December 2016

Seasonal Greetings

All councillors and staff at Buckden Parish Council would like to wish you all a very, merry Christmas

and a happy and healthy 2017.

We would also like to thank members of Buckden4Business and the churches who have worked so

hard to make the Christmas Lights Switching On such a memorable occasion – thank you to all.

Proposed Lucks Lane Development

As most of our residents will know, there has been an outline planning application made to build 180

houses in the field behind The Osiers and Springfield Close, with access from Lucks Lane. This applica-

tion has been refused by Huntingdonshire District Council, with a recommendation for refusal being

made by Buckden Parish Council

We have recently learnt that this decision will be challenged at an appeal conducted by the Planning

Inspectorate. Your Parish Council is now considering what steps that we can take and we will keep you

informed of progress on this matter.

Defibrillators

The Parish Council, in conjunction with the Doctors’ Surgery, is now in the process of purchasing two

defibrillators. We are very pleased that the Village Hall Trust are happy to have one of the defibrillators

installed on the outer wall of the village hall, next to the main entrance. We feel that this is a central po-

sition, where it can be easily accessed by all the sporting clubs and will be clearly visible at night-time, if

required.

We hope that the other defibrillator can be located in the old telephone box on the High St, near the

Church St corner. However, there is a little red tape that we need to go through before this plan is final-

ised.

A14

At the November Parish Council meeting, we received an update from the A14 Integrated Delivery

Team. We were told that, currently, county archaeologists are examining the site, prior to it being re-

leased for construction. Additionally, environmental work is being carried out to protect various species

of wild life. We will see the compound on the way to Brampton growing significantly over the next few

weeks but no road construction will begin until the spring.

The whole project is in 6 phases. The upgrade of the A1 north of the Brampton Hut will be the first part

of the work to be completed, with the last being the work to remove the Huntingdon viaduct and re-route

the roads in the area of Huntingdon station. Please remember that all details can be found on the High-

ways England website: www.highways.gov.uk/A14C2H

Any questions or comments on this report can be addressