BEECHES LOCAL AREA FORUM

DATE: 24 June 2015

TIME: 7.00 pm Huntercombe Room, Burnham Park Conference LOCATION: Centre, Windsor Lane, Burnham SL1 7H

AGENDA

Item Time Page No

1 Confirmation of Chairman 19.00

2 Appointment of Vice Chairman

3 Apologies for Absence / Changes in Membership

4 Declarations of Interest To disclose any Personal or Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

5 Action Notes 5 - 12 To confirm the notes of the meeting held on 11th March 2015.

6 Question Time 19.05 There will be a 20 minute period for public questions. Members of the public are encouraged to submit their questions in advance of the meeting to facilitate a full answer on the day of the meeting. Questions sent in advance will be dealt with first and verbal questions after.

7 Thames Valley Police Verbal Update 19.25

8 Transport for Buckinghamshire (TfB) 19.40 To Follow

9 Petitions 20.00 Details below.

9a Retain Double Yellow Lines, Institute Road (response to be 13 - 16 supplied by TfB) Report to be supplied by TfB in response to Petition

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9b Road Safety, St Nicolas' School, 17 – 18 Report to be supplied by TfB in response to petition. To Follow

10 Local Priorities Budget Report 20.20 19 - 24 Jackie Wesley, Localities Manager, BCC

11 Information / Guest Speakers 20.40

11a A404 Bisham Roundabout - Public Consultation 25 - 28 To be discussed, Trevor Egleton, Chairman.

11b BCC's BUCKS ONLINE Digital campaign - short 29 - 40 presentation/ Q&A Helen Fincher, Communications Officer, BCC

11c Dementia-Friendly Communications Initiative 41 - 46 Gemma Workman, Dementia-Friendly Community Manager.

11d Armed Forces Day - Flyer & Information 47 - 48

11e Active Bucks Project - Information Flyer 49 - 50

12 Date of Next and Future Meetings 21.00 Wednesday 16th September 2015 at 7pm, Huntercombe Room, Burnham Park Conference Centre

Members

Trevor Egleton, Buckinghamshire County Council Lin Hazell, Buckinghamshire County Council Dev Dhillon, Buckinghamshire County Council Duncan Smith, South Bucks District Council Maureen Royston, South Bucks District Council Penny Plant, South Bucks District Council Ralph Bagge, South Bucks District Council Marie Hammon, Burnham Parish Council Jean Horwood, Burnham Parish Council Edwina Glover, Burnham Parish Council Graham Easton, Dorney Parish Council Bob Milne, Farnham Royal Parish Council Clive Robinson, Farnham Royal Parish Council Sue Lynch, Stoke Poges Parish Council Mrs Vicky Thompson, Farnham Royal Parish Council

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Agencies : Buckinghamshire County Council, South Bucks District Council, Burnham Parish Council, Dorney Parish Council, Farnham Royal Parish Council, Stoke Poges Parish Council, Taplow Parish Council, Thames Valley Police, Bucks Fire and Rescue, Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group, Voluntary Sector representatives

Agenda Item 5

ACTION NOTES

MEETING: Beeches Local Area Forum

DATE: 11 March 2015 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm Huntercombe Room, Burnham Park LOCATION Conference Centre, Windsor Lane, Burnham SL1 7H

Trevor Egleton (Buckinghamshire County Council) (Chairman), Dev Dhillon (Buckinghamshire County Council), Duncan Smith (South Bucks District Council), Ralph Present: Bagge (South Bucks District Council), Marie Hammon (Burnham Parish Council), Edwina Glover (Burnham Parish Council), Bob Milne (Farnham Royal Parish Council) and Sue Lynch (Stoke Poges Parish Council) Richard Ambrose, Sarah Mills, Jane Hogg, Zoe Ford, Paul Hartnell and Maureen In Attendance: Keyworth

Item ISSUES RAISED

1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE / CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP

Apologies were received from Lin Hazell and Jackie Wesley.

Members noted that Jackie Wesley was unwell and send their best wishes for a speedy recovery.

2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

None.

3 ACTION NOTES

The action notes of the meeting held on 3 December 2014 were agreed as a correct record, subject to the following amendments:

Item 10 TfB Update Action Note: delete BALC and insert SBALC

Item 11 Local Priorities Budget It was noted that Sue Lynch is the only member on the Young People’s Sub Group, not the Older People’s Sub Group.

4 QUESTION TIME

None.

5 PETITIONS

None.

6 BRIEFING ON THE MERGER OF HEATHERWOOD & PARK HOSPITALS WITH FRIMLEY PARK NHS TRUST

The Chairman welcomed to the meeting Jane Hogg, Director of Integration and Transformation, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

5 Jane gave an update on the coming together of Frimley, Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals. The following was noted:

Frimley acquired Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals on 1 October 2014. The first few months were spent on getting the right structure in place for governance and monitoring so that by 1 January they could have an enlarged Council of Governors in place. The existing rules for foundation trusts did not have a process to automatically transfer governors across. However, they now have the enlarged Council of Governors, numbering 44 which includes two public representatives from Southern Buckinghamshire and a stakeholder governor from Buckinghamshire County Council.

