Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
Berkeley Homes has submitted amended plans for its Planning Application 19/P/00703 for 408 & 410 Lower Road which was originally reported on 27th April. The main change is that the number of houses has been reduced from five to four. Continue Reading
The Planning Inspectorate has dismissed an Appeal against the decision by Guildford Borough Council to refuse a change of use from retail and office use to residential use for the ground floor of 257 Guildford Road (premises next door to Continue Reading
Chris Dick writes his regular report of events in and around Effingham in the Guildford Dragon, which can be read here. This month’s report included the successful first Effingham Open Gardens on Sunday 9th June; a talk to mark the Continue Reading
Effingham Parish Council has objected to planning application 19/P/00703, submitted by Berkeley Homes. The proposed development is of 408 and 410 Lower Road by the erection of 5 dwellings (2x 2-bed, 3x 3-bed) with associated access, parking and landscape works Continue Reading
Julie Iles, Surrey County Councillor for Effingham has posted a comment about the trees taken down on Lower Road and Effingham Common Road which corrects the information previously supplied. It appears the trees taken down are covered under a legal Continue Reading
23 adults and 5 children took part in the Effingham Litter Pick yesterday organised by EFFRA as part of the Great British Spring Clean. 20 full bags of rubbish were collected in 90 minutes of litter picking. Thanks to everyone Continue Reading
The planning application for 23 homes on the former St Lawrence Primary School playing fields on Church Street is to go to the Guildford Borough Council Planning Committee on 24th April. The Planning Department has recommended to the Committee that Continue Reading
Guildford Borough Council voted by 25 votes to 14 on April 9th not to defer the council’s decision on the Local Plan until after the forthcoming election. Opposition councillors claimed the decision is being rushed through. An extraordinary meeting will Continue Reading
Chris Dick writes in the Guildford Dragon in his Effingham Eye section about the Parish Council’s Meeting on 9th April which can be read here.
Both EFFRA and Effingham Parish Council have submitted objections to the proposed diversion of Footpath 114 on Effingham Common. The proposal to divert a portion of the footpath which is on land owned by Berkeley Homes was previously reported here. Continue Reading