The demolition of the old greenhouses on Effingham Lodge Farm has started. This is in preparation for the proposed housing development on the site, and the new school for the Howard of Effingham on the Green Belt. Detailed planning application Continue Reading

Effingham Commoners’ Day is on Sunday 30th September 2018, and visitors can join Friends of Effingham Common, Effingham Parish Council and Guildford Borough Council for a celebration on the Common between 12am and 4pm. The Mayor and Mayoress of Guildford Continue Reading

Following a series of public hearing sessions on the draft Guildford Local Plan, which were held from 5 June 2018 to 5 July 2018. The interim conclusion by the independent Inspector is that the plan is ‘sound’ subject to main Continue Reading

Highways England have posted their latest newsletter on the planned upgrade of the interchange between Junction 10 of the M25 and the A3. Due to the high number of detailed responses that have been received, the submission of the Development Continue Reading

Chris Dick writes in the Guildford Dragon about the rejection of the application for the limited closure of footpath 75. The closure of a permissive footpath, the KGV Toddlers appeal. Surprisingly Effingham Parish Council have proposed to spend £6,000 on Continue Reading

Guildford Borough Council are required to accept 20% of Woking’s Housing Need according to the Planning Inspectors report. There was unanimous criticism across the political spectrum. The decision that the main modifications proposed to the Local Plan was approved by Continue Reading

Councillors conclude there was no valid reason to close footpath 75 at Howard of Effingham School. Read the full article in GetSurrey here

Today, 5 September 2018, at a meeting of Surrey County Council and Mole Valley, the application for limited closure of Footpath 75 by the Howard of Effingham School was rejected. This means the footpath will remain open. Five residents spoke Continue Reading

Howard of Effingham School has made an application for a limited closure of the footpath 75, as reported in

The local executive of Guildford Borough Council is due to consider changes to the draft Local Plan as requested by the Planning Inspector, which will result in more houses being built on the Green Belt. Read the full GetSurrey article Continue Reading