On Friday, Catherine Sayer, leader of Tandridge District Council, said that one household that had been previously evacuated has been allowed to return to its property and that the council is currently assessing whether any other families could also go home.
A local council is assessing whether any families who were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared in Surrey can return home, a councillor said.
On Thursday morning, Matt Furniss, the cabinet member for highways, transport and economic growth at the county council, said properties surrounding the sinkhole have been declared stable for now and that the investigation into the incident “may take months”.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Sarah Lewis, who lives on William Way and was evacuated along with her two daughters aged four and six, said she felt “extremely stressed” about the uncertainty surrounding when she may be allowed back to their house.
Ifesi Anyamene, 50, who owns a pharmacy in Godstone High Street near the edge of the cordoned-off roads, said on Thursday that her business had received many calls from customers who were “scared and worried” about whether it was safe to collect their medicine.
