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Opinion: Why Are Five-storey Blocks Allowed in An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?

Local resident, John Harrison, a member of the St Catherine’s Village Association, was one of two objectors allowed to address GBC’s Planning Committee on the proposal to redevelop the former…

Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 3

By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…

Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 2

By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…

Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 1

By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…

Column: Disappointment, Challenges, and Opportunities for Guildford’s Future

Having heard from Guildford’s Lib Dem MP, Zöe Franklin (see: Guildford’s MP Writes – Championing the Needs of Guildford and Our Villages), Guildford Conservatives were also invited to report… By…

The Worplesdon Witness December 2024

Jan Messinger with her round up of news from the parish of Worplesdon Stormy weather! Storms hit Worplesdon in mid October and mid November causing Wood Street Village to be…

The Dragon Says: Ash Bridge – Who is Accountable?

Soldiers have a saying: “Greatcoats on! – Greatcoats off!” It’s what they say when orders are given and then countermanded in quick succession and those above don’t appear to know…

Opinion: Forcing Cyclists to Share Roads with Motorists Will Not Allow the Change We Need

By Martin Giles Whichever side of the argument the SCC Cabinet came down on over the London Road Active Travel scheme it was bound to upset a large number of…

Column: Guildford’s MP Writes – Championing the Needs of Guildford and Our Villages

Guildford’s Lib Dem MP, Zoe Franklin, writes to inform Dragon readers of her activity… By Zoe Franklin Guildford has been my home for over 25 years, and for the last…

The Dragon Says: The London Road Saga – How Not to Manage Change

News that Surrey County Council Cabinet’s decision to scrap the Active Travel scheme for London Road has been “called in” is not surprising: it was very contentious. Cynics might observe…