Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
The new Guildford Borough Local Plan was adopted at an Extraordinary Borough Council meeting last night (25 April 2019), after a comprehensive and wide-ranging debate. There was a majority vote by 28 councillors to adopt the Local Plan, 12 voted Continue Reading
Effingham Residents Association will hold their AGM on Monday 29th April 2019 at 20:00 in St. Lawrence Church Hall. After the formal part of the meeting, there will be an illustrated talk on “Effingham’s precious Commons and the threats to Continue Reading
Guildford Borough Council has been advised that Millgate has withdrawn planning application 18/P/01924 for the erection of 23 dwellings plus parking, access, and landscaping on land at, Church Street, Effingham, KT24. Therefore the planning application will not be discussed at 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
The following nominations have been received for the role of Guildford Borough Councillor for the ward of Effingham Liz Hogger (Liberal Democrat) Christopher Howard Jay (Conservative Party Candidate) Ben Paton (Guildford Greenbelt Group) Elections will be held on Thursday 2 Continue Reading