The council has met at least twice, and they receive regular updates with regard to the integration of services between the hospitals. There is an Operations Director for Wexham Park who also has oversight of Heatherwood as part of the Frimley Health Executive team.

With regard to other staffing, the Executive level is in place as well as a lot of back office structures. However, they were slightly behind with putting the third tier of Operational and quality assurance into the new structure.

With regard to any emerging issues Jane said there was nothing that was not already apparent with the possible exception of financial challenges at Wexham Park and discussions are currently taking place on this.

With regard to improvements a Team of clinical leads have gone into Wexham Park from Frimley with regard to challenges from the CQC report and performance has been improving since the summer. The main challenge was during the winter months when the level of people coming into Emergency increased and they were struggling to meet targets. It was noted that Frimley met the 95% target for Emergency Department to the end of December in relation to the four hour waiting period. In January neither acute hospital met the 95% target, although both performed in the top 20% nationally. Wexham Park’s performance in the Emergency Department is going extremely well and it was hoped to maintain this through the changes they have made. Dev Dhillon asked what percentage target was met prior to the merge. It was noted that in February they were actually 95.6%, but before Frimley took over in May/June there was only one quarter in the previous years when that target was achieved.

Leadership has done well with team building and re-emphasised how important it is to deliver targets. There is more presence from Senior Consultants and better Radiology facilities. Jane said it was early days but they were looking positive and morale was high. There had been a drop off in complaints and a growth in compliments which were good signs to build on.

The next phase is consolidating acute services and is the most challenging part of the work to do. There will be more and more elderly people with complex needs and there is a need to provide community support and in this connection, they were working closely with the commissioners and the Local Authority. Jane said it was important to establish those services lost over the last five to 10 years at Wexham Park which meant there was a significant financial imbalance. It was noted that Wexham Park had one of the lowest proportion of elective to acute work in the county and they were currently in talks with the Thames Valley Clinical Senate with regard to the challenge to bring the services back and how this will affect hospitals and providers across the system. There has been support for plans for 24/7 heart attack services on the Wexham Park site; vascular patients will be referred to Frimley instead of Oxford and there will be improved cancer related pathways.

The Chairman said the Governing Body at Frimley is a more open organisation, in that it has increased public membership, it has public board meetings where members of the public are able to ask questions and has a different concept of total involvement and has made significant changes already. The proposal for working to include evenings and weekends is completely new.

6 He stated that having local hospitals providing general and acute services was the way forward. Frimley Park is one of the top performing hospitals in the country. A&E and the Maternity Unit are efficient and modern. Jane said they were currently working on refurbishing the Women and Children’s Facility and had plans for a new A&E.

Sue Lynch asked how the elective procedures could be changed. It was noted that it would be difficult to change the balance and the closure of Wycombe A&E had a major impact. Management was involving the CCG in all conversations. However, there is also a pressure group that wants to see the Wycombe A&E reinstated. Frimley was planning to work with Chiltern and East Berks CCGs regarding the way to treat patients, for instance through out of hours service, GPs and they were hoping also to repatriate some of the elective work, which in some cases was currently being dealt with in London and could be provided locally and would provide efficiencies. There is a strong ophthalmology service at Frimley and there was enthusiasm to start a service at Wexham Park. They would also like Ophthalmology to run local clinics. Development of the Heatherwood site will also be positive and there will be an elective centre there.

The Chairman said there would be a lot to offer in the area and referred to the recent parking proposals. He suggested that going ahead with the extra storey in the carpark at this time could improve parking now and in the future.

Jane Hogg asked members what they would like to see on the hospital sites that are not currently being offered. The following was noted:  Because the Brompton Hospital was difficult to get to it was suggested that a Heart and Respiratory Service would be good, including heart scans.  It was noted that there is already an MRI scanner at Wexham, but another one might be of benefit because of the waiting list. Jane said they wanted to address this and want a second CT scanner and to improve the efficiency of the MR.  More physiotherapy, osteopathy and podiatry services, as well as exercise.  A walk in centre. It was noted that many elderly people have falls and are taken for emergency attention but many do not need that level of service. Members agreed on the need to educate people regarding where to go when they have an accident, particularly with regard to encouraging people to register with their GPs instead of attending A&E. The Chairman suggested that perhaps the Council should get involved in these issues. Jane said Reception staff are trained to ask these questions and provide help to people to find the right services. They were hoping for more joint working with GPs to support the Emergency Department. The decision to make was how do they make the right thing to do the easy thing to do.

The Chairman asked Parish Councils to consider any other services they may wish to see and provide the information to Jane.

Paul Hartnell said he was keen to see a link between BCC and Frimley NHS Trust to do work on avoiding re-admission. He said it would be good to increase capacity within Reablement and to look for processes to equip people to settle back in their homes after a hospital stay and to stay healthy and fit. Jane said there is a System Leaders Group which includes the Local Authority, Commissioners and Providers to look at this and what work is needed to stabilise people and therefore improve prevention. Jane said she could provide contact details for them.

