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Author: Stu Bevan

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What do you want Albury to look like over the next 15 years? From protecting our local green spaces, dark skies, and heritage to addressing housing and climate change—the draft Neighbourhood Plan sets out the policies that will shape our parish's future.

We need to hear from everyone across the parish to ensure the plan passes its independent examination.

🗓️ How to Get Involved:

  • ☕ Come to the Consultation Event THIS Saturday: Join us on Saturday, 25th July 10am – 11.30am at the Village Hall to chat with the team, ask questions, and review the draft policies in person.
  • 💬 Visit a Drop-In Clinic: Can’t make it Saturday? Stop by one of our regular drop-in sessions at the Memorial Library running throughout July and August.
  • 📝 Have Your Say Online: Read the draft policies and complete the quick online questionnaire on your own time. Your feedback is crucial!

📲 Read the draft plan & complete the questionnaire here:

👉 https://alburyparishneighbourhoodplan.org/

(Please note: Name and address are required with your submission for validation purposes.)

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In accordance with Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations, Albury Parish Council is publishing its draft Neighbourhood Plan for formal consultation. 

The consultation period runs between 13th July – 31st August.

There will be public meetings in the Library and drop in times at the Memorial Library - for full details, click here.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a community-minded and motivated person to take on the post of Parish Clerk and potentially Responsible Financial Officer (RFO) supporting Albury Parish Council in all its ventures for the community. The parish is in rural Surrey southeast of Guildford. 

The Parish Clerk and RFO is responsible for the administrative and financial management of the Parish Council affairs, ensuring statutory compliance, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing budgets and accounts for annual audit, advising the Parish Council on governance matters and attending Council meetings. The successful candidate will need to be confident in the use of IT and standard Office software, be flexible, forward-thinking, be able to develop ideas but above all be a enthusiastic administrator.

Click here for full details.

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The Neighbourhood Steering Group (NPSG) are pleased to be able to share with everyone that the finalised ‘Draft Albury Neighbourhood Plan is now available to view on our website (https://alburyparishneighbourhoodplan.org). The development of this plan has involved a huge effort from a wide number of people, not just the direct Steering Group, so we’d like to acknowledge and thank all those that contributed. 

The biggest change to this version of the ANP is the reduction in sites included for the potential development of affordable housing. The rationale for this is advice received from Guildford Borough Council (GBC) Planning suggesting we reduce the number of sites for affordable housing included within the plan. 

The next steps for the plan will be a further public consultation with presentation and open forum questions - these will likely take place in July.  The ANP will also shared with statutory consultees including GBC Planning, Surrey County Council, Surrey Hills National Landscape to ensure it doesn’t conflict with their policies.

So we’re still in the draft stage albeit, hopefully much closer to the line now. 

The dates of the consultation will be shared on the website, social channels and Parish Magazine

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This from Surrey County Council

For your information I am writing to advise you of emergency works initiated by Thames Water on Shophouse Lane, Albury.

The works are being carried out under road closure for visible leak .

The expected completion date is 26th February.

The duration for any ‘immediate’ activity, such as a water leak, cannot be initially challenged upon receipt of the permit. However, we do realise unplanned works of this nature can cause inconvenience and our team is liaising with the utilities company for updates on the progress as and when necessary.

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Got toys, clothes or bits you no longer love? The Albury Village Hall Committee would be very grateful for donations for their Jumble Sale on 24th January!

📦 Drop-off times:

  • Friday 23rd Jan: 4–6pm
  • Saturday 24th Jan: 8–10am

They are looking for:

  • Toys, games & puzzles
  • Clothes & shoes
  • Handbags & jewellery
  • Bedding, linen & small household items

🚫 Please no bulky furniture, electrical items, or anything broken or soiled.

💛 All proceeds go towards keeping Albury Village Hall open, so every donation makes a real difference.

Have a clear out, make some space, and support your local community at the same time! 🙌

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There is an update on the Village Hall which hopefully should be encouraging!

  • The Albury Estate have made a very generous offer of a significantly reduced rent, which would allow the Parish Council to continue operating the Hall.  This will be for at least 6 months and is intended to allow a Community Group to form and develop proposals in conjunction with the Parish Council for the Hall’s future operation.
  • The initial steps to form that group have already been taken and we expect an announcement from them shortly

We still plan to go ahead with the meeting at the hall tomorrow. There was some discussion about whether it was still necessary but we didn't want to take the chance of people who hadn't heard turning to an empty hall.

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