Issue 27 Spring 2019 parknews Published by Buckingham Park Parish Council www.buckinghampark-pc.gov.uk www.facebook.com/BuckinghamParkParishCouncil BUCKINGHAM PARK PARISH COUNCIL Chairman’s Notes Cllr Anders Christensen Updates From The Parish Chair [email protected] 07834 995690 Happy Spring! After years accessed the of pushing to get the land in maintenance Cllr Alison Looker [email protected] Buckingham Park adopted, we panel and Aylesbury foodbank have now provided us passed an important milestone switched Cllr Andre Beaukes 1. with a permanent food bank which is located [email protected] in late March. The first areas them off. of land were transferred from This is at the Community Centre. Cllr Tom Berry Taylor Wimpey to the Parish tremendously [email protected] Council. The areas include the frustrating as Cllr Lee Whitlock park by the Community Centre it will hold up Vice Chair and along several, but not, all of progress for Taylor Wimpey Oxford are very close to [email protected] the greenways. For the first time everybody. 2. resurfacing their areas which Cllr Jonathan Crowhurst since the first house was built It was with a sad heart that I cover Culpepper Close along with various [email protected] in Buckingham Park, we, the received an email from Nick street lights that need fixing, some through residents, are in control of the area Cllr Brad Lemmon Waldron, the Head Master of our UKPN. [email protected] around us. This means we have School, announcing that he will direct control over the bins, grass Cllr Philip Bennison be taking up a new role at another cutting and general maintenance school after the summer holidays. rather than endlessly chasing the It is perhaps not widely known Carey’s have resolved many of their defective developer and their contractors. Clerk to the Council that our Residents Association, 3. street lights. Mr Keith Gray JP, FILCM, MILM Work has already started on as the predecessor to the Parish Buckingham Park Community Centre hedge maintenance and we will be Council, helped choose the Church Jubilee Square, Buckingham Park Aylesbury HP19 9DZ creating a list of things to fix, like of England as the operator of [email protected] the mound over the tunnel in the the school and Cllr Alison Looker The parish council have now taken over 01296 435239 - BP Community Centre park, during April. There is more to sat on the interview panel that 4. maintenance for some of the green spaces 07789 586594 - Mobile do though. We continue to chase selected Nick as the Headmaster. for the transfer of the remaining Nick has been a part of our in Buckingham Park, if you have any queries land (the playground at the East community for many years and please feel free to call or drop a message into end of the development, and land has done a tremendous amount the community centre and they can pass a around the Careys Homes area to make the school not only a part message onto the grounds team. and around the Pond) which has of Buckingham Park but arguably to come via Aylesbury Vale District at its very heart. So, thank you Mr Council. Waldron and we wish you the very best in your new role. We also continue to chase for the adoption of the roads and I am pleased to welcome a new completion of Cullpepper Close. resident to the Parish Council. Phil Cllr Brad Lemmon has made good Bennison was voted onto the Parish progress in chasing and getting at the March meeting. We currently street light repairs done. Having the have one vacancy remaining. The street lights fixed is an important Parish is made up of residents element of getting the roads and it is an opportunity to make adopted and the County Council a difference to our community. If will insist they are working before you are interested in joining us and adoption. We are however finding would just like to know more then AdvertISIng that lights that have been fixed then please contact either myself or our Advertising space is limited - to book your space please call Luke Powell or Janet Turner on 01296 435239 or cease working. After investigation clerk, Keith Gray. email [email protected] / [email protected]: Copy deadlines and Advertising Rates for the Spring edition: it turns out that residents have Spring Issue Contributions to be received before 20th June 2019 The views expressed by individuals in Buckingham Park News are not necessarily the views of 2 Townsend Piece, Aylesbury HP19 9BQ Buckingham Park Parish Council. Every effort is made to ensure that all information is accurate at £ 35 quarter page (portrait) £ 60 half page £120 full page A4 (back cover) £100 full page A4 the time of going to press. External advertising in the magazine does not imply an endorsement or promotion of the advertisement, nor its content, products or services by Buckingham Park Parish Fees must be pre-paid at the Community Centre office with cheques made payable to “Buckingham Park Parish Council”. Council. The editor reserves the right to change submissions where space requirements dictate. 2 3 2019 Annual Report to the Parish Council My reports for the last few years have been building in Berryfields. While the move won’t be for focused on the frustrations of dealing with another 18 months to two years I am excited about developers, the lack of adoption, and hope the improved services that will be on offer in the new that things would change in the coming year. facility. Naturally residents with limited mobility or who are reliant on public transport are concerned about I am delighted that the past year has marked definitive the move but the working group is aware of these progress. It has been a year of change when long and working towards improved public transport links held ambitions have been delivered. between Buckingham Park and Berryfields. We have finally adopted the first parcels of land. The Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School Parish Council is now in control of the main park by has established itself at the heart of our community Please join us for Sunday Worship Service by 10am at the Deeper Life the community centre along with several greenways. since opening. This is in no small part to the efforts of Bible Church, Buckingham park Community Center, Aylesbury. This means that we are now in direct control of the Head Master, Nick Waldron. Nick will be moving Call 07825955826 for any more information. our public spaces and can start to deal with the on from Buckingham Park to a new school after the defects we inherited. While this will be a significant summer holidays. On behalf of the community I wish 1. Seek Him first: “But seek ye first the kingdom of 4. Screen off the Noise - Never surrender your dream responsibility it is one the Parish Council has prepared God, and His righteousness and all these shall be to noisy negative people around. The truth is that to record our gratitude for all his hard work and wish for and that I am confident that we can live up to. I added unto you” Matthew 6:33 In His teachings on there are many of such people around but they always him well in his new role. now look forward to the remainder of the land being the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord Jesus admonishes need your permission to have access to you. Nobody us to give top priority to seeking the kingdom of God can make you feel average without your permission. transferred and the commuted sum of approximately I also wish remember Cllr Tony Poth who sadly for our lives, and that if we did this, then He would Who are your closest pals? Are they critical negative £500,000 being transferred from AVDC to the Parish passed away during the past year. Tony and his wife, be in a position to provide for our needs and desires. people? For sure, criticism will come but they are Council. Mary, played an instrumental role in the founding of The mistake that many Christians make is thinking price you pay for leaping past mediocrity. The person residents association and Parish Council. that God does not care about their career, business saying it cannot be done should not criticize the Adoption of our roads still seems some time away. and finances, so they think that they must shoulder person doing it. If you are afraid of criticism, you’ll die Work is slow and communication between the Taylor As always I remain thankful to our fantastic team of the burden of seeking these things, which of course doing nothing. leaves very little time for pursuing the things of God. Wimpey and Buckinghamshire County Council is poor. staff who look after the community centre and now 5. Be Decisive - Make decision. Choice and not chance However the Lord Jesus has given us a promise, Once we have secured the remaining land transfer determines destiny. There must be a time you must our open spaces. So thank you to Jan, Luke, the team which is that if we would seek first the kingdom of choose the course you will follow or the drift of events I am confident we can turn our attention to this long at the community centre and Steve Webb. Also, a God, then He would add all other things unto us. running saga and push the two parties to progress will make decision for you. Nothing is so exhausting big thank you to our Clerk Keith Gray who makes the 2.