The Chairman thanked Jane Hogg for her report and wished her best wishes for the future. He said the LAF appreciated the challenges they faced and invited Jane back in a year’s time to give an update.

Action: Clerk/Localities Manager

7 ACTIVE BUCKS

The Chairman welcomed to the meeting Sarah Mills, Public Health Principal, who gave a briefing

7 on the Active Bucks Project

The purpose of the project is to increase opportunities for more people to be more physically active every day, helping to reduce risks around long term illness. One in four adults is inactive in Bucks and a significant proportion of people do not do enough exercise. The suggestion is that any increase in activity will improve people’s lives, working up to 2.5hours of moderate intensity activity each week (anything that generates a slight sweat, raises the heart rate and/or gets you out of breath) for the biggest benefits.

It is suggested that working through the community would help identify local needs, barriers and opportunities in relation to being more active. In this connection, Public Health has commissioned an organisation to consult and engage with communities in the 19 LAF areas to engage with inactive people to understand what physical activity they want to engage with and this organisation will work with all stakeholders regarding engagement.

Asset mapping will be part of this process, not just in relation to physical spaces but including provision of opportunities to be active and the people in each community who want to help their community get more active. Sarah said they did not want to duplicate anything that was already in place, but build on what was already there and look at what people want, to remove barriers to physical activity. Community Champions were being sought to support the project and promote activities.

The consultation will take place from May to August. After August recommendations for each LAF will be based on the results of the community engagement and asset mapping and emerging evidence nationally. The recommendations will be shared with each LAF and funding will be provided over a two year period to help deliver activities locally. The funding allocation will be based on population and the Beeches LAF will be allocated £10,200 over two years (£5,100 per year for two years). In addition to this there will be an opportunity for all LAFs to put in bids for larger projects (from a £50,000 pot each year for two years). Some county wide projects will also be commissioned centrally based on the recommendations produced for each LAF.

Engagement with District and Parish Officers will take place in order to look at enhancing what is already in place or look at accommodating access to more opportunities. There will be more community engagement and opportunities to support the LAF to make the activities happen and an organisation will be commissioned to independently evaluate the projects, including ongoing learning.

There will be a stakeholder launch on 23 April, the invitation has been circulated to the LAF and LAFs will be asked to identify who to invite, and provide 2 representatives to attend.

In discussion the following was noted:  The funding could be used for providing an instructor if that is recommended from the community engagement work, but this project was more about developing sustainable physical activity past the end of the funding. Sarah said they wanted the community to tell them what they wanted, and where the gaps or demands were. They wanted to try and create something within the community, such as gardening, buggy walks for parents, walking groups etc. There could be a range of different recommendations and it would then be for the LAF to decide how to spend the funding.  In answer to a question about whether it could be used on a Skate Park in Burnham, Sarah said it is possible that this could be considered, however the full cost may be prohibitive. Marie Hammon said the young people were keen on this and it would help to keep them off the streets. Sarah explained that it would need to be something that the community wanted which could be identified through community asset mapping.  Ralph Bagge asked how they could ensure the project would not increase health inequality. The most deprived lived in crowded and dense urban areas, and did not have much space to provide facilities. How would Active Bucks get to the hard to reach people. Sarah Mills said

8 this was the biggest challenge, which was why they had commissioned an organisation to look at ways to do this, for instance through housing associations, or people working with those groups. Whether people want to engage is another matter and a significant focus will be on trying a range of approaches to engage inactive people in hard to reach areas.  It was noted that the allocation of funding was based on population.  Many did not realise how little exercise they did and discussion took place on devices that enable a person to see how much exercise they are doing and it was suggested that some of the funding could be spend on these. Sarah also referred to mobile phones that had walking apps that could be used, and the project was also about helping people to know what is already available for them to do in their local area. The Chairman said one of the issues was to come up with routes to walk. He asked how the information could be fed into the project. Sarah said they will already have some information from the Simply Walks project and other asset mapping that has already been completed across Bucks and the organisation they had commissioned would be carrying out asset mapping to understand opportunities in more detail. However, it was not just about asset mapping, but understanding values.

With regard to the launch, Sarah asked for at least two people from the LAF to use the link in the invitation circulated to LAF members to register to attend the event. She also asked for all members to let her know about any key community groups/members that should be initially contacted to start the community engagement and asset mapping work to inform the recommendations about what physical activity the residents of the LAF want to engage with. The Chairman asked Parish Councils to start providing information and that this work would benefit all communities.

The Chairman thanked Sarah for her presentation.

8 UPDATE FROM TFB

Members were informed that John Lowe was currently on leave and Janet Newell and Zoe Ford attended to give an update. The following was noted:  Grass cutting will start on 30 March or earlier if there is a growth spurt. There will be six cuts in the year.  The gangs are now area based with three gangs in each depot, and they will be a local workforce.  All machinery is in place and ready to go in March.

With regard to the Waiting Restrictions Programme, the Chairman asked that patching took place before any other work was undertaken. Zoe Ford agreed to look into this and report back.

Action: Zoe Ford

9 LOCAL PRIORITIES REPORT

In the absence of Jackie Wesley, Richard Ambrose presented the Local Priorities Report.

