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Goldsworth by-election announced
Following the resignations of Cllrs Denzil and Amanda Coulson on 18 August 2015, a by-election for the vacant Wards of Goldsworth East and Goldsworth West will take place on Thursday 8 October 2015. The nomination process for candidates opened on Monday 24 August 2015 and will close on Friday 11 September. Candidates will be announced…
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Old fashioned fun in Woking this summer
Woking’s premier outdoor party returns on Saturday 11 July. A firm fixture in the Celebrate Woking calendar, Party in the Park 2015 promises to be the biggest and best yet! From 12noon until 9pm, visitors will be treated to an array of free performances and activities set in and around Woking Park and this year…
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Woking Joint Committee – have your say…
Woking Joint Committee is a committee of Surrey County Council and Woking Borough Council that meets to discuss and decide jointly on many of the issues that matter to you. These issues include highways improvements, road safety, speed limits, parking restrictions, activities for young people, community safety, health and wellbeing and other local concerns under…
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Council News: David Starkey, start-ups, Mindme alarm, Mark Cavendish, digital hub, pension fraud, Green Deal, personal safety, trading standards, defibrillators, broadband, Family Support and apprenticeships
TV historian David Starkey to give talk in Surrey on Magna Carta Historian David Starkey, who presented a BBC documentary about Magna Carta, will give a talk in Surrey to mark the 800th anniversary of the charter’s sealing in the county. Dr Starkey has been lined up by Surrey County Council to speak at Guildford…
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Latest Council News: Tax rise proposal, TEDx ideas forum, resident’s energy saving, Westfield community centre’s star, Surrey half marathon, boundary reviews, sugar swaps
Surrey council tax rise proposal The Council’s Cabinet will meet to make a formal tax recommendation on Tuesday 3 February. A final decision will be taken at a meeting of Surrey’s Full Council on Tuesday 10 February. Leader David Hodge said: “With unprecedented demand for services we are proposing a 1.99% increase, which is the…
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Costa Coffee planning application for outside seating
Costa Coffee has applied to Woking Borough Council for permission to have outside seating when they open the coffee shop in the shopping centre (Plan 2015/0020). The application is made in conjunction with Plan 2014/1367 about the replacement of the children’s play equipment. The outside seating was in the original planning application last year but…
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Shopping Centre Play Area
Woking Borough Council’s Planning Department has received an application for consent to replace the play equipment at the shopping centre – take a look at Plan 2014/1367 on www.woking.gov.uk. If you wish to comment on the planning application, you should do so before 19th January 2015. We don’t know, as yet, when it is going…
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Latest council news: Brookwood Cemetery purchased, Christmas recycling, Muslim Burial Ground works continue, French market returns, Arctic veterans honoured, a jungle grows in Woking Park
Woking Borough Council secures ownership of Brookwood Cemetery Woking Borough Council has secured the ownership of Brookwood Cemetery by purchasing the shares in the companies which owned the cemetery – Brookwood Park Limited and Brookwood Cemetery Limited. The Council agreed at a Special Council Meeting that it should secure the cemetery by establishing Woking Necropolis…
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Latest council news: Free parking at Woking Park, Surrey rail plan, primary school places
Three hours free parking at Woking Park New parking arrangements and charges introduced at Woking Park take effect from Monday 1 December 2014. Drivers are advised that: • You can park all week, including weekdays, for up to three hours completely free. • If you wish to park longer than three hours, you will need…
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Latest council news: litterbugs, young people’s awards, community levy, Operation Winter, apprenticeships
Squash those litterbugs The second phase of an initiative to reduce the amount of litter dropped on our streets and catch litterbugs has begun. Throughout November, Woking Borough Council is working in partnership with private company, Kingdom, to target litterbugs by increasing visible patrols within Woking Town Centre and surrounding areas. Anyone spotted dropping litter…