There are key lessons to learn from the KPMG review into the closure and lease of Burchatts Farm Barn. At the Governance and Audit committee on the 25th Match Councillors from different parties made some important points. Their words should be heeded. Between 2015 and 2019 the Council pursued a vigorous policy of trying to…
Category: Conservation and Planning
Local Groups must look out of historic buildings
If we want to save buildings like the old schoolhouse then we must do our research. Council planning meetings are very technical and decisions are bound by planning legislation as letters to The Dragon revealed earlier this year. But if local communities identify, research and highlight buildings of importance then more can be saved.We cannot…
Marlyn’s House, Burpham
Marlyn’s was threatened with demolition via a planning application that was overturned in 2018. The building has now been locally listed. Marlyn’s and Marlyn’s Cottage are both very old buildings. They appeared on the Tithe Maps of 1838 and there are references to property on the site back to the 17th century. At the rear…
Old School House Demolished
Sad to have to say goodbye to the Old Schoolhouse in Slyfield. Dating from 1870 it was apparently once the only building in the area and over the years a community grew up around it. It was an original school building dating from the time of the 1870 Education Act which introduced national education into…
Guildford Town Views
See Guildford Town Views on GBC website The council has now produced a supplementary Planning Document based on the Town Centre Views Study. The society will be commenting in full to the council. The Guildford society feels whilst a useful document it does little to create or support proper policies related to Mass and Scale that…