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121 summer 2019 Pitstone Parish Post Page 1 Bronziet, Barbara Byrom, Mike Clayton, Pitstone Parish Dawn Eaglesham, Laurie Eagling, Lynn Post Fountain, Klaus Ginda, David Hawkins, Lesley Horlock Barbara Jacob, Sally Kapadia, Maria Lashley, PPP is produced on behalf of Norma Leighton, Linda Pitstone Parish Council and Martin, Nikki Mattey, Julie distributed quarterly, free to Mead, Sue Nicholls, Janet every household, PPP aims to Nielsen, Vanita Patel, Louise keep members of the local Pope, Isobel Robinson, Sarah community informed about Smith, Annie Stack, Tracey events and news that may Stone, Fiona Thompson, Linda affect them. Thompson, Louise Weatherill, We are very grateful to the Connie Wesley and Linda following distributors, who Willimont. If you would like deliver the magazine to your to help with the distribution door every quarter: then please contact the distribution Gill Arney, Kathy Brassington, Martyn manager (see below). Pitstone Parish Post is promoted and published by Pitstone Parish Council, 9 Warwick Road, Pitstone, Bucks LU7 9FE. Printed by Almar (Tring) Ltd, 24 High Street, Tring, Herts HP23 5AH Editor Deadline for next edition is 4th Stephanie Nicholls October, 2019. Tel: 07580266096 The magazine will be distributed [email protected] around the end of October/beginning Advertising Manager of November. Klaus Ginda Current PPP advertising rates Tel: 01296 668911 (inc. VAT at 20%) Fraction of [email protected] page. Distribution Quarter £15, Half £27.00, Full £54.00, Rachel Weber Inside cover, colour, half £32.50, full Tel/txt: 07717 471584 £65, Back page, colour, £70 Cover Design Other useful numbers see pages Stephanie Nicholls 39-40 and 42-43 If you wish to view the plans for any planning application currently under consultation by AVDC, please visit www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk 121 summer 2019 Pitstone Parish Post Page 2 A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN Dave Nicholls, Chairman Having visited the Greatmoor Energy from materials are Waste facility in February the Parish Council baled up to felt that it was also important for us to be sold. The understand what happens to the contents of value of the our recycling bins. To do so we arranged a bales visit in May to the CasePak recycling facility depends on in Leicester. market This facility conditions takes recycling and the level from Bucks and of contaminants that remain. Money from the elsewhere and sales goes back to the councils. processes 3500 As it stands, the market for recycled to 5500 tonnes materials in the UK is small so most of the per week. bales are sent to Europe or China. Arriving lorries We came away with a much better are unloaded and tested for 'contamination'. If they contain too much organic or non recyclable material (e.g. waste food, disposable nappies etc) the load is rejected and has to be incinerated. Because even accepted loads usually include some contamination, everything is checked by understanding of the recycling process, hand. Workers extract plastic film (carrier including how fragile it can be if we don't bags etc), and other items before they enter make the effort to ensure that only well the main process. Material then goes into rinsed recyclable materials go into the bins. automated sorting equipment that separates Until better processing methods are 2D items (e.g. paper and card) from 3D developed it is everyone's responsibility to items (e.g. bottles and cans). These machines help maximise the ability to recycle. aren't perfect so there are Wishing you an enjoyable summer. further groups of workers in cabins who manually deal with wrongly assigned items. By the end of the process the different 121 summer 2019 Pitstone Parish Post Page 3 PITSTONE PARISH COUNCIL Laurie Eagling, Parish Clerk Welcome to our new Parish Assistant cheque for £50.00 to Dave Seaton at the We’d like to welcome Stephen Davies to the Annual Parish Assembly. team. Stephen is now co-ordinating the If you know someone who goes above and Pitstone Community Car Scheme and beyond with their voluntary efforts to bring keeping our noticeboards up to date. The car benefits to the residents of Pitstone, then scheme helps residents get to their medical please submit your nominations for next appointments when this isn’t possible by years award to the parish clerk on other means. We are desperately short of [email protected]. volunteers to drive the customer to their The Parish Council is 125 years old this appointment and back again. Expenses are December paid and you can choose how many or how We’ll be celebrating our 125-year few trips you undertake. Many trips are local anniversary this Christmas. Those of you – to the Pitstone or Tring surgeries. If you that attended the Annual Assembly will have have any spare time and are able to help, seen an exhibition about the activity and please do get in touch with Stephen on history of the council. Please also