Category: Local Interest

Chris Dick reports in the Guildford Dragon on various events that have been occurring in Effingham during the last month. Read the full article here

The Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government has decided to delay the decision on the appeal APP/Y3615/W/16/3151098 by Berkley Homes & Howard of Effingham into refusal of planning application 14/P/02109, because Guildford Borough Council has submitted Continue Reading

Effingham Parish Councillor, James Nicholls, appeared in Staines Magistrates Court today, 18 December 2017. He had earlier attended Guildford Magistrates Court on 26 September 2017, following an incident on Friday 25 August, on the King George V Playing Fields, when Continue Reading

Kristen Spours, a Howard of Effingham Effingham pupil wowed Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning when she was invited to ice skate on the December 12 show. Read more here

The Guildford Dragon has published an article, available here, stating that all 11 of Surrey’s Borough and District Councils have written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, expressing concern about Continue Reading

Guildford Borough Council has announced that they have submitted the Local Plan for inspection by the Government’s Planning Inspectorate for independent review. Cllr Paul Spooner, Leader of the Council, says: “Our plan is about enabling people to thrive, wherever they Continue Reading

The Guildford Dragon has published an article of an interview of Liz Hogger, who is an Effingham Parish councillor, a Guildford Borough councillor, and a Trustee of the Effingham Village Recreation Trust. The full article can be read here

The Guildford Dragon has published an article about Guildford emerging Local Plan. Officials stated that it has little weight on planning decisions at this stage in the process. The full article can be viewed here