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Letter: Poor Publicity For New Village Hall Meeting

From John Perkins On Thursday (May 11) the trustees of Ripley Village Hall chose to unveil their plans for a new building not, as might reasonably be expected, at the…

Letter: Why Do Council Debates Become So Personal?

From Bernard Parke Hon Alderman and former Mayor of Guildford In response to: Local Plan Debate Produces No Change In Battle Lines I have known Cllr Tony Phillips now for…

Letter: No Development Is Not An Option

From Christopher Dalby Both the outgoing Surrey University Students Union president and council leader Paul Spooner, Guildford spoke very well during Tuesday’s council debate on the Local Plan. Guildford certainly…

Letter: How Will the Council Ensure Infrastructure is Provided Before Development is Allowed?

From Lisa Wright Cllr Susan Parker asks how the council will ensure adequate infrastructure is provided before developments outlined in the draft Local Plan are permitted. I think it is…

Letter: Where is the Conservative Promise to Protect the Green Belt?

From Peter Shaw The Executive at Guildford Borough Council has recently voted to move the latest Local Plan draft to consultation (again!), with the same trajectory of allowing significant tracts…

Letter: ‘The Village’ – We Should Not Throw Good Money After Bad

From A Atkinson In response to: Pop Up Village to Be Relaunched in June as ‘The Village’ There is nothing wrong with failure, we learn from our mistakes. Test, measure…

Letter: Plastering the Countryside With Dormitory Ghettos Is Not Progress

David Roberts In response to: a comment from Cllr Colin Cross on the article Councils ‘Ignoring’ Powers to Limit Green Belt Development Guildford Borough Council’s 2014 “Greenbelt and Countryside Study”…

Letter: Lower Driving Standards Increase Risks for Motorcyclists

From James Robinson In response to: Third Local Motorcycling Collision Within Three Days Reported Driving standards have visibly dropped over the last five years. I don’t know if this is…

Letter: I Hope New Councillor Can Persuade GBC to Reconsider Local Plan

From Liz Hogger Lib Dem borough councillor for Effingham In response to: Opinion: County Council Election – What Does it Mean? I suspect many people’s votes were affected by national…

Letter: Can The Council Leader Tell Us When We Will See Some Change?

From Stephen Mansbridge former leader of Guildford Borough Council It is exceptionally disappointing that very little has changed with Guildford’s infrastructure during the last decade.  We are faced daily with…