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Winter 2016 Pitstone Parish Post Page1 Editor Sue Nicholls Tel: 01296 661910 [email protected] Advertising and Distribution Klaus Ginda Tel: 01296 668911 [email protected] Where is this? The next edition will be distributed in February Deadline is 15th January 2017 Pitstone Parish If you wish to view the Post plans for any planning PPP is produced on behalf of Pitstone Parish application currently under Council and distributed quarterly, free to every consultation by AVDC, household, PPP aims to keep members of the local please visit community informed about events and news that www.aylesburyvaledc. may affect them. gov.uk We are very grateful to the following distributors, who deliver the magazine to your door every Current PPP advertising rates (inc. quarter: VAT at 20%) Business card £9, Quarter Page Gill Arney, Kathy Brassington, Martyn Bronziet, Barbara £14, Third page £17, Half Page Byrom, Mike Clayton, Dawn Eaglesham, Laurie Eagling, £24.50, Full page £48.50, Inside Lynn Fountain, Klaus BZ Ginda, David Hawkins, colour half £30, Inside colour full £60, Back page colour £65. Barbara Jacob, Sally Kapadia, Robert King, Norma Leighton, Linda Martin, Nikki Mattey, Julie Mead, Sue Nicholls, Janet Nielsen, Vanita Patel, Louise Pope, Isobel Robinson, Sarah Smith, Annie Stack, Tracey Stone, Fiona Thompson, Linda Thompson, Louise Weatherill, Connie Wesley, Linda Willimont. If you would like to help with the distribution then please contact the distribution manager (see left). Page 2 Pitstone Parish Post Winter 2016 WELCOME Bob Saintey, Chairman, Pitstone Parish Council We hope that you have all had an Unfortunately, dark winter nights enjoyable summer. also tend to bring an increase in Sport remains very important to our opportunist thefts so Thames Valley community, with the Ivinghoe & Police advise that you fit a burglar Pitstone United Cricket Club alarm and timer switches, keep celebrating their 175th anniversary windows/doors locked and valuables and now renovating a cricket square (or Christmas presents) out of sight. on the recreation ground. Both The twilight also brings greater senior and junior football pitches at dangers for our young people and it the sports pavilion have been would be greatly appreciated if renovated over the summer and the drivers could moderate their speeds football season has recommenced for around the village between 7.30am- the three local senior sides and the 9.00am and 3-5pm when youths are numerous junior football club teams trying to catch school buses or walk that benefit from the facilities in the to/from school. A couple of years village. We also commissioned two ago two young people suffered traffic Play around the Parish sessions over accidents on their way to school so the summer holidays to help keep let’s make sure that this school year the little ones amused in the summer is accident free. holidays: if you have any feedback Finally, we look forward to seeing about theses events, whether they you all at the bonfire night fireworks meet your needs or whether the at the sports pavilion, please do format is getting tired, please let us support this event organised by know. By the time you read this Pitstone & Ivinghoe Entertainments, article, the clocks will have gone back that raises funds for local good and the nights drawn in. causes. [see advert on page 22]. Winter 2016 Pitstone Parish Post Page 3 Page 4 Pitstone Parish Post Winter 2016 Winter 2016 Pitstone Parish Post Page 5 COUNTY COUNCIL NEWS Avril Davies County Councillor, Ivinghoe Division Spurred on to achieve 10000 steps a leaders have come forward. Thank day I've taken every chance over the you. summer to enjoy long walks in the Road repairs: Recently with the Ivinghoe Hills, Ashridge Forest and Local Area Technician I reviewed on the Grand Union Canal. progress on the repair and A regular Active Bucks walk from maintenance programme for our the Ivinghoe old school started in local roads in preparation of putting late August to motivate more people forward priorities for the next to get the benefits of exercise with financial year. companionship and encouragement. Weight limit on B488: I'm At the moment these are on continuing to campaign for a weight Mondays at 10am from The Hub. limit on the B488 in response to a More walks are planned as more scheme of weight limits in (Continued on page 6) Page 6 Pitstone Parish Post Winter 2016 (Continued from page 5) School transport: There may also be changes to entitlement to free neighbouring Hertfordshire and school travel for secondary school Bedfordshire confining heavy lorries pupils next year, 2017, depending to the M1, A4146 Leighton Buzzard on the outcome of this summer's bypass, and the A505 after the consultation. The proposals did not completion of the M1 link north of look easy to