Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
“Councillors and residents have a right to know whether the council is managing its properties and land effectively at a time when resources are tight,” Cllr Hazel Watson said Surrey County Council (SCC) is facing calls to release details of Continue Reading
An online poll commissioned by developers, hoping to overturn Guildford Borough Council’s (GBC) rejection of their plans to build more than 2,000 homes at the former Wisley Airfield, has been condemned by an opposition campaign group. The Wisley Action Group Continue Reading
The next consultation on the Local Plan will take place in June and July (2017) if a proposed plan is agreed at the next Guildford Borough Council (GBC) Executive meeting next Tuesday (February 21).The consultation will be limited. Only comments Continue Reading
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
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