Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
Before we leave January perhaps I could take a quick look back at 2016 and look forward to 2017, what happened and what we might have to look forward to… Well my fan mail increased … although perhaps “fan” mail Continue Reading
After much input from Bookham residents via both formal and informal consultations, after 4 years of work by the Bookham Neighbourhood Forum, the proposed Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) went off to Mole Valley District Council (MVDC). They, in turn, went Continue Reading
Surrey residents will head to the polls later this year to decide whether they will support a 15% rise in council tax. The increase, which equates to around £190 extra per year for your average Band D property, will be Continue Reading
The UK countryside faces unprecedented pressure from housing developers seeking to take advantage of those local authorities which are unprepared, or incapable, of challenging the Government’s relentless drive to build houses. Campaign groups around the country are joining together and Continue Reading
The community in Effingham has vowed to rally round the “lovely couple” behind a popular village store after a shocking robbery on Sunday morning. Forest Road General Store was raided shortly after 11am, with the shopkeeper left “shaken” when a Continue Reading
The Planning Inspector has announced that the date of the appeal APP/Y3615/W/16/3151098 by Berkley Homes & Howard of Effingham into refusal of planning application 14/P/02109, Site Address: Lower Road and Brown’s Field, Brown’s Lane, Effingham, Surrey, KT24 5JR, as: 16 May 2017 Continue Reading
On Thursday 22nd December a “Living Nativity” will take place around Effingham Village which will start at St Lawrence School at 6pm. The Christmas story will be presented visually and in words. Carols will be sung and the journey will Continue Reading
Mandy MacVean is the rector at the churches of St Lawrence, Effingham and All Saints, Little Bookham. She talks to Chris Dick about her vocation, her routine, her family life, the reactions she receives as a woman priest and Christmas. Continue Reading
Over 200 visitors attended an exhibition held last Saturday (December 3) on the subject of Effingham during World War One. The exhibition covered the activities of Effingham people on the Home Front as well as in the trenches and across the Continue Reading
