Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
The submitted local plan allocates housing for several green belt sites including the former Wisley Airfield and land at Blackwell Farm At the public hearing Guildford Borough Council has defended their decision, in the Local Plan, to build on the Continue Reading
The public hearing on Guildford’s Local Plan started on 5 June, and is scheduled to last until 5 July. Key questions are the number of houses that need to be built over the next 16 years, and what happens to Continue Reading
Chris Dick has written an article in the Guildford Dragon about recent events in Effingham, including the talk by Dr Robert Owen on the Dambusters raid, the Village Church Fete, the Housing Association AGM, Effingham Parish Council AGM, and a Continue Reading
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped make Effingham Dambusters weekend such an amazing success. Yes, we need to thank the Almighty for the beautiful weather! – but the huge numbers of those who turned Continue Reading
A World War 2 Dakota did a flypast over the village’s Church Fete on Saturday 2 June at 10 past 3 over the grave of Sir Barnes Wallis to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dambusters’ Raid. The fete, which Continue Reading
The village church fete is being held today Saturday 2 June 2018 between 11am and 3pm in Church Street, Effingham which will be closed to traffic. There will be stalls, music, a bouncy castle together with a bar and cream Continue Reading
Yesterday on 30th May EFFRA finally burnt the last of the tree waste dumped during the travellers’ incursion in late August last year in a large bonfire on the KGV. Rugby Club volunteers had recently collected the remaining piles of Continue Reading
The Secretary of State is considering the report of the Inspector who held a public inquiry between 19 September 2017 and 25 October 2017, into the appeal made by Wisley Property Investments regarding the refusal by Guildford Borough Council into Continue Reading
At the Annual Meeting of Effingham Parish Council (EPC) Meeting on Tuesday 29th May, Arnold Pindar stood down as Chairman. He was thanked for his contribution to the parish over the last nine years as Chairman. Ian Symes was elected Continue Reading
Guildford Dragon has published an article about the GetSurrey article about rats on the KGV playing fields. GetSurrey has since retracted the article and has published an apology as reported in the EFFRA post here The Guildford Dragon reports on Continue Reading