• Will Guildford Borough Council freeze the council tax or not?

  By MaxRaymond at 12:56 on 31/01/12

  

  With over a month to go until the final budget decisions are made across the country, Guildford Borough Council has yet to signal an intention to freeze the council tax for 2012/13, in contrast to 152 councils have have signed up to the Government's council tax freeze offer. This is following news that Surrey County Council are this week considering a proposal to reject the Government's council tax freeze offer in order to save it...

• Final phase of consultation to commence on Guildford town centre masterplan

  By MaxRaymond at 18:05 on 06/12/11

  

  A drop-in session is being held at Guildford Borough Council's Millmead offices on the 14th December to give the public a chance to speak to planning officers regarding the planned masterplan of the long-term future of the town centre. The council has already drawn up a draft masterplan following views expressed by many different types of local residents and organisations such as community groups and businesses. Some of the issues that...

• Guildford Borough Council becomes first district county to receive AAA credit rating

  By MaxRaymond at 09:38 on 23/11/11

  

  Guildford Borough Council has been given the much-treasured AAA credit rating from Moody's Investors Service – the first district council in the county to receive such a rating. This rating represents high standards of financial management and budget level as well as well as an exceptionally low credit risk – something that many large countries such as the USA haven't been able to match in recent months. The assessment...

• Guildford Borough Council to spend £240,000 on Diamond Jubliee and Olympic Games events

  By MaxRaymond at 13:21 on 24/10/11

  

  Guildford Borough Council will mark next year's Diamond Jubilee and Olympic Games celebrations by spending £240,000 on what they're calling "landmark events". In June the Queen will be celebrating her Diamond Jubilee to mark 60 years of her reign and the council will be hosting and supporting community events across the borough and there are also plans to dress Guildford High Street. Meanwhile, a month later,...

• Could Guildford be set for on-street parking policy changes?

  By MaxRaymond at 20:13 on 11/10/11

  

  There could be a change to on-street parking rules in Guildford following an immediate policy change from new Surrey County Council leader David Hodge. The new leader spoke to a meeting of the full council earlier today and said that the countywide policy that was currently in place would be abolished and instead that the eleven local committees representing the county's borough and district areas would have the freedom to decide on...

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