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Cheddington Village Newsletter No. 498 – DECEMBER 2019 Published by the Residents’ Association Advertising Manager: Christine Fee, Editor: Tony Johnson, 7 High Street 14 Church Lane, Phone: 661342 Phone: 661759 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] and do, all helping to shape the day into another spectac- CRA NEWS. ular celebration of children’s art and literature. Seasons Greetings. The Residents' Association As always, WhizzFizzFest is made truly spectacular by Committee would like to wish all the villagers and our the support, involvement and contributions from the local advertisers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. community. Whether you’re a local school, organisation or club or would just like to be involved in this year’s At the end of October CRA organised Litter Pick. WhizzFizzFest there’s a whole host of opportunities another litter pick. Eleven people braved the damp condi- available on the website: whizzfizzfest.org.uk/get- tions and collected litter for two hours. In total we collect- involved. Will Rysdale, AVDC Assistant Director - Com- ed 24 bags of rubbish, five sand bags, one hub cap, two munity Fulfilment, said: “Every year WhizzFizzFest con- number plates and one metal diversion sign with frame. tinues to grow, attracting fantastic crowds into Aylesbury These were all collected by AVDC from the car park at and building on the town’s amazing community spirit. The Three Horseshoes. Thanks to Jules for letting us This year’s event is promising to bring even more family- store the rubbish there again. friendly fun and we can’t wait to be able to announce the It would appear that the rubbish throwers round here pre- line-up for WhizzFizzFest 2020 Be sure to save the date fer lager to bitter, are particularly fond of Budweiser, drink and keep your eyes peeled for all the latest information vodka and large quantities of soft drinks and consume and updates!” More details, including WhizzFizzFest’s lots of snack food. As usual the majority of the rubbish special guests, will be announced in the New Year with was found beside the four roads leading in and out of the tickets being released on Thursday 5 March to celebrate village. This time there was more than normal rubbish World Book Day. For more information and all the latest along Long Marston Road, near the site entrance. So we festival announcements and updates, please follow approached Charles Church and they immediately wrote @WhizzFizzFest on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or to all their sub-contractors, made people on the site visit whizzfizzfest.org.uk. aware and ordered extra rubbish bins for the site. Hope- fully this will help to reduce the litter there. Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan – Main Modifi- We will undertake our next litter pick in May, details to cations consultation. Consultation to run from 5 follow in due course. November to 17 December, 2019. Following the exami- nation hearings in July 2018, the Inspector has now ORCHARD MANOR UPDATE. As we went to asked that consultation be carried out on the Proposed print Charles Church was hoping that by the time you Main Modifications to the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan read this they have been able to start having a sales (VALP). The consultation will run for six weeks from presence on the site. They got up to roof stage on some 12:00 pm on Tuesday 5 November until 5:15pm Tuesday of the plots last month and are working on getting their 17 December 2019 and the Proposed Main Modifications show home ready for a Christmas opening. document, the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING RATES. Our Addendum and Habitats Regulations Assessment, as advertising rates will increase slightly with effect from well as other supporting documents, can be viewed elec- st tronically on Aylesbury Vale District Council’s website 1 January 2020. See details on page 23. The email ad- and in hard copy at 11 venues across the district and two dress for adverts has also changed. Please now use in neighbouring Milton Keynes. [email protected]. The consultation is limited to only the Proposed Main DISTRICT COUNCILLORS NEWS. Modifications, and the accompanying Sustainability Ap- praisal Addendum and Habitats Regulations Assess- WhizzFizzFest to return bigger and better for ment, that the Inspector has identified as necessary to 2020! Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) is excited make VALP a ‘sound’ plan. Any comments about the to announce the return of WhizzFizzFest on Saturday 27 new evidence to support the Proposed Main Modifica- June 2020. Festival goers can expect another whizzfizz- tions should be made against the relevant main modifica- ingly wonderful day as the eagerly-anticipated family- tion. The Inspector is not inviting comments on issues friendly literary and arts festival returns to Aylesbury for not covered by the Proposed Main Modifications. All 2020. Following on from last year’s tremendous suc- publication material is available to view and download cess, WhizzFizzFest will be brimming with exciting celeb- from AVDC’s website rity author guests, engaging county-wide workshops and https://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/section/vale- the ever-popular giant puppet parade of local school chil- aylesbury-local-plan-valp-2013-2033. dren through the town centre. With many ticketed and Documents can also be viewed during usual opening free events to attend, the family-friendly festival will offer hours at: returning favourites and new and exciting things to see The next Residents’ Association committee meeting will be on Tuesday January 14th at 8pm in the Methodist Hall. Please come along to give us your ideas how we can improve the village. 