Woking, Byfleet & Chobham

Large Woking town centre office block to be converted into apartments as developers seek to build extra storeys

The developer has submitted proposals to build a large extension on the roof of the office building

Teenagers killed in Surrey crash named as families pay tribute after lives 'tragically cut short'

Joshua Farris and Max Redding were killed in a crash just outside Guildford last month

Plans for Woking Lidl rejected as council believes land could take more housing

The council has rejected plans to build a discount supermarket in the town centre

Bankrupt Woking: How the borough council racked up debts surpassing £2.1 billion

The council declared itself effectively bankrupt in June 2023 with debts surpassing £2.1 billion, and the impact of this continues to this day

Bankrupt Woking: Living in the 'failed' Sheerwater regeneration scheme where the 'community has gone'

The problems facing a hugely ambitious regeneration of Sheerwater have been some of the most stark caused by Woking's financial woes

Bankrupt Woking: Why Woking failed in the words of the man responsible for fixing it

"Local authorities don’t fail because they get into financial difficulties, they get into financial difficulties because they have failed."

Bankrupt Woking: Sheerwater's 'failed' regeneration scheme and what the council plans to do about it

Three years after the regeneration project was 'paused' when the money ran out, parts of Sheerwater are still a complete mess

Government begins paying £500,000,000 of Woking Borough Council's historic debt

The council owes around £2 billion that would currently be inherited by the new West Surrey authority

'Tired' 70s Surrey office block to be demolished and turned into 76-bed extra care home

Developers said there could be more than 1,000 people over 85 living with dementia in Woking within the next 10 years