Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
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
Highways England are consulting on proposals to improve the M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange to tackle issues including congestion, capacity, safety, noise and environmental impacts. The 2 options which are being considered: Option 9 – a new flyover to link right-turning Continue Reading
HIGH BARN ROAD (D268), EFFINGHAM TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC ORDER 2016 SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSE TO MAKE the above mentioned Temporary Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will be to prohibit Continue Reading
When is a notice board not a notice board? And just how many does a small village actually need? Weren’t the results of the recent Neighbourhood Plan Health Check considered worth displaying or putting up on the parish council website? Continue Reading
Hundreds of England’s ancient villages are vanishing — swept away by a surge of housing development that is seeing historic communities engulfed into larger towns and losing their identities forever. About 1,300 villages vanished under such rural sprawl between 2001 Continue Reading