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TIM WOOD Congratulation to Jing Lin in Swans class who won this years Christmas drawing competition Submit Your Photo! The Bugle Committee is always looking for seasonal photographs from around the village to place on the cover of the Bugle. If you would like to submit a photograph, please contact the Clerk at: Contributions for the next Issue of [email protected] The Bugle should be sent to the Parish Clerk before Monday 1st February Winter 2020 thebarfordbugle 03 Chair's Report As I write, we are just SIDs on New Road entering another Covid-19 With the relaxing of National Lockdown, and the previous Covid hopefully we will be back restriction, work had to a less restrictive regional continued around the tier system by the time you village. We all know read this. speeding is an issue, and when our Speed Device was installed on New Neighbourhood Plan Road, it was able to put As reported in the Autumn Bugle, the some figures to what was first Coronavirus lockdown disrupted our previously subjective observation. After a long Neighbourhood Plan activities. We put things wait, and many queries as to when, the Borough on hold for a while, then had to switch to the Highways Team has now installed a back to magic of “tinterweb” and go to virtual meetings. back Speed Indicator Device on New Road, just Things have progressed somewhat over the last north of the Woodpecker Close junction. These few months, and we now have a completed units are solar powered, so had to be positioned Draft Plan we want to share with you. away from the trees, but are effectively about half way along the 30mph stretch. Go to the centre pages, and you will find you can pull out the centre-fold to have a four page Residents’ comments are encouraging, in that leaflet giving brief details of where we are, the SIDs do seem to be having the desired what is in the Draft Neighbourhood Plan, how effect of highlighting vehicle speed, slowing to access details and then respond in a Public traffic, and educating drivers to the 30mph Consultation. speed limit in force on that part of the road. The Consultation will be going live on 14 Dog Poo December, and last for 7 weeks. We hope It has been very noticeable recently, that there you like the plan; it explains about the new are more and more instances of people not development need placed on us by the clearing up after their dog. It is an offence to Bedford Borough Council’s Local Plan 2030. allow dog fowling in a public place, and you This imposed a requirement for Great Barford can be find yourself on the receiving end of a to accommodate 500 new homes. Our Draft Fixed Penalty Notice for failing to remove your Neighbourhood Plan sets out the philosophy dog’s fowling. And that doesn’t mean bagging and reasoning for where we have allocated it and leaving the bag hanging in a bush either these houses, along with design principles to – that is classed at littering, with its own Fixed make the development more palatable. Many Penalty Notice. Bag it and Bin properly. See other issues are addressed as well. If accepted, note on the back page of this magazine for an the plan will manage and control the future explanation of the fines. evolution of Great Barford over the coming years and beyond. Lock and Weir Bridge The dog walkers and ramblers amongst you may The consultation will be advertised around the have noticed we have had graffiti removed from village, your views are important, so please get the brick pier at the east end of the weir bridge. involved, and give us your feedback. The scrawl had appeared several months ago, but due to delays with the March time Covid-19 04 thebarfordbugle Winter 2020 Chair's Report lockdown, Lots of brambles and unkempt bushes have the Borough’s been removed from the northern boundary. Graffiti Cleaning This has created a much brighter and nice open Squad had only aspect to the area. Gone is the dark corner managed to do that has attracted anti-social behaviour in the their clean-up in past. In fact, in clearing the undergrowth, the early October. contractor found evidence of drug related items. So hopefully, without a dark corner to The Environment hide in, this sort of activity will stop. Something Agency regularly do some checks and else we would like to encourage is the use of maintenance at the lock, and have taken the the car park barrier – closing this when the car initiative to do some wild flower planting in park is not in use for Village Hall activities will long beds, and more recently have put in lots discourage unwelcome visitors. of lavender bushes on the sloping banks. It is hoped this planting will look pleasant and Yellow Lines attract insect pollinators and bees to the area. After the fiasco of the Village Green visitor invasion we endured during Lockdown One, While we’re talking about the weir, the parking by the river became a major issue. Environment Agency has a scheme to do some Various initiatives were undertaken, but an major inspection and refurbishment work on effective measure was the deployment of no- the lock and weir bridge over winter. They plan parking cones around the Woodpecker Close/ to seal the lock, and drain it down to allow New Road junction. This has now been followed them to work inside the pen and do whatever up with proposals for a more permanent repairs are necessary. The footbridge will also solution of double yellow lines in the same be inspected and maintenance carried out. It is area. The Borough Highways are undertaking expected this may mean the footbridge will be a consultation on this, and can hopefully closed while work is in progress. implement a solution before we see any resurgence of high visitor numbers at the river. Village Hall Car Park Users of the Village Hall, and anyone using the Play Equipment Rights of Way Footpaths in that area, will have To add a bit of noticed the recent tidy up and refresh we have excitement to our done to the bushes and trees surrounding the somewhat Covid car park. Some would say this has been long constrained lives, we overdue, but in reality, trees and bushes grow have had a new “Tipi” rapidly, and unless they get a regular hair cut, carousel installed in they quickly revert back to nature. the Jubilee Play Area, and we’re looking at enhancing the play and exercise equipment on the Playing Field too – fancy the excitement of a 25m long zip-wire ? And as this is the Winter Bugle, on behalf of the Parish Council, I would like to wish you all a safe BEFORE and Happy Christmas and New Year. GRAHAM PENDREY AFTER CHAIR, PARISH COUNCIL Winter 2020 thebarfordbugle 05 Borough Councillor Report Community Hub easily found on the Borough website The Council’s Community Hub was revived during the second lockdown. It formed a valuable link with the many voluntary groups Local Plan Consultation that existed in the community and which have The first round of local plan consultation has been and continue to be active in supporting now closed. The consultation considered the vulnerable during the continuing the time period that the plan should cover Coronavirus pandemic. The lessons learned and the broad locations for growth and was have not been lost. Thank you to all those who responded to by the Parish Council and many volunteered their time or made donations. individuals. The plan is likely to be very similar If,during the Tier 2 restrictions period, you to the one up to 2030 just completed but the know os someone who needs support or has Borough was ordered to produce another an urgent problem please contact us on one because the 2030 plan did not deal with of the numbers at the end of this article.