With regard to the overall budget it was noted that a decision had been taken to reduce the LAF budget overall by 10% and it was noted that the allocation to Beeches LAF would be in the region of £40,000. (Addendum the Beeches LAF budget has now been agreed as £40,000 for local priorities and £5,100 for Physical Activity Strategy Allocation)

It has previously been agreed that £30,000 would be ringfenced to the Environmental Improvements and Traffic Calming Sub-Group; 65% of the balance would be ringfenced to the Young People’s Sub-Group and the rest would go towards reducing social isolation.

Green Lane Dropped Kerbs £7,195 has been allocated towards this project and the Sub-Group has recommended that this

9 work be undertaken.

Farnham Royal Cyclepath and Pennylets Green, Stoke Poges Footway Improvements The Sub-Group also recommended that, subject to reviews being undertaken on the potential for a cyclepath and the cost for work undertaken, this work be taken forward and funding be ringfenced accordingly.

Rogers Lane additional funding requested Members were informed that this funding was no longer needed because it would be funded by TfB. The original amount set aside was £7,472.80.

The Chairman expressed his concern around how the estimates for the work had increased dramatically since the workplan / costs had first been agreed. It was felt that the costs should be fixed once agreed (or the reasons for any increase clearly explained and agreed in advance of the works taking place). He stated that this has now been taken up with the Cabinet Member for Transportation, who has asked a group of members to look into this

Ralph Bagge stated that the footpath in Pennylets Green was very bad and there was also an uneven footpath on the opposite of the road. The Chairman said he had also received complaints and it was hoped that further work could be done on this.

It was also noted that a bid had been received with regard to Speeding in Taplow. Jackie Wesley had responded on this to say this would go back to the sub-group for discussion before being presented to the LAF.

Richard Ambrose said that £6,500 had been allocated to the Young People Sub-Group and as yet there had been no allocations against that funding. Sue Lynch reiterated that she was the only member on this Sub-Group and the Chairman emphasised the need to have more people join her. Sue informed members that Stoke Poges was looking at setting up a Youth Group and it was suggested that those involved should send in an application for a bid to Jackie Wesley.

Members of the Beeches LAF agreed the project for dropped kerbs in Green Lane at a cost of £7,195. They also agreed that the remaining £22,800 should be allocated to the Sub- Group pending receipt of further information on Farnham Royal Cyclepath and Pennylets Green, Stoke Poges Footway Improvements.

Members received and noted the Report from Thames Valley Police, which was tabled at the meeting. The Chairman stated that information on Stoke Poges was not included in this report and he would ensure that this was included in the future.

Action: Clerk to liaise with Chairman to ensure information on Stoke Poges is included in the TVP Update

10 DATE OF NEXT AND FUTURE MEETINGS

The Chairman informed members that this was Maureen Keyworth’s last meeting, as she was retiring. He expressed his thanks to Maureen for her excellent service to the LAF which has contributed to its success and effectiveness

All members expressed regret that Maureen was retiring, thanked her and wished her well for the future.

10 The next meeting of the LAF will be held on Wednesday 24 June 2015 at 7.00pm in the Huntercombe Room, Burnham Park at 7.00pm

Dates of Future meetings: 16 September 2015 9 December 2015

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Agenda Item 9a

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Agenda Item 9a Appendix 1 Buckinghamshire County Council Visit www.buckscc.gov.uk/democracy for councillor information and email alerts for local meetings

Beeches Local Area Forum

Title: Institute Road & Hitcham Road, Taplow Experimental Traffic Regulation Order response to petition. Date: 2nd June 2015

Author: Simon Dando Contract Director Transport for Buckinghamshire

Contact officer: Shaun Pope Project Engineer Transport for Buckinghamshire

Electoral divisions affected: Cliveden

Summary: An Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) consisting of No Waiting at Any Time was introduced along Institute road and short section of Hitcham Road in May 2014, a petition has been received in support of the restriction remaining and being made permanent. Details of the proposal can be located here: https://democracy.buckscc.gov.uk/mgConsultationDisplay.aspx?ID=891

Recommendation

The petition received will be included in the Key Decision Report that will be presented to the Cabinet Member for Transportation in order to allow the cabinet member to consider this along with the feedback received during the formal consultation period.

Resource implications This is a current scheme and the petition has no resource implications

Legal implications

There is no legal implication on the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order

Other implications/issues

No other implications have been identified

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Feedback from consultation and Local Member views (if relevant)

The petition, formal consultation feedback and the local member’s views will be presented in the key decision report to the Cabinet Member for Transportation, in order that an informed decision can be taken.

