected to pay more than £2,500 a year for the first time after the latest round…