1 AVDC Customer Service Centre, The Gateway, Gate- Local students invited to be a part of Para- house Road, Aylesbury lympic history! Aylesbury Vale District Council Aylesbury Library, Walton Street, Aylesbury (AVDC) is offering an amazing opportunity to students Beacon Villages Community Library, Old Town Hall from Buckinghamshire, aged 12+, to become part of High Street, Ivinghoe Aylesbury Vale’s Paralympic history. Students with a keen eye for design and engineering are invited to help Brill Memorial Hall, 19 Church Street, Brill create a truly dynamic and dramatic cauldron that will be Buckingham Library, Verney Close, Buckingham centre stage at the fourth Paralympic Heritage Flame Haddenham Community Library, Banks Park, Banks Lighting Ceremony at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Road, Haddenham Thursday 20 August 2020. Long Crendon Community Library, High Street, Long A new, specially commissioned Paralympic Heritage Crendon Flame Cauldron is to be created for the 2020 event, and Steeple Claydon Community Library, Queen Catherine future, Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting events at Road, Steeple Claydon Stoke Mandeville Stadium. AVDC is calling for talented, local students to get involved in the design process in two Wendover Community Library, High Street Wendover sessions this Autumn run by outdoor arts company, Fes- Wing Community Library, Village Hall, Leighton Road, tive Road, and attended by the National Paralympic Herit- Wing age Trust (NPHT). Selected students will then have the Winslow Community Library, Park Road, Winslow opportunity to participate in the manufacture of the caul- Bletchley Library, Westfield Road, Bletchley, Milton dron at a Festive Road workshop in Milton Keynes. Keynes Taking place at the birthplace of the Paralympic move- Westcroft Library, Wimborne Crescent, Westcroft, Mil- ment, the Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony ton Keynes promises to be another spectacular outdoor celebration and will form part of the five-day-long official Tokyo 2020 A free USB stick containing consultation documents or Paralympic Torch Relay. The cauldron will be an integral paper copies of the consultation material (for which there part of the ceremony and wider heritage celebration event will be a charge), including VALP Proposed Main Modifi- for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Torch Relay and future cations and comments forms can be obtained by calling Paralympic Torch Relays. Positioned in pride of place, Planning Policy on 01296 585308 or email localplanscon- the cauldron will be used to light the Paralympic Heritage [email protected]. Flame which is then virtually passed to the hosting coun- Comments about the Proposed Main Modifications docu- try. ment, or the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal Ad- In Tokyo, groups of three torchbearers will transport the dendum and Habitats Regulations Assessment, can be flame to three regions in Japan. The flames will visit: made online, by email or in writing: Electronically through schools, hospitals and facilities connected with the Para- the online consultation portal (this is the preferred meth- lympics, and this year a digital flame has been approved od) https://aylesburyvaledc.jdi-consult.net/localplan. for sharing on social media. The flame will then return to Using the response form that can be downloaded from Tokyo to be brought back together to form the Paralympic https://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/section/vale- Flame. The number three is symbolic of the Tokyo 2020 aylesbury-local-plan-valp-2013-2033 and emailing the Paralympic Games, the objective of which is to work to- completed form to localplanconsulta- wards a: “fully-inclusive society that celebrates our differ- [email protected]. ent values and potential – regardless of age, gender, na- In writing, by sending a completed response form to: tionality, or impairment. To find out more about the Para- VALP Main Modifications consultation, Planning Policy, lympic Heritage Cauldron project, please contact AVDC’s AVDC, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury. Communities Team on 01296 585298 or email communi- At the close of the period for consultation, comments [email protected]. made will be passed to the independent Planning Inspec- Details of further engagement projects inviting the local tor for consideration. He will then decide whether the community to get involved will be released throughout the plan can be found sound.