A £3.4 million project to replace a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Wey in Guildford has increased in cost with a further £450,000 now needed to build a new one. Guildford Borough Council’s executive has been warned it does not have a “bottomless pit of money” by a councillor following its decision to…
Month: January 2020
Debenhams Future
Updated 28th March 2024 With the number of homes reduced from the originally-planned 215 to 185, just five affordable homes will be included in the development. Construction work is to start on the 200,000 sq ft mixed-use development on the landmark Millbrook site formerly occupied by Debenhams. Its store closed in 2021. After months of…
2020s – A Dangerous Decade
This is a copy of the email sent out by the Guildford Society on 1st January 2020. It provides an important warning of the threats facing Guildford as well as a good summary of the last decade. 2010’s – The quiet before the storm? Not much happened in Guildford in the 2010s. A few large developments…