understand for this Dunstable. Vehicles using the B488 area, and all options for free travel at the bridge will be counted in would involve applying to out of October (not in half term) as the county schools including those in first stage necessary to impose a Bedfordshire, as in many places they weight limit. After I met with the are the nearest schools. No deputy cabinet member for decision has been made yet. transportation the urgent necessity Can I remind parents of older pupils of county wide weight limits and in the sixth form already paying strategic HGV routes has been heavy transport fares, that Arriva given higher priority and will feature offer a termly pass at a lot less than at the next Transport for Bucks in- the County Council, which can be house conference. used on any bus on the route. The Primary school places: The bus timetable has to be carefully provision of sufficient primary studied before buying one of these. school places locally is now a Currently in term time the 61 concern to many, given the number leaves Ivinghoe around 07.15am and of new homes proposed in the Vale returns from Aylesbury at 15.55, of Aylesbury Local Plan. I have had although obviously there are later several meetings Bucks County and earlier buses. Council planners and school place Railways: The outcome of the planners to make them aware that WCML rail franchise consultation schools are full in this area, and has been published with only a small Buckinghamshire has said to the concession to station access and Pitstone NDP that it has no plans to parking issues. Bucks County increase their capacity, to see what Council have had an apology for not can be done. being acknowledged as a contributor. I have also had some Winter 2016 Pitstone Parish Post Page 7 high level meetings at Bucks about Ivinghoe Division, i.e. Ivinghoe ward the West Coast Main Line, to stress and Pitstone and Cheddington its importance to the economy, and wards, are moved out of the how access to stations, and capacity Buckingham Constituency and in to in the trains, and limits to capacity the Aylesbury Constituency. on the line affect us. Recently axed And as if all that change wasn't Southern trains between Milton enough, BCC have submitted a Keynes and East Croydon have now proposal to the government for a been restored to 5 a day. single council for the county, with Luton Airport will also be proposing considerable revenue savings. They changes to its aerospace this expect a decision by December. The Autumn. Districts are also putting forward Council and local changes: The their set of proposals, which is likely Parliamentary Boundary Commission to suggest two or even three has proposed that the whole councils. Page 8 Pitstone Parish Post Winter 2016 Winter 2016 Pitstone Parish Post Page 9 DISTRICT COUNCIL NEWS Sandra Jenkins & Derek Town, District Councillors, Pitstone & Cheddington Ward VALP:The public consultation eventual submission draft of VALP. period closed on 5th September. This final draft will go to Cabinet and Over 1500 individual responses have Scrutiny in December, and then to been received, but each of these Council in January, for eventual contain several comments on submission to Government by March different issues. At the moment the 2017 at the latest for an Examination officers are collating these in Public by a Planning Inspector by responses, which will then be passed March 2017. to consultants to produce a Duty to Cooperate: Meetings are summary report expected within 6 continuing with our Duty to weeks. AVDC will need input from Cooperate partners. AVDC are BCC on issues such as education and working with the other Bucks transport. The comments received Districts to ascertain their genuine will eventually be put on AVDC's unmet housing needs figure so that website together with their replies. we can incorporate this in VALP. These comments will feed into the AVDC is also holding meetings with emerging planning policies and (Continued on page 11) Page 10 Pitstone Parish Post Winter 2016 Winter 2016 Pitstone Parish Post Page 11 (Continued from page 9) £4,355,229 have been awarded for a huge variety of projects Milton Keynes Council, Central large and small across the Vale Beds and Luton Borough that will leave a lasting legacy. Councils, as well as Dacorum, The final round of project grants South Oxfordshire and South (up to £25,000) closes on 2nd Northants Councils. December 2016, with the final East West Rail: This project Grants Panel meeting scheduled has been delayed by HS2. Work for 9th January 2017. Micro- is currently taking place between grant applications (up to £1,000) civil servants representing HS2 will be accepted until 15th Ltd, Department for Transport December, with monthly and Network Rail on the HS2- assessment by the grants officer East West Rail interface, and using a scoring system.