Sorry Surrey Borough for “shameful” past
Woking Borough Council has apologised for the “shameful” behaviour of its past. The bankrupt council met last night to hear from the authors of the long-awaited review into how the … Read More
Author: Chris Caulfield - Local Democracy Reporter
Another solar power story – Leatherhead
A four-year fight to install solar panels in a Leatherhead car park has left those behind the green project both “disappointed and very exited”. Mole Valley District Council declared a … Read More
Mole Valley Bankruptcy warning
Mole Valley District Council is facing bankruptcy and must make “very difficult decisions” over the future of its services. The bleak warning came during the Tuesday, November 12 scrutiny committee when the … Read More
Surrey school kids’ country walk saving money
Children have been told they can walk 4.9km through fields and over an unguarded railway line by Surrey County Council bureaucrats who cancelled their free bus passes. The decision has left their … Read More
Another Surrey borough’s Local Plan agony
More than 800 homes will be built on Surrey green belt land as part of a 15 year plan for 9,270 new properties in the north of the county. It … Read More
No wonder Woking went bankrupt. Scandal of private school loans
A private school was loaned millions of pounds at favourable rates by Woking Borough Council before it went bankrupt. Now questions are being asked as to whether an independent inquiry … Read More
Epsom’s neighbour cracks on with its Local Plan
More than 6,000 new homes will be built in the Surrey borough of Mole Valley, with Leatherhead taking on the largest share after the district council approved its long-term planning bible. … Read More
Only the cashless will be “on the Hook” Road car park Epsom
A town centre car par centre is set to go cashless after plans to upgrade its ticket machines were approved. Pay metres at the Hook Road multi-storey car park in … Read More
Mole Valley ‘won’t bend’ to petitioners
The fight to protect the green gateway into a Leatherhead goes on after campaigners seeking to stop a popular park from being turned into high rises were told the council … Read More
Some Surrey boroughs get brownfield funding
Surrey councils will get nearly £2m to release disused brownfield sites to unlock desperately needed land for house building including cash to clear asbestos and transform the “heart of Camberley”. … Read More