Background Papers Link to consultation page: https://democracy.buckscc.gov.uk/mgConsultationDisplay.aspx?ID=891

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Agenda Item 10 Buckinghamshire County Council Visit www.buckscc.gov.uk/democracy for councillor information and email alerts for local meetings

Report to Beeches Local Area Forum

Title: LOCAL PRIORITIES BUDGET

Date: 24 June 2015

Author: Phil Dart, Service Director Communities

Contact officer: Jackie Wesley Tel: 01296 383839 Email: [email protected]

Electoral divisions affected: Cliveden & Burnham Beeches Stoke Poges and Wexham

Summary

1. This report relates to the local priorities agreed by the Beeches Local Area Forum (LAF) within its Local Area Plan.

2. Beeches LAF’s Local Priorities budget for 2015/16 is £40,400.

3. Previously, £30,000 funding had been ring-fenced to the Environmental Improvements and Traffic Calming priority and a further £10,000 ring-fenced between the two priorities relating to young people and older people. Subsequently, at the 11 March meeting it was agreed that the dropped kerbs at Green Lane, Farnham Common would be funded at £7,195 from the Environmental Improvements and Traffic Calming priority allocation.

Recommendation

Beeches Local Area Forum is recommended to approve funding from the Local Priorities Budget 2015/16 for contributions to the following schemes: Taplow speed limit reductions, The Broadway, Farnham Common removal of parking restrictions and Stoke Poges access to shops and GP surgeries.

It is also recommended that funding is agreed for a Chiltern Rangers project targeted at

19 residents in Stoke Poges and Burnham and also that funding is ring-fenced to the Farnham Common Community Café project.

Background

4. Beeches LAF has a Local priorities devolved budget (£40,400) to be used for local priorities agreed as part of its Local Area Plan. This budget can be used to support local community priorities and the well-being of the area identified by the Local Area Forum (LAF) through its local area planning process. This funding must be spent on expenditure relating to this financial year running from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.

5. Applications received are evaluated against the priorities agreed by the Local Area Forum (LAF) which are:  Young people  Older and vulnerable people  Environmental improvements and traffic calming.

6. They are also evaluated against the County Council’s strategic priorities which are:  To encourage people to do more for themselves whilst providing a safety net for the most vulnerable members of the population  To encourage people and communities to be actively involved in their local area and services  To help our children and young people reach their full potential  To protect the county’s special environment and ensure that it continues to be recognised nationally as one of the best places to live and work  To ensure that Buckinghamshire has a thriving economy that is creating jobs  To improve transport networks within Buckinghamshire and the surrounding areas

Environmental improvements and traffic calming

Local area priority: Environmental improvements and traffic calming Corporate priority: To encourage people to do more for themselves whilst providing a safety net for the most vulnerable members of the population

Taplow speed limit reductions

7. Following a speed limit assessment completed in December 2013 in Taplow, reduced 20mph and 30mph speed limits were approved for Rectory Road, High Street and Boundary Road in Taplow. The aim of the speed limit reductions is to make the road safer for residents and other road users.

8. While speeding is not currently a priority for the LAF, which is concentrating on issues around getting older and vulnerable people to shopping centres and GP surgeries, it is noted that this links to the needs of the local area.

9. Rectory Road and High Street did meet the criteria for a 20mph speed limit and therefore could be taken forward to consultation. For both these roads careful consideration is required to the placement of the terminal signs due to restricted widths - especially at the junction of Rectory Road and Berry Hill. Repeater signs would also be required and it is recommended that road marking '20 roundels' are placed at the terminals and also within the limit at suitable locations.

20 10. Boundary Road was assessed as not meeting the criteria for a 30mph limit and therefore this would not be taken forward to consultation. Therefore this road has not been taken into account in preparing the budget estimate.

11. The budget estimate assumes that the schemes are to proceed directly to formal consultation, the scheme is unlikely to be controversial and the extents of the limits have been ratified through the speed limit assessments. Details of the Parish Council's consultation already undertaken must be provided to the delivery team.

12. Budget estimate includes for: Staff time for design, consultation, decision reporting, procurement and supervision. Legal fees and advertising of TRO (£3,000) Works for Terminal signs and repeater and also road marking roundels Traffic management for the above works - assume 3-way lights for work at junctions to ensure safety of workforce and road users.

13. After being advised that it was anticipated that the cost would be up to £12,000, the Parish offered 50% match funding up to a maximum of £6,000. However, the emailed estimate for guidance previously provided to the Parish was not based on the actual speed limit assessment requirement in Taplow. Subsequently, the costs have been assessed based on the two roads approved for a speed limit change and the cost for this project has been quoted at £15,400.

14. The LAF is recommended to contribute £7,000 to this project. Taking into account the £6,000 contribution offered by the Parish, this would leave a shortfall of £2,400 to enable this project to proceed to implementation. This shortfall will be discussed with the Parish.

The Broadway, Farnham Common removal of parking restrictions

15. While there is a tenuous link to the local priority around environmental improvements to enable residents to access shops and GP services, this scheme has been resubmitted to the LAF following applications in previous years as the Parish agrees this is a priority for the local area.

16. Farnham Royal Parish Council is requesting funding to remove the yellow lines in The Broadway Farnham Common near Sainsburys, as the Parish notes that the lines are a legacy from the days when there was a different road/shop layout and it is felt that they serve no useful purpose any more.

17. Also, the lines cause issues with delivery lorries that are supposed to deliver at the rear of Sainsburys but instead take advantage of the space created to park outside Sainsburys and create havoc on the A355 close to the pedestrian crossing. Removing the lines will allow cars to park and this will stop lorries parking as there will be no gap for them, plus it will give more needed parking spaces.

