Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
The Barnes Wallis Exhibition held yesterday to commemorate Effingham’s most famous resident, 40 years after his death, at the Tithe Barn in Manor House Lane was a huge success. Around 1,000 visitors enjoyed the exhibition. Almost £850 was raised from Continue Reading
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
St Teresa’s in Effingham, the largest Catholic independent girls’ school in the country and Cranmore in West Horsley, an independent Catholic School for boys and girls, have annouced a partnership. The new charitable trust will be called the Effingham Schools Continue Reading
Volunteers are required for the Great British Spring clean of Effingham on Saturday 13th April from 2 pm until 3.30 pm Please meet in the car park at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Lower Road, Effingham KT24 5JP at 2 Continue Reading
Work has started on installing the new Toddlers Playground. The old fencing was removed and the site made ready by local company D &B Garden Services earlier in the week. The old swing needed a coat of paint. Now looking Continue Reading
Work started today on the KGV Toddlers’ Playground. The old rotten fencing was removed and other preparatory work carried out. Installation of the new equipment will begin later in the week. The playground will be closed for about three weeks Continue Reading
There was a short item on James Cannon’s breakfast show on BBC Radio Surrey today (Saturday 14th April) at around 7.20 about the Secretary of State’s decision to allow the Appeal by Berkeley Homes and the Howard of Effingham School. Continue Reading
Heritage Open Day in Effingham & Little Bookham on Saturday was a great success. Nine venues opened (one of which The Grange is actually in Great Bookham but we adopted it for the day!) and all had large numbers of Continue Reading
An Effingham parish councillor has claimed that if a planning appeal for major developments in Effingham is allowed it will have a devastating effect on the community and Neighbourhood Plan. The claim from Cllr Paula Moss comes in the wake Continue Reading
Julie Iles, representing the Conservative Party, was elected on 4 May 2017 as County Councillor for the Horsleys division, which Effingham is part of. She received 54% of the vote. The Liberal Democratic candidate Paul Kennedy came second with 38% of Continue Reading