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Upcoming elections

Get ready to vote on 7 May 2026 for who will represent you on West Surrey Council. This will replace Surrey County Council and 11 borough and district councils (including Guildford) from 1 April 2027.

Find out more information about the upcoming election.

Sustainability Appraisal reports

Each new version of the Local Plan comes with a Sustainability Appraisal report. The report shows we:

  • considered all reasonable options when writing policies
  • chose the most sustainable options

There is also a non-technical summary of each report.

Sustainability Appraisal Report 2017 (PDF, 3 MB)

Sustainability Appraisal Report non-technical summary 2017 (PDF, 805 KB)

Sustainability Appraisal Report 2018 (PDF, 2 MB)

Sustainability Appraisal Report non-technical summary 2018 (PDF, 1 MB)

Sustainability Appraisal Report Adoption Statement (PDF, 343 KB)