www.coldharbour-pc.gov.uk Coldharbour News The Coldharbour Parish Council Newsletterwww.coldharbour-pc.gov.uk OctoberJanuary 20192014 See inside for: Pictures of community events The British Army and Fairford Leys Dates of Forthcoming Events Volume 14 issue2 Coldharbour Parish Council News Your Coldharbour Forthcoming Parish Council Community Events Parish Councillors Annual Remembrance Service Christmas in the Square Chairman Sunday10th November Saturday7th December Cllr Adam Poland This celebration of Christmas starts at 5pm Tel. 01296 291070 with community singing led by Aylesbury [email protected] Concert Band; followed by Christmas Vice Chairman Carols and an Outdoor Nativity presented by the Church on Fairford Leys. Hopefully, Cllr Sally Pattinson after this a loud rendition of Jingle Bells will Tel. 01296 331822 point Father Christmas in the right direction [email protected] for the square. This is a free council Cllr Steven Lambert sponsored event and every child will meet Tel. 01296 338387 Santa and receive a bag of sweets kindly [email protected] donated by Fairford Leys WI. Cllr Andrew Cole Tel. 01296 334651 [email protected] Cllr Caroline Baughan The event starts at 10:30 am in the Church Tel. 01296 331532 on Fairford Leys. All are welcome to attend [email protected] this special service or to assemble in the Cllr Sally-Ann Jarvis Square at 11:00am for the Two Minute Tel. 07585 613009 Silence, followed by a short Service of [email protected] Remembrance in honour of those who have given their lives in service of their Cllr Sarah James country. Wreaths will be laid by Chairman of Tel. 01296 398411 the Council Adam Cllr Adam Poland, local [email protected] and district councillors and representatives of the community. Cllr Steve Wadlow Tel. 07866 750758 You are invited to join us afterwards in the [email protected] Fairford Leys Centre for refreshments. Cllr Simon Bradford Tel. 07974 074484 News from the Clerk dying, even after re-planting in the early days [email protected] and are now causing damage to the road Clerk to the Council Tree works across Fairford Leys surface and paths and this will get much Keith Gray JP, CILCA, FILCM, MILM The parish council has already carried out worse if we don’t act now. They are not the right kind of trees for this area – similar to Coldharbour Parish Council some tree works and has removed and the ones we have removed elsewhere. We The Fairford Leys Centre replanted trees on Kingsash and Trebah will be replanting with a smaller variety of Hampden Square, Fairford Leys Square. We are also arranging to plant a number of new trees across various parts Silver Birch tree which will be much better Aylesbury HP19 7HT of the parish and will remove some dead suited to the site and will also not shed sap, Tel. 01296 422800 trees. like the current trees, which is causing paint [email protected] work problems on cars. One of the planned works is to remove the unsuitable trees which have been planted The work won’t be done in one session but in Disraeli Square. Some of the trees are over a period of time. In This Issue: Advertising Rates and Copy Deadlines HS2 update 5 Advertising space is strictly limited. To book your space please call Andrew The Church on Fairford Leys 6 Barnett on 01296 422800 or email [email protected]. Fairford Leys Centre News 7 ¼ page £55 ½ page £85 Full page £115* The British Army and Fairford Leys 8/9 * Discounts available to advertisers committing to 2 consecutive editions with payment in advance. Fair in the Square 12/13 Copy deadlines for the June edition are: Music in the Square 14/15 If you have any interesting articles for inclusion Advertising Friday 15th May 2020 in the next edition please send them to [email protected] Articles Friday 22nd May 2020 Front cover picture by Terry Pattinson The inclusion of an advertisement does not imply endorsement of the company or its products by Coldharbour Parish Council, nor does it constitute a recommendation. Coldharbour Parish Council cannot be held liable for any loss, damage or injury arising from goods sold through any advertising in this magazine. 