Before a national rollout of ID cards Woking voters will be taking part of a trial for the coming May elections. Voters will be required to produce photo ID prior to being issued with a voting form. Details of what ID is acceptable is on the Woking Borough Council web site. Voters without one of the…

GPCA received the following letter:   It has become a lot more difficult to park at Waitrose over the last couple of months and I can only assume that the extra pressure has been generated by the new hospice and, to a lesser extent, by the reduction in spaces following the creation of the additional…

Surrey County Council wants your views on proposals to charge for rural car parking. – time’s running out so if you have a view, let them know before November 6 This consultation is a vital part of the Council’s plans to preserve and improve Surrey’s beautiful countryside for years to come. With the council needing…

A new property search web portal designed to find commercial property in Woking has been launched. The new portal, hosted on Woking Borough Council’s Woking Works website under ‘Locate’ – lists all commercial property available within the Borough. Approximately 50 sites are available to view, with each record showing the square footage available, type of space, photographs…

Returning for the fifth consecutive year, the award-winning Woking Food and Drink Festival is set to host more culinary delights, from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 September. Named the county’s Best Local Food Event by readers of Surrey Life Magazine for two years in succession, the free-to-attend festival will bring three days of live cookery demonstrations by Surrey’s top culinary…

Flowerbeds of Woking will be under the judges’ scrutiny once again as Woking in Bloom gets ready to celebrate another display of horticultural excellence in the Borough. Schools, residents and pubs are all invited to spruce up their gardens in the hope of winning one of seven ‘best in category’ titles. These include best front…

The deadline for a chance to win prizes in a local newspaper draw has been extended to May 31, after backing from local brewery Thurstons – The Horsell Brewery Company. Complete the Woking News and Mail survey and you could win £100 of Denners’ vouchers plus a year’s free subscription to the Woking News and…

The next GPCA public meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 25th April 2017 in the Community Hall, Goldwater Lodge.  All residents are welcome to attend. The minutes for the previous meeting are available on the “About – Meeting Minutes” page

Local groups can now apply for a place in this year’s Party in the Park and join in celebrating the life and achievements of two of the most successful music artists ever to come out of the town. This year’s theme was chosen in honour of the late Rick Parfitt from Status Quo, the veteran…

Woking Borough Council Tax charge has been set to rise by 2.23% for 2017/18. Equivalent to less than 10 pence per week for a Band D property, the rise means that people living in a Band D property will pay £226.71 for Borough Council services such as refuse collections, environmental maintenance, planning services and leisure…