Woking Borough Council is launching a further round of expressions of interest from local voluntary and community organisations for the transfer of Moorcroft Centre for the Community.

A former Victorian school building in Westfield, Moorcroft offers a spacious hall, welcoming café area and versatile facilities providing the successful group with opportunities to shape and sustain services for residents.

A strategy for improving services for the Council’s housing tenants was adopted by councillors during a meeting of Full Council (Thursday 12 December).

The 30-year Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan sets out a framework to deliver safe and well-maintained homes that meet modern standards, whilst ensuring the council’s long-term financial stability.

It outlines the council’s plans to improve its service to council tenants and leaseholders and where it will prioritise investment in its housing stock.

Civic Offices closures

Over the festive period, Woking Borough Council’s Civic Offices will be closed from 4.45pm, Tuesday 24 December 2024 until 9am, Thursday 2 January 2025.

The customer services phone line for non-essential services will be closed from 1pm, Tuesday 24 December 2024 until 9am, Thursday 2 January 2025.

Whilst the offices are closed, essential services will continue over the festive period.

If your need to contact us about an emergency relating to our council services, please call 01483 755 855.

A strategy designed to effectively plan and prioritise the council’s financial resources for the benefit of council housing tenants will be considered by the Executive during its meeting on Thursday 5 December.

The 30-year Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan proposes a framework to deliver safe and well-maintained homes that meet modern standards, whilst ensuring the council’s long-term financial stability.

It outlines how the council will improve its service to council tenants and leaseholders and where it will prioritise investment in its housing stock.

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.