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GBC Approves Cost-Cutting Budget With Maximum 2% Council Tax Rise
By Emily Coady Stemp, local democracy reporter and Martin Giles Guildford households will pay more council tax from April after the borough council agreed a cost-cutting budget for 2022-23 on…
Portsmouth Direct Line to Close for 9 Days to Allow Major Upgrade
The Portsmouth line will shut for nine consecutive days between Guildford and Petersfield this weekend for a major upgrade that will tackle delays currently suffered by South Western Railway passengers.…
Councillors Approve Plan for New Send Houses Despite Warning to ‘Tread Carefully’
By Emily Coady-Stemp local democracy reporter Guildford planners approved an eight-house development in Send on Wednesday night (February 2) despite being warned to “tread carefully”. Guildford Borough Council’s Planning Committee…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.248
By Malcolm Fincham High pressure continued to be stubbornly centred over southern England and northern France throughout the latter weeks of January. Its awkward position was not far north enough…
‘We Don’t Know’ When Weir Repair Will Be Completed Admits Lead Councillor
By Martin Giles There has been no further progress on reinstating the footbridge of the Tumbling Bay Weir in the last two months and it is not known when any…
Letter: We Can’t Give Up on Controlling Building Heights in Guildford
From: Nic Allen Guildford Society member In response to: Dragon Interview – Council Leader I was interested to hear the comments of Joss Bigmore in the Dragon interview, about Debenhams/”St…
Council Blocks Affordable Housing Development on Egham Green Belt
By Julie Armstrong, local democracy reporter and Martin Giles A plan for a 100 per cent affordable housing development on Egham green belt has been blocked. Nearly three-quarters of Runnymede…
Landowner Says He’ll Provide County’s First Short-stay Traveller Site
By Emily Coady-Stemp local democracy reporter An owner of a patch of land outside Pirbright says he’ll provide Surrey’s first short-stay Traveller site and has started work to launch his…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.247
By Malcolm Fincham Having surpassed my yearly ambition of seeing 200 species of birds on my UK travels in 2021, despite not taking up my annual invite to visit the…
Letter: Is Genesis Care the Right Kind of a New Beginning?
From: Robert Oulton former GP The proposed new Cancer Care centre to be commissioned by the RSCH has been, up until now, discussed mainly in terms of the planning application…
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