Millgate Homes presented their proposals for the development of the Church Street site at the Effingham Parish Council (EPC) meeting on Tuesday 30 October. Vivien White, Chairman of Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA) believes that the development has not taken into Continue Reading

On Tuesday (October 30), council leader Paul Spooner announced he had written to planning inspector Jonathan Bore, who is examining the borough’s draft Local Plan, asking him to reduce the number of houses included in the document in light of Continue Reading

Last night (30 October) the Executive approved submitting a bid to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) National Garden Communities Programme to try and gain garden village status for the proposed settlement at Wisley Airfield. Further details Continue Reading

Guildford Borough Council are to consider at their executive meeting tonight (30 October 2018 at 7pm), the proposal to submit a bid to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government for the Wisley Airfield site to be a Garden Continue Reading

A consultant hired by Guildford Vision Group’s (GVG) predicts that the Planning Inspector of Guildford’s Local Plan will ask for more evidence and possibly further hearings before the Local Plan could be approved. Read the full article in the Guildford Continue Reading

Millgate Developments Ltd. will give a presentation of their planning application A 18/P/01924, for the former primary school playing field on Church Street (as previously reported here, at the beginning of Effingham Parish Council (EPC) meeting at 8pm on Tuesday Continue Reading

A planning application (Planning reference 18/P/01924), for the former primary school playing field on Church Street has been submitted to Guildford Borough Council by Millgate Developments Ltd, on behalf of its owners who are listed as local residents Andrew Bedford Continue Reading

Chris Dick provides a roundup of recent events in and around Effingham in his Guildford Dragon article, which can be read here There is concern that there seems to be insufficient parking available at the proposed new Howard of Effingham Continue Reading

The Planning Inspector, Jonathan Bore, has written on 25 September, to Guildford Borough Council inviting them to comment on the latest version of the housing projections. The Guildford Dragon has written an article on Revised Population Forecast Leads to Calls Continue Reading

On Sunday 30 September on Effingham Commoners Day, there were displays from Guildford Borough Council (owners of Effingham Common) about the Common; Guildford Museum; St Lawrence Primary School had some wonderful nature pictures by the school children on display; Surrey Continue Reading