Council assessing if any residents evacuated because of sinkhole can return home

Thirty households were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared on Monday night in Godstone, Surrey (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

A local council is assessing whether any families who were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared in Surrey can return home, a councillor said.

A sinkhole appeared in the small village of Godstone on Monday night, causing residents from 30 properties to be evacuated and local roads to be closed.