2 Coldharbour Parish Council News New Technology to be installed Discussions with Nokia on the streets of Fairford Leys to plan a 5G installation in the Fairford Leys The ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs area have begun and a Programme is a two-year, £22.9 million meeting is scheduled for programme funded by the Department 9th October to discuss for Transport and supported by project how we could make the partners SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business, installation a reality; EY, Kier, O2, Ringway and WSP. Led by local authorities, it aims to introduce As agreed by the parish digital innovation across SMART mobility, council the luminaires transport, highways maintenance, data, (lights) to be installed on energy and communications. The project the composite lighting From Your Chairman in Aylesbury plans to install new technology columns are as shown. on the streets of Fairford Leys. As it is time to write up this Chairman’s column I cannot help but look out the Over the past month, a number of goals Results of Survey – The Value window at the autumn sunshine and have been achieved including: of Community remember the fantastic summer we have had in Fairford Leys. To me, the summer • Solar and wind suppliers have been Some of you may remember taking part is bookmarked by Fair in the Square and selected with the aim of installing a ‘first in a survey by University College of Estate in the UK’ design. Music in the Square. These were another Management UCEM. The results are now two great events, and they have become • Work has started to develop a composite available on:- embedded within the fabric of Fairford (fibre glass) lighting column, kinetic Leys. As always, volunteers are needed https://www.ucem.ac.uk/wp-content energy recovery roadway, gully & smart to help run these events, so please, if you /uploads/2019/09/Value-of-Community sensors. would like to help, see Andy at the Fairford -Building-a-Legacy.pdf Suppliers and finances are due to be Leys Centre. released to these partners very soon with Keith Gray As ever, our floral displays have been works beginning in the coming months. Clerk to Coldharbour Parish Council outstanding and are a real credit to the grounds team who are out working in all weathers. One of the reasons that Fairford Grounds Maintenance Update Leys is maintained so well is the foresight the Parish Council and the Clerk had years The summer baskets have been in will be ongoing over the winter months, ago in devolving these services to the parish full bloom for several months and we All the parks play equipment has been as opposed to relying on the wider councils. hope you have enjoyed them, we are painted recently; some of the fencing and I really feel that it gives the personal touch. particularly proud of the display and benches are still to be completed. If you have visited the Community Centre the team works very hard through the We have been strimming, cutting and you may have noticed that Andy and his summer to keep them looking their best, spraying the weeds as part of our work we will be taking them down shortly and schedule; we will continue this work over team have been busy maintaining and will soon start our winter planting. the winter months. modernising the centre. There should be some new entrance doors soon, the Some of you may not know that we have Some of you may not know that the lights have been replaced to brighter more an allotment site at the bottom end of the parish council has a salt spreading efficient models and the toilets have been village, just off Chelsea Road, if you’re machine; this is deployed in heavy snow interested in a plot please pop into the around the village to assist in keeping improved. Fairford Leys Centre and put yourself on the residents moving during the winter Over the next few years, Fairford Leys will the waiting list. months. be navigating uncharted waters in relation Sadly we are experiencing fly tipping in We would like to hear from any residents to the new unified authority coming online certain areas, we do our best to remove who have any questions, or just want to next year and the looming presence of HS2. any unwanted items as quickly as we find out more about what we as a parish During September, Cllr Cole and I spent an can, because it seems the longer it stays council do for all the residents. Please evening meeting with representatives of there the more it is added to, if you see feel free to contact us at the Fairford Leys HS2 and their local construction partners anyone dumping rubbish, please report Centre or speak with the team when you Effiage Kier. We had several concerns this to the police and the parish council. see them around, we are always happy that we raised at this meeting and please The maintenance of the parks is ongoing, to help. be reassured that your parish council will all the works reported by ROSPA has been Steve Webb be acting on your behalf to ensure that completed, hedges and general works Senior Grounds Maintenance Officer although there will be some disruption, Fairford Leys is as unaffected as possible. I encourage all residents that when HS2/ Effiage Kier have their consultation events at our community centre, as many of you attend as possible to understand the concerns and potential impacts.