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THE WEST BLETCHLEY CARNIVAL! . LEAVING MELROSE AVENUE AT MIDDAY! . LEAVING MELROSE AVENUE AT MIDDAY! june 8 2019 Applicationsmelrose a vfore. Stalls Saturday Applications for Stalls rickandley Parade park 12:ENTRY00 - 17:00 and Parade()1 &)- ENTRY ()1 &)- MELROSE AVE C> ARICKLEYR N I V A L @ PARKW E S T B L E T C H L01908E Y C O U 648257N C I L . G O V . U K MELROSE AVE > RICKLEY PARK #PROUDTOBEMK3 [email protected] 648257 #PROUDTOBEMK3 [email protected] www.westbletchleycouncil.gov.uk www.westbletchleycouncil.gov.ukwww.westbletchley.gov.uk Inside the May Edition Chair’s - Chair’s Welcome Welcome - Introduction by the Parish Clerk Chair’s - March Competition Winners Welcome - Deadline Dates - Salden Chase Update Welcome to the summer edition of Open Door. This edition includes our Annual - Pyramid Rock Holiday Club Report to residents summarising the Council’s activities over the past year and our - Bletchley Evening W.I statement of accounts. This year of course we have our Neighbourhood Plan in place - West Bletchley contribute to the Winter as a statutory document and a reference Night Shelter point for any development plans. On that note, you will see that we are still very much - Armed Forces Covenant involved in monitoring and challenging the - Join the Great British Spring Clean proposed Salden Chase development. - Love Your Street I hope you enjoy the article on the parks we have in West Bletchley. We are lucky to have - Protect Our Verges so many lovely open spaces. The Council got involved in the Keep Britain Tidy Great - The Parks in West Bletchley British Spring Clean recently and I joined with residents in litter picking in some of - The Carnival 2019 - Out of this World! our parks. So a big thank you to all those who helped clean up our open spaces. We do - May Half Term Activities have litter bins in lots of places so let’s all try to remember to use them or take our litter - West Bletchley Council Annual Report home. - Summer Play in MK3 It’s nearly summer so it must be Carnival - The Marc and Frank Moran Centre time. Our 18th West Bletchley Carnival takes place on Saturday 8th June. I hope you can - School Report join us and I look forward to seeing you there. - Competitions Cllr HaveVeronica a good Belcher summer Chair of West Bletchley Council - Bletchley St Martin’s Bowls Club With best wishes - Swifts need your help Letters should be sent to Cllr Veronica Belcher - Noticeboard Chair of WestOpen Bletchley Door Council at Committee Meeting Dates West Bletchley Council Office Opening Hours MP’s Surgery 221 Whaddon Way, Bletchley, Councillors Advice Surgeries Milton Keynes, MK3 7DZ West Bletchley Councillors Or email to [email protected] 22. March Competition Winners Introduction Crossword The answers to the March Crossword were:- by the Across: 1 Iraq, 3 Savaii, 8 Macao, 9 Sharp, 10 Parish Clerk One, 11 Drawl, 13 Sitar, 15 Arose, 18 Sushi, 20 Rot, 21 Extra, 22 Obese, 23 Yankee, 24 Isnt. Down: 1 Immediately, 2 Accra, 4 Asses, 5 I am delighted to introduce the latest edition Await, 6 Impertinent, 7 Cool, 12 Was, 14 IOU, of Open Door which includes information 16 Often, 17 Erase, 18 Stop, 19 Seers. about initiatives and activities taking place across the parish including this year’s Carnival. The winners of the March Crossword were and Carnival 2019 will be “Out of this World” in Mrs Roffey of Whaddon Way Judith celebration of the 50th Anniversary of man Thomas of Westminster Drive who both win first walking on the moon. We very much hope a £15 gift card. that you will be able to join us on Saturday 8th June for our Carnival Parade and on site Colouring Competition attractions at Rickley Park. This year’s event Again the standard of entries to the colouring will feature new elements as well as the return competition was excellent. The winners of of some old favourites with an enhanced procession and on site family fair rides and the March Colouring Competition were (1st activity zones. prize) Freya Biggs of Whiteley Crescent who wins a £10 gift card and (2nd prize) Liam of This edition also provides details of half term Craigmore Avenue who wins a £5 gift card. and summer holiday activities taking place across the parish. Page 10 features information about our programme of half term activities taking place at the Melrose Avenue Resource Centre with free admission for MK3 West Bletchley residents. Details of our summer Deadline Dates play schemes are listed at page 15. In addition for Open Door 2019 to our summer play sessions for children aged 4 to 14 years we are, this year, also providing If you would like to place an article in the “Mountain Ranger” activities for our young people aged 14 to 17 years. Admission for these Open Door newsletter, the deadline dates activities also remains free for our residents. for 2019 are as follows:- West Bletchley Council is continuing to Thursday 30th May challenge proposals for development on land (distribution on Thursday 4th July) adjacent to the parish. Read about current actions that we are taking at page 4 and continue to check our website for further Monday 16th September information and updates. (distribution on Thursday 17th October) Helen Hupton Clerk to West Bletchley Council NB:- The Open Door newsletter is published on a quarterly basis to provide information to residents about the Council, its services Letters should be sent to Open Door at and amenities or other local service West Bletchley Council providers, and community groups. Any 221 Whaddon Way, Bletchley, advertisements for commercial businesses Milton Keynes, MK3 7DZ Or email to will not be considered. [email protected] 3. Salden Chase Update West Bletchley Council’s Salden Chase Sub Committee met on 11th April 2019 to review updates and actions relating to the applications for development on land adjacent to the parish. Its discussions and recommendations were considered at the subsequent meeting of West Bletchley Council, held on 23rd April, when it was resolved to both “submit a formal challenge to Milton Keynes Council’s handling of the South West Milton Keynes application” and “allocate an additional £10,000 towards challenging the proposals for development”. Meanwhile, at a meeting of its Strategic Development Management Committee held on 24th April, Aylesbury Vale District Council extended its delegation to officers, in respect of the South West Milton Keynes application, to include the requirement to secure a financial contribution towards secondary health care facilities at Milton Keynes University Hospital within the legal agreement referred to in that delegation. Aylesbury Vale District Council has yet to confirm formal approval of the planning application but should this happen correspondence has been prepared by the Salden Chase Sub Committee to challenge AVDC’s decision. The Sub Committee has also again confirmed its decision to meet on a regular basis with urgent meetings to be called on receipt of further relevant information. Please continue to check our website at: www.westbletchleycouncil.gov.uk for updates. BLETCHLEY EVENING WI Why not join a friendly group of ladies who meet on the First Thursday of each month, 7.30 p.m. at St Andrews Church, St Andrews Road, Bletchley. We have a varied range of speakers who visit most months. Our Programme for 2019 includes a talk on ‘The Wartime Housewife’, trying some ‘Chair Yoga’ – for those who don’t want to tie themselves in knots – or a practical craft evening, which involves using our mouths for chatting and our hands for creating. We look forward to welcoming new members. 4. DISHWASHER A commercial dishwasher was installed just before Christmas in time to help with the running of the local Winter Night Shelter at Whaddon Way Church Centre, West Bletchley. A big thank you to the contribution that West Bletchley Council made towards the purchase and installation of the new machine.