Woking Borough Council has issued a formal apology and fully accepts the findings and recommendations of an independent public interest report into its governance arrangements relating to past investment decisions and strategy.

During last night’s extraordinary council meeting (Wednesday 20 November), councillors unanimously accepted the report’s conclusions and recommendations, alongside apologising to residents for failings of the past.  

The Government has published the third report from Commissioners appointed to oversee improvement at Woking Borough Council following the intervention announced in May 2023.

With the festive season fast approaching, Joint Waste Solutions is making changes to waste and recycling collection days during this period.

To ensure your waste and recycling is collected smoothly during this busy period, please ensure your bin(s) are presented by 6am on the new collection day below.

Woking town centre is set to sparkle as the festive season officially ‘Biggins’ with the much-loved Christmas tree lights switch-on in Jubilee Square on Thursday 21 November 2024. 

Special guest Christopher Biggins, star of New Victoria Theatre’s panto, Sleeping Beauty, has the honour of lighting up the borough’s biggest Christmas tree. 

Promising an evening filled with cheer and holiday magic, the festivities begin at 4.45pm, with the grand switch-on at 6pm. 

Doorstep callers are ‘salespeople’ or ‘traders' who show up unannounced and try to pressure you into getting work done on your house, like cleaning your gutters or cutting back trees. They'll often claim they're just in the neighbourhood and can offer you a good deal if you ‘buy now’. Not only could they be trying to sell you a poor product or service at a highly inflated price, they may also be scoping out you and your property.
 
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Woking Borough Council will consider all the findings and recommendations of a public interest report into its governance arrangements relating to past investment decisions and strategy during an extraordinary council meeting next week (Wednesday 20 November).

The report, compiled by independent external auditors, Grant Thornton, highlighted historic shortcomings in the council’s financial, governance and legal arrangements going back decades.

A public interest report into Woking Borough Council’s governance arrangements relating to past investment decisions and strategy has been published today (Tuesday 5 November).

Read the Grant Thornton report

Jubilee Square in Woking town centre will host the borough's Festival of Remembrance (Sunday 10 and Monday 11 November 2024). All are welcome to attend the Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day commemorations.

Remembrance Sunday - Sunday 10 November 2024

Join the Mayor of Woking and Civic guests in Jubilee Square for a Service of Remembrance. The service will commence at 10.35am and conclude with a Two Minute Silence and laying of wreaths.

Representatives, working on behalf of Woking Borough Council, will soon be visiting households that have yet to respond to this year’s annual canvass communications.

The annual canvass is a legal process councils carry out every year to check that the electoral register is up to date.

Following a competitive tender process, Continental Landscapes Ltd, has been awarded the borough’s new street cleaning and grounds maintenance contract.

Under the new contract, one of the council’s largest, Continental Landscapes will be responsible for maintaining public parks, play areas and sports pitches, as well as delivering regular street cleaning and litter collections.

Residents and stakeholders are encouraged to have their say on the borough’s local heritage assets during a six-week consultation.

The consultation on the draft List of Locally Listed Heritage Assets or ‘Local List’ began today (Monday 21 October 2024) and seeks views on an updated document containing a variety of heritage assets such as buildings, structures, gardens and landscapes.

Tell us your views

An overnight phased closure of Woking’s town centre car parks to permit essential electrical maintenance works will take place from Tuesday 29 to Friday 1 November.

The works, carried out by Thameswey to its high voltage network, will require a series of controlled overnight shutdowns that will impact a number of town centre buildings and council managed car parks.

The car park closures will begin at 4pm on the respective evening and will reopen by 8am the following day. Please follow signage in the car park for further instruction.