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Guildford: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Guildford Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of SRY. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Surrey County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Guildford for 2026–27: £210.19 of a £2,547.30 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)
- Wood Street Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
- Worplesdon Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
- Wood Street Infant School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
- Worplesdon Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s table has no figures for Guildford for 2026–27: “RA return not received in time for publication.” The table
Life in Guildford: the official facts
- People living here
- 152,148 people
- Typical age
- 39 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £37,380
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £752
- Children growing up in poverty
- 14.2%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 1.9%
- Average price of a home
- £537,660
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 10.6 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 4.6 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 81.8%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 182.3 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 7,670 businesses
Who runs the council
48 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 25, Independent / Other 10, Conservative and Unionist 10, Labour Party 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 48 councillors, by ward
- David Shaw (Independent / Other) — Ash South
- Sue Wyeth-Price (Independent / Other) — Ash South
- Carla Morson (Liberal Democrats) — Ash Vale
- Richard Lucas (Liberal Democrats) — Ash Vale
- Fiona White (Liberal Democrats) — Ash Wharf
- Phil Bellamy (Liberal Democrats) — Ash Wharf
- Amanda Creese (Labour Party) — Bellfields & Slyfield
- James Walsh (Labour Party) — Bellfields & Slyfield
- George Potter (Liberal Democrats) — Burpham
- Jane Tyson (Liberal Democrats) — Burpham
- Geoff Davis (Conservative and Unionist) — Castle
- Maddy Redpath (Independent / Other) — Castle
- Richard Mills (Conservative and Unionist) — Castle
- Catherine Young (Independent / Other) — Clandon & Horsley
- Dawn Bennett (Independent / Other) — Clandon & Horsley
- Ruth Brothwell (Independent / Other) — Clandon & Horsley
- Merel Rehorst-Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Effingham
- Joanne Shaw (Liberal Democrats) — Merrow
- Joss Bigmore (Independent / Other) — Merrow
- Yves de Contades (Liberal Democrats) — Merrow
- David Bilbe (Conservative and Unionist) — Normandy & Pirbright
- Keith Witham (Conservative and Unionist) — Normandy & Pirbright
- Angela Goodwin (Liberal Democrats) — Onslow
- James Steel (Liberal Democrats) — Onslow
- Steven Lee (Liberal Democrats) — Onslow
- Matt Furniss (Conservative and Unionist) — Pilgrims
- Sallie Barker (Conservative and Unionist) — Pilgrims
- James Brooker (Independent / Other) — Send & Lovelace
- Jason Fenwick (Independent / Other) — Send & Lovelace
- Patrick Oven (Independent / Other) — Send & Lovelace
- Catherine Houston (Liberal Democrats) — Shalford
- Dominique Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Shalford
- Tom Hunt (Liberal Democrats) — St Nicolas
- Cait Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Stoke
- Stephen Hives (Liberal Democrats) — Stoke
- Vanessa King (Liberal Democrats) — Stoke
- Gillian Harwood (Liberal Democrats) — Stoughton North
- Lizzie Griffiths (Liberal Democrats) — Stoughton North
- Katie Steel (Liberal Democrats) — Stoughton South
- Masuk Miah (Liberal Democrats) — Stoughton South
- Bob Hughes (Conservative and Unionist) — Tillingbourne
- Danielle Newson (Liberal Democrats) — Tillingbourne
- Howard Smith (Labour Party) — Westborough
- Julia McShane (Liberal Democrats) — Westborough
- Sandy Lowry (Liberal Democrats) — Westborough
- Bilal Akhtar (Conservative and Unionist) — Worplesdon
- Honor Brooker (Conservative and Unionist) — Worplesdon
- Philip Brooker (Conservative and Unionist) — Worplesdon