18. It should be noted that any agreement to remove the lines would need the approval of parking strategic services and a safety audit would need to be undertaken before this scheme could proceed. There may be a way to reduce TRO costs by bringing this into wider work being undertaken in the area, but this would need to be reviewed. The cost provided to the LAF includes the lines being ‘blackened’ out. However, if jet spraying is required, there may be an additional cost of up to £1,000.

19. The LAF is recommended to part-fund 50% of the cost of £7,500 to remove the parking restrictions at this location, with the Parish being asked to contribute the other £3,750

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Stoke Poges access to shops and GP surgeries

20. This strongly links with the LAF’s priority to enable older and vulnerable people to access shops and GP surgeries. Issues have been identified with the pedestrian route along the southern side of Pennylets Green from Bunby Road to Bells Hill Green for the doctors’ surgery and post office as many older people walk to both and have problems with cars parked on the footways and the deteriorating surface of the footway, particularly on Bells Hill Green.

21. Subsequently, a need for dropped kerbs in Rogers Lane has been identified to enable residents to access the GP surgery using mobility vehicles, wheelchairs and pushchairs.

22. An initial site visit was undertaken by TfB during which it was noted that a number of vehicles park on the street in the vicinity of Bunby Road and Bells Hill Green. There were a few vehicles parking on the wide area of footway at the junction but it does not appear to be a cause of obstruction for pedestrians and the current redevelopment of The Six Bells site may be contributing to this. The southern footway of Pennylets Green, between Bunby Road and Bell Hill Green, has in the past been slurry sealed and looks to be in reasonable condition and without any severe damage.

23. It is noted pedestrians using the footway at the southern end of Bells Hill Green, walk in the road to gain access to the shops/post office development; with low traffic flows this may be their desired line of passage, or due to the lack of dropped crossing points along the western footway.

24. The recommendations are: (i) to hold back on improving the footway surface until the redevelopment of The Six Bells has been completed (ii) to consider installing dropped crossings in the western footway of Bells Hill Green, creating a footway link to the shops and post office etc. This may be covered as part of the conditions attached to planning consent for the redevelopment of The Six Bells.

25. An indicative budget estimate for each individual element has been provided for initial guidance, but there could be potential savings if more than one element is undertaken. Prior to any works being undertaken, TfB would seek competitive quotations to complete the works:

 Provide Tactile paving to existing dropped kerb by Health Centre car park entrance on Pennylets Green. (£2,800)  Provide dropped kerb and tactile paving at entrance to Bells Hill Green (note: dropped kerb present on one side already without tactile paving) (£5,000)  Provide bollards around entrance to Bells Hill Green to prevent parking on wide footway areas (assumed 20 bollards) (£7,400)  Dropped kerbs and tactile paving at garage access road. (£5,700)  Provide bollards around entrance to garage access road to prevent parking on wide footway areas (assumed 12 bollards) (£4,700)  Provide dropped kerb across Bells Hill Green near access ramp into shopping area (£5,700)  Provide dropped kerb just after bend at bottom of Bells Hill Green to improve access towards footpath to Bolds Court. (£5,700)  Rogers Lane dropped kerbs (£5,700)*

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26. The budget for all the above works as a single package (*excluding Rogers Lane) is £26,400 due to savings in carrying out all works together. This includes nine days on site for a contractor within unrestricted hours, basic traffic management (give/take), fees for design, procurement and supervision and a 10% contingency. Obviously the Parish/LAF could choose to complete only elements of the above works depending on the priorities.

27. The bollards have a higher risk of being affected by underground services and a stats search and survey would be undertaken to identify potential conflict.

28. The Parish will consider the above at its next meeting and decide which of the individual elements it wishes to pursue (or all). It is recommended that the LAF contributes £14,000 towards Rogers Lane dropped kerbs and elements of/all of the needs identified for the pedestrian route along the southern side of Pennylets Green from Bunby Road to Bells Hill Green on the understanding that the Parish provides additional match-funding in the region of 25%.

Young people and older people’s priority projects

Local priorities: Activities, facilities and support for young people aged 11+ and Reducing social isolation for older and vulnerable people. BCC corporate priority: To encourage people and communities to be actively involved in their local area and services.

Chiltern Rangers volunteering and conservation work in Stoke Poges and Burnham

29. Chiltern Rangers has worked in a number of local areas with positive outcomes for the parishes and the volunteers who are able to participate in the projects.

30. A project has been developed that can benefit both young and older people in the Beeches local area, in particular in Stoke Poges and Burnham. The identified areas are: Burnham Beeches and , working with stakeholders including the City of London (and including Friends of Stoke Common) and (SBDC).

31. Work will primarily take place with young people who will be drawn from a range of organisations (youth groups in Burnham) and schools throughout the local area. The project will be targeted so that young people in Stoke Poges have an opportunity to participate (noting there are fewer youth organisations in Stoke Poges). Some sessions will be targeted at older people to reduce social isolation and there may also be opportunities for intergenerational work.

