Council Row over Bedford Road planning application
A row has broken out over Guildford Borough Council's proposal to submit a planning application for a block of 142 flats to be built on council-owned land at Bedford Road. Lib Dem councillors Gordon Bridger and Vivienne Johnson accused the Council's Conservative Executive at last night's full Council meeting of breaching the council's own draft policies on parking standards and affordable housing. The Bedford Road land is due to be sold to help finance the Council's redevelopment of the Civic Hall, and the Council is seeking planning permission to enhance the value of the land.