The Battle for Guildford - Can We Save Historic Guildford in the South of England from Destruction?

This is a short film about how one of this country’s many historic towns came under siege and how a battle was and is still now being fought for it. A local political group, Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV), won enough council seats in 2019 to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and took control of the Council. They then, led by an ex-City banker as Council Leader, and an ex-Director of Savills the global property firm, as the Council's Councillor for Regeneration, started working quietly with developers on a huge high-rise scheme for the town-centre. The plan is for 13 tower blocks up to 13 storeys high - exactly the sort of construction project that caused so many social issues as a consequence of being built in towns and cities in the 60s and 70s - resulting in some of them being eventually torn-down. Very few residents (less than 1%) were informed of this plan and it was very nearly passed at a Council meeting on January 11th 2023. Had it not been prevented from being approved, my a last-minute campaign, the town would have been destroyed for generations - perhaps for ever. But now, with local elections on 4th May 2023, there is a clear danger that, if R4GV achieve their objective and again win seats on the council, they will push the scheme and many others coming down-track through - and the town will still in all likelihood be lost forever. But now. Perhaps the people of the ancient market-town of Guildford in the South of England will awake to the threat that confronts them and vote instead, on 4th May 2023, for others who will avoid this terrible outcome. Thanks for watching. More information is available at www.GuildfordExaminer.com #GuildfordExaminer #R4GV #SaveOurTown #SmallBattleFought #ResidentsForGuildfordAndVillages #Guildford,Surrey #GuildfordTownCenter #NorthStreetDevelopment #CampaignAgainstHighRise #democracy #Surrey