32. For young people, Chiltern Rangers may be able to offer AQAs in transferable skills and practical woodland conservation, which would help employability.

33. Funding is requested for seven sessions, with an average of 10-15 people attending each session, although there is flexibility for sessions to have greater or fewer numbers of people. The project costs include transportation by minibus, project admin and delivery, tools and safety equipment. Alongside the Chiltern Rangers team, a number of experienced volunteers will be involved to help with the sessions.

34. The sessions would be split with the majority shared between young people in Stoke Poges and Burnham, and a further two targeted at older people and, in particular, encouraging older people who may not undertake this type of project to participate and get active. 23

35. Recommendation: The LAF is recommended to fund this project at £5,455.

Ring-fenced funding for Farnham Common Community Cafe

36. Farnham Common and Hedgerley Church has identified a need for a community café in Farnham Common. Work is currently going forward on this project.

37. The café would run sessions aimed at young people and older people. The sessions for young people would be facilitated by the youth worker.

38. While work is ongoing, it is recommended that funding of £3,500 is ring-fenced to the project. Work is also ongoing into a contingency plan so that, if by September, the café cannot proceed in time for the LAF’s funding to be used in this financial year, there is another project in place in Farnham Royal Parish to benefit both young and older people.

39. It is recommended that £3,000 is ring-fenced to the work detailed in items 36-38. LAF members will be emailed with more detail on this project before the funding is confirmed.

Summary of eligible and recommended proposals

40. A previous allocation of £7,195 to Green Lane, Farnham Common, means there is £33,205 available to the LAF.

41. These applications have been considered by Rebecca Carley, Locality Services Manager, and Jackie Wesley, Locality Manager, who are recommending these proposals for funding.

Taplow speed limit reductions £7,000 The Broadway, Farnham Common removal of parking £3,750 restrictions Stoke Poges access to shops and GP surgeries £14,000 Chiltern Rangers volunteering and conservation work in £5,455 Stoke Poges and Burnham Ring-fenced funding for Farnham Common Community Cafe £3,000 Total £33,205

42. Following the funding. With the allocation to the above projects, the funding has been used for 2015/16.

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A404 Bisham Roundabout Consultation Event

We will be holding public exhibitions to display information on the proposed improvement options for the Bisham Roundabout.

These exhibitions will be held on: Representatives from Highways England and its specialist advisors will be available to answer questions. Friday 19 June 2015 19 It is important we know your views from 1pm to 8pm before a decision on the preferred option is made; therefore we ask that you Bisham Abbey complete the feedback survey online at (National Sports Centre), www.highways.gov.uk/a404bisham or Bisham Village, by requesting a paper copy by emailing Marlow Road, area3communications@emhighways. Bisham, SL7 1RR co.uk, before the consultation ends on Saturday 12th September 2015. In addition, a copy of the feedback form will be Saturday 20 June 2015 20 available at the public exhibitions. from 9am to 1pm For more information please visit the dedicated scheme webpage at Bisham Primary School, www.highways.gov.uk/a404bisham Bisham Road, Marlow, SL7 1RW Highways England Customer Contact Centre Telephone: 0300 123 5000 Email: [email protected] 25 Highways England Creative S140628

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Surinder Bhangu Asset Manager Bridge House Walnut Tree Close Guildford GU1 4LZ

29 May 2015

Dear Stakeholder

A404 Bisham Roundabout – Public Consultation Event

Highways England will be carrying out a public consultation to gauge your views and those of road users on our proposed options for improving the A404 Bisham Roundabout Junction.

The junction is located on the A404 between Marlow and Maidenhead and is part of the Strategic Road Network (SRN) linking the M40 at Junction 4 (Handy Cross) with the M4 at Junction 8/9 (Maidenhead). Road users experience high levels of congestion and delays at the Bisham roundabout every day and the roundabout is already operating at or above capacity on a regular basis.

The options being considered are:  Option 1: Partial Signalised Roundabout  Option 2: Left In/Left Out  Option 3: Signalised Junction

You are invited to come and see details of the proposed options at public exhibitions where representatives from Highways England and EM Highway Services Ltd will be available to answer any questions.

The exhibitions will be held on:

Friday 19 June 2015 – 1pm to 8pm Bisham Abbey (National Sports Centre), Bisham Village, Marlow Road, Bisham, SL7 1RR

Saturday 20 June 2015 – 9am to 1pm Bisham Primary School, Bisham Road, Marlow, SL7 1RW

Full details of the proposed options will also be available on the scheme webpage from Friday 19 June 2015.

We would like your views on the proposed improvements. You will be able to do this from 19 June by either completing a questionnaire at the exhibitions, online at www.highways.gov.uk/a404bisham by requesting a paper copy by emailing [email protected]

Registered office Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4LZ Highways England Company Limited registered in England and Wales number 09346363

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We will take on board all responses to the consultation before deciding on the option to be taken forward to detailed design and construction.

The consultation will finish on Saturday 12 September 2015.

