Image above from Tandridge District Council
Godstone residents and businesses affected by the sinkholes won’t have to pay council tax and business rates while they are unable to use their properties. Tandridge District Council has assured them they will not have to pay for the period they are impacted by the incident.
The Council is now able to lead the recovery with support from the Surrey Local Resilience Forum after the incident was reclassified as a significant incident rather than a major one. Leader of the Council, Catherine Sayer spoke to Susy Radio’s Neil Munday:
Further testing will take place next week before reconstruction plans can be developed for the High Street. Residents from six of the thirty properties who had to evacuate their homes in the early hours of last Tuesday morning, were allowed to return to their homes on Friday.
In other updates:
- An information centre will be open at St Nicholas Youth Centre from 2-4 pm on Monday and Thursday.
- Royal Mail is holding post for affected Godstone households at the customer services point at the Redhill Delivery Office. This can be collected on presentation of valid ID.
- As schools return today from their half term break Metrobus services 400, 409 and 410 are on diversion and can’t use Godstone High Street. Passengers should catch their bus from the Godstone Green stop near the Needle’s Bank public toilets instead. The 410 service is unable to serve Crowhurst Mead or Church Lane bus stops on the A25 Oxted Road.
Photo credit: Neil Munday. Photo shows Godstone High Street.