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Notice: Great Big Green Week Starts Saturday, September 18
Billed as ‘the largest event for climate and nature ever seen in the UK’, the Great Big Green Week is starting on Saturday, September 18 with around 25 events and…
Letter: ‘Time To End Guildford’s Love Affair With The Car’
From Andrew Halliday, managing director, Safeguard Coaches Ltd Jim Allen’s comments (Bus Lane Madness Deprives Us of 30% of Road Space) are so ‘yesterday’! It is attitudes such as his…
Council Prioritises Five Transport Schemes To Support Local Plan Housing Targets
By Hugh Coakley Guildford Borough Council’s Executive prioritised five transport schemes to help “meet current housing targets in the adopted Local Plan”, at its meeting on Tuesday last week (August…
Pushing Pedals: Choose A Way To Have Your Say
This is the latest monthly column on local cycling by the Guildford Bicycle User Group (G-BUG). Its vision is to make cycling in Guildford safer, more convenient and fun. Members…
Letter: Urgent Action Must Be Taken to Tackle Pollution Problem
From: Ramsey Nagaty Leader of the Guildford Greenbelt Group In response to: The Dragon Says: Too Many People, Too Many Cars – No Wonder We Have the Worst Pollution This…
The Dragon Says: Too Many People, Too Many Cars – No Wonder We Have the Worst Pollution
News that we have the most polluted stretch of road in the country will come as no surprise to many residents tired of dealing with the chronic traffic congestion. One…
West Horsley To Get 139 New Homes Despite Claimed Neighbourhood Plan Conflicts
By Martin Giles A controversial planning application for 139 houses in West Horsley was narrowly approved last week despite strong objections from West Horsley Parish Council, which claimed it went…
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…
Can the Conservatives Retain Their Two Town Centre Divisions?
By Martin Giles The Liberal Democrats are maintaining their dominance in the Guildford town centre divisions, a Dragon straw survey of voters indicates, as the May 6 Surrey County election…
Councillors Clash in Confusion Debating Local Plan Review ‘During Election Purdah’
By Martin Giles A GBC debate on the need to review the Local Plan turned near-farcical last night (April 13) when councillors were told they could not be “political” because…
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