Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
Since the start of the first lockdown 10 months ago Guildford Borough Council (GBC) has been disbursing the various Government business support grants. Most of these have been to Business Ratepayers although with the latest tranche of grant funding (from Continue Reading
Surrey County Council has advised that the roadworks that would have resulted in Lower Road in Great Bookham being closed, as reported in our post of 9th Feb., has been delayed until 5 May 2021. Further details are on the Continue Reading
Effingham Residents Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on 22 February 2021 at 8:00 pm. Due to restrictions in place due to the Covid-19 emergency, the meeting will be held using the Zoom software, which is free to download Continue Reading
EFFRA Committee member Diane Poole, has written a guide on recycling in the local area, as part of her activities with Plastic Free Bookham. The guide is available under “About Effingham” menu and via the link effinghamresidents.org.uk/recycling Recycling helps to Continue Reading
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA) held its Committee meeting virtually online on 8th February via Zoom. Topics discussed were planning applications, including those at the Church Street site, Berkeley Homes proposal for an additional 110 houses, and The Barn. Also discussed Continue Reading
Eloise Appleby, CEO of The Grange, is training hard in preparation for a sponsored 95 mile walk in Scotland this spring, to help raise funds for The Grange, which has been hit hard by the restrictions imposed due to Continue Reading
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA) welcomes the statement by our MP, Sir Paul Beresford, our County Councillor, Julie Iles, and the County Councillor for Bookham and Fetcham West, Clare Curran, that they do not support the proposal by Berkeley Homes to Continue Reading
Sir Paul Beresford MP, Julie Iles Surrey County Councillor and Clare Curran Surrey County Councillor have made a statement about the proposal from Berkeley Homes for an extra 110 houses on the Green Belt. Further details on Julie Isles Facebook Continue Reading
From Monday 15 February, Lower Road in Great Bookham will be closed from the High Street and Church Street junctions eastwards past the church to East Street, until the end of May. There will be no access to East Street, Continue Reading
Ian Symes, Chairmain of Effingham Parish Council, has written a letter to the Guildford Dragon, explaining that EPC worked with EFFRA to defend key policies in the Neighbourhood Plan, which resulted in the recent rejection of the planning application for Continue Reading