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Opinion: Our Local Plan Review Is Bound By Government Rules

By Jan Harwood Lib Dem borough councillor for Merrow and lead member for Climate Change and Strategic Planning gives the Lib Dem view of the next steps to be taken…

Opinion: Why Tory Bosses Can Disregard Fallout from Guildford’s Housing Boom 

By Martin Giles Conservative party bosses care more about their building developer donors than they do about Guildford. This should not be a shock to you. It has been obvious…

XX Notes: Building Advice (By Royal Appointment)

Maria Rayner‘s observational column from a woman’s perspective… A couple of weeks ago, I met the Princess Royal on a loosely kept secret visit to the sailing club, which is…

Opinion: Changes to Flawed Local Plan Will Decide Guildford’s Destiny

By David Roberts In The Times on May 11, the head of the UK’s statistics watchdog confirmed official projections for future population growth in Guildford were overstated, after an investigation…

The Worplesdon Witness May 2021

Jan Messinger with her monthly round-up of news from the parish of Worplesdon. Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey’s award given to Mary Broughton The Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, Michael More-Molyneux’s, award in appreciation…

XX Notes: Eating Out, the May 2021 Experiences

Maria Rayner‘s observational column from a woman’s perspective… Frost in May, not the 1933 novel by Antonia White about a borderline abusive childhood in a convent school, but the 2021…

Schwesterlich News: We’re a Bit Behind the UK But There’s a Spring in Our Step

The latest in our regular exchange of news to and from our twin town of Freiburg in south-west Germany. They are open letters between Penny Leube, co-chair of Freiburg’s Anglo-German…

Comment: Tory Grip on Surrey Slackens as Opposition Grows Teeth

By Martin Giles The rough-and-tumble tensions of campaigning are over and our local election results are in. But they paint an unclear picture. Nationally, the Conservatives made gains, yet Surrey…

The Dragon Says: The Votes Are In But Who Will Win?

Counting has now commenced (Friday morning) as tensions rise amid fevered speculation by Surrey voters about who will be their county councillors for the next four years. County results are…

Effingham Eye: Environment In Focus, Councillors Prefer Zoom, Orchard Looks Wonderful, Trustees’ Explanation

Chris Dick offers some views on local matters with an account of two council meetings, the orchard project nearing completion and sheds some light on the work of a previously camera-shy charity. Annual…