Gove: meddling and muddled over Surrey Local Plans?
Michael Gove is a Surrey MP and the Cabinet Minister in charge of housing and planning. The progress of Local Plans across the County are in disarray. Local Plans set … Read More
Author: Emily Coady Stemp - Local Democracy Reporter
Land, plan and a scam mess for Tandridge
A land scam, £3.5million spent and residents being “ignored” have come to a head as a district council finally looks set to call an end to its 6,000-home local plan. … Read More
Gove flexing his muscle on a Local Plan?
A last-minute intervention from Michael Gove continued the uncertainty around the Surrey Borough Council of Spelthorne’s plan for 9,000 new homes. The Surrey Heath MP ordered the council not to pause … Read More
Spelthorne’s neediest lose out on housing
“Those who need it most” will be the people who suffer most from a council’s plans to abandon its home building projects, according to one councillor. Spelthorne is a Surrey … Read More
Not such a rosy report on Surrey Fire Service
Earlier today Epsom and Ewell Times published a press release clearly attributed to Surrey County Council. Below is a report from our BBC Local Democracy Reporting Service partner which casts … Read More
Independent Surrey SEND school slammed
A “culture of discrimination and inequality” goes unaddressed at a school for children with additional needs, where pupils “fear reprisals” from some senior staff if they report concerns, according to … Read More
School transport early term teething problems
Families have been left without school transport for the start of term despite Surrey County Council promising to “learn lessons” after pupils were left stranded last year. One parent of … Read More
Hampton Court ULEZ maze challenge
The expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the Surrey border affects attractions like Hampton Court Palace, some of which is on the charge boundary. ULEZ, introduced by … Read More
Objectors fail to tear a strip off
An Epsom strip club has had its licence renewed despite dividing residents on what it brings to the town.Stir, in the town centre’s East Street, has run as a sexual … Read More
Guildford contemplates financial “Armageddon”.
Guildford’s task to avoid issuing a bankruptcy notice requires “urgent” attention and councillors are branding the local council’s problems a “wake up call” – here’s everything we learned from a … Read More