Should you require any further information, please contact our customer control centre on 0300 123 5000 or email them at [email protected] or visit us at www.highways.gov.uk/a404bisham

Yours faithfully

Mr Surinder Bhangu NDD SE Area 3

Registered office Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4LZ Highways England Company Limited registered in England and Wales number 09346363

28 Buckinghamshire County Council

How we’re thinking digital 29 Buckinghamshire County Council Agenda Item 11b • Why go digital? • Our Digital Strategy • What about digital inclusion? 30 • Digital progress so far • Communicating our digital services • Enabling our staff with digital skills Why go digital?

• Government public services now becoming ‘digital by design’ • Cost-saving – web vs phone vs face-to-face 31 • Better online customer experience based on understanding user needs

A ‘win, win’ situation for us and residents Our Digital Strategy Five key principles: 32

www.buckscc.gov.uk/digital Digital inclusion – helping people to get online and gain digital skills

What are basic online skills?

33 •Communicate – send and receive emails •Find things – use a search engine and browse •Share – transact with personal information Digital inclusion – helping people to get online and gain digital skills

What are we doing about it? •Adult Learning free training course for social housing tenants •Our 9 county libraries run free Learn My Way IT courses 34 •Working with local partners (councils, housing, VCS) to build more coherent, wider digital capability •We’re building a list of local resources to use computers and learn IT skills for free – can you add to it? www.buckscc.gov.uk/digital Buckinghamshire County Council

What have we done so far?

www.buckscc.gov.uk/online Apply . Report . Renew . Book . Pay 35 Buckinghamshire County Council

Improvements made so far:

• Web chat being introduced – schools and admissions, libraries • Easier to make school applications online

36 • Simpler way to book places at events • Pay library fines • Track road problems you have reported • Self-assessment and an online shop to help people live safely at home http://www.buckslivinglab.co.uk/ • Report it - Improved roads reporting tool on website • Mobile app for potholes and streetlight reporting and tracking Buckinghamshire County Council

Improvements coming in 2015:

• ‘My account’ – a personal account where you can see and track

37 everything you do with us

• Set up direct debits for school bus passes and telecare services • Choose to receive text or email updates from us Buckinghamshire County Council

Communicating our digital services

• 1 in 4 of the calls received by our Contact Centre in 2014 were for services already offered on our website • 1 in 4 of those callers unaware they could have done the same thing online 38 Digital Skills and Training for our staff Providing staff with the Skills & Support they need to work in a digital and flexible way 39 Thank you 40 Questions? Buckinghamshire County Council

Dementia-Friendly Communities 41

Gemma Workman

Project Manager Agenda Item 11c Buckinghamshire County Council What are Dementia-Friendly Communities?

• Improve social inclusion and quality of life.

• Support communities across the county to take positive steps. 42 • Involves the whole community working together:

2 Buckinghamshire County Council Why create Dementia-Friendly Communities?

• Prime Minister’s ‘challenge on dementia’.

43 Creating dementia friendly communities that know how to help

• Address daily challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8ACEu7Lho&feature =player_detailpage

3 Buckinghamshire County Council Dementia-Friendly Buckinghamshire Dementia-Friendly Communities pilot sites:

• Stokenchurch – launched end of January 2015. • Great Missenden – launched end of April 2015. • Buckingham – will launch in July 2015.

Local alliances have been formed in each pilot area to help identify and address local priorities. 44

Dementia-Friendly Communities D.I.Y. pilot sites: • Burnham • Denham • Iver

Aims: • Raise public awareness and understanding. • Tackle and reduce stigma.

• Ensure services and facilities are accessible to all. 4

Buckinghamshire County Council Find out more

• Tel: 01296 387821

45 • E-mail: [email protected]

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Agenda Item 11d

Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Armed Forces Day 2015 Saturday 27th June 2015

To be held at: Air Show, Beer Tent, Aylesbury Rugby Club Weston Turville Children’s Activities, Buckinghamshire Craft Stalls, Food, Fun Fair, HP22 5RN 13:00 – 19:00 Live Music, Zip Wire Ticket Prices (up until Friday 26 June) Where to purchase tickets: Adults £10 Online www.buckcc.gov.uk/armedforcesday Children £5 (6 – 17 years old) Chesham Princes Risborough 5s and under FREE Libraries in Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £25 Amersham Gerrards Cross Wendover Great Missenden Winslow Tickets bought on the gate (Saturday 27 June) Aylesbury Hazlemere Adults £15 Aylesbury Tourist Buckingham High Wycombe Children £8 (6 – 17 years old) Information Centre Marlow 5s and under FREE Burnham Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £35 All online tickets must be purchased by Monday 22 June (to allow time for posting) Tickets bought on the gate – cash payment only www.buckscc.gov.uk/armedforcesday Follow us 01296 395000 (ask for operator) @Buckscc_events #BucksMKAFD 47

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Have Your Say

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C Could you give some time to help us engage and

M motivate residents in your local area?

Y If so, you could become one of our Active Bucks CM Community Champions. You’ll learn new skills and be rewarded

MY for your time through earning Time Credits.

CY Visit the Active Bucks webpage to find out more.

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K Find out how to get involved and what’s happening in your local area:

www buckscc.gov.uk/activebucks

[email protected] 01908 622897 #activebucks

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