Ash Care Home Proposal For Vacant Bewley Site Moves To Next Stage
By David Reading Bewley Homes has come to an agreement with a company that wants to open and run a care home in Ash, on the vacant plot of land set aside by Bewley in 2019 for healthcare purposes. Bewley said this week that the specialist care…
Updated: Crop Fire Destroys Wheat Field on the Slopes of the Hog’s Back Near Guildford
By Martin Giles July 15 – 1800 The Surrey Fire & Rescue Service say that: “Due to the size and volume of the fire, the cause has been classified as undetermined.” July 15 – 1035 Firefighters remained at the scene of yesterday’s crop fire all night to…
Normandy Housing Plan Reignites Concerns Over ‘Damage To Our Community’
By David Reading Development company Taylor Wimpey has reintroduced plans to build housing on land at Normandy and Flexford – a scheme that caused outrage among local people when it was first put forward just under ten years ago. The site comprises a series of grass and…
Highways Bulletin: Reimagining Parking with Green Design
The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council and is written by them. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Junction 10, M25 news here. A show garden by Surrey County Council has won a silver medal at the RHS Hampton Court…
SCC Calls on the Government To Protect the Environment
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Fears of “irreversible damage” to Surrey’s countryside have prompted calls to change a new planning bill currently going through Parliament. Surrey County Council members have unanimously agreed to call for the central government to change a “deeply damaging” planning bill. Councillors…
A New Dementia Centre for Guildford
A new charity is being set up to develop a much-needed local Dementia Support Hub for the people of Guildford. Dementia, in its various forms and stages, affects many people in the UK’s ageing population. The Alzheimer’s Society says over 15,000 people in Surrey have been diagnosed…
Lib Dems Easily Hold Three Council Seats in Surrey By-elections
By Chris Caulfield, local democracy reporter and Martin Giles In by-elections, Liberal Democrats have easily held on to two council seats in Woking, one at the borough council and one at Surrey County Council, vacated by MP Will Forster, and they repeated their success in East Bookham.…
UK Students to Launch International Space Mission
A team of students from the University of Surrey are, with fellow students from Portsmouth and Southampton Universities, working to fit equipment they have designed, made and tested, to a suborbital launch vehicle which aims to launch 900km into space. The students travelled to the Etlaq Spaceport…
Retrofit Planned for Guildford Office Building
A town centre office building is to undergo a major retrofit following planning permission being granted by GBC’s Planning Committee to real estate investment adviser Bradda Capital. The scheme involves the transformation of the existing three-storey, 31,000 sq ft office building at 31 Chertsey Street, into what…
A Splashing Time at Guildford Lions Club’s Raft Race 2025
The Guildford Lions Club reports: “A big thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday (July 5) for our charity…
Stoke Park Paddling Pool Is Open Again Following Safety Investigation
By David Reading The investigation into contamination at Stoke Park paddling pool in Guildford has been completed and the pool has…
Ash Care Home Proposal For Vacant Bewley Site Moves To Next Stage
By David Reading Bewley Homes has come to an agreement with a company that wants to open and run a care…
‘Long-anticipated’ Waverley Skate Park Planned for Cranleigh
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A “long-anticipated” and “much-needed” new skate park is coming to Cranleigh after Waverley Borough Council…
Men In Their 60s Arrested After Fight At Newlands Corner
Two men in their 60s were arrested after a fight one Sunday morning in Newlands Corner. Surrey police have just released…
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