find within [email protected] or this edition of PPP a personal perspective 01296 767116. from Councillor Anil Mitra. Should any Very many congratulations to Dave residents have misplaced their copy of Seaton on being awarded Pitstone Pitstone 2000, please contact the clerk and Volunteer of the Year 2019. arrange to collect another copy free-of- Dave has charge. served for 8 Planning granted for the improved years on the pavilion buildings Pitstone & Planning approval has been granted by Ivinghoe Aylesbury Vale Entertainments District Committee Council for putting in many the improved hours of voluntary work to bringing the pavilion Summer Festival and Bonfire & Fireworks buildings. Events to our community, the last few years The parish of which he has served as Chairman. Dave council is will unfortunately be stepping down later this now working year and will be sorely missed by his fellow to secure committee members. sufficient Parish Council Chairman, Dave Nicholls, funding and to commence the lengthy public presented the framed certificate, card and procurement process. We will keep 121 summer 2019 Pitstone Parish Post Page 4 residents advised of progress. Don’t put yourself at risk by swimming £10k Grant awarded by Vale of in the quarry or a lake Aylesbury Housing Trust Project Grant Please be aware that the quarry at the end of We are delighted to advise that the Parish Westfield Road is within private ownership Council has been awarded a grant of £10,000 and is not open to the public. Anyone from the VAHT Project Grant towards the accessing the quarry lake (which is not construction of the improved pavilion suitable for swimming due to contamination building. We will keep you updated on the and submerged equipment etc) without the results of other grant applications as we hear express permission of the landowner is from the various bodies. committing trespass and may be subject to Leisure Update prosecution. We are pleased to report that the landowner Repeat of a previous message from Thames is now in a position to negotiate with the Valley Police: Parish Council over our application to Thames Valley Police is appealing for people purchase the parcel of land we need for the to be sensible and stay safe near open water, new play space and skate park. We are especially during the summer holidays when being supported by Aylesbury Vale District warmer weather might make it tempting to Council with a release of Section 106 leisure take a dip in a lake, quarry, river or monies to enable this purchase. Matters are canal. Aylesbury Vale has plenty of excellent currently progressing through the various swimming pools and leisure centres; these legal representatives, and once concluded we provide the cleanest and safest environment hope to review the proposed play space with for swimming. the contractor and commence tendering for We are reminding members of the public to a skate park. We will keep residents be aware of the following: updated. • 60% of all drownings occur in canals, Want to get to Tring station? Please lakes and rivers. respond to the survey. • You can drown in just a few The new franchise operator, West Midlands centimetres of water. Trains, is in the process of undertaking a • If you fall or jump into the water, the Station Travel Plan for Tring and cold will shock your body, making your Cheddington stations which will include a muscles seize up so you can’t move. survey of users to see how you get to Tring • You could easily cut yourself on station and what improvements you would rubbish or rocks and you may become ill like to see. The results from this survey will due to bacteria in the water. help to provide supporting evidence for any Summer is a fantastic time and we want schemes that arise from the project and any everyone to enjoy the weather, but more requests for funding that are required. It is importantly, please take this safety advice really important that as many residents as seriously. If you want to go swimming please possible respond to this survey because it go to a swimming pool or your local leisure may help to justify a cycle route along centre – don’t put yourself or your friends in Northfield Road, possible public transport danger by swimming in a lake, quarry, pond options to & from the station and/or parking or canal. solutions etc. The survey is the centre pages Inconsiderate Parking of this edition of the PPP. Either go to the Inconsiderate parking is another area that link on the survey, or pull it out and drop it seems to cause a multitude of problems into the train station. around the village, especially where the roads 121 summer 2019 Pitstone Parish Post Page 5 are narrow, where parking causes visibility partially on the pavement you must leave problems at junctions, when vehicles park on enough clearance for a double buggy to safely the pavement so pedestrians are forced into use the path, otherwise you will be the highway, and when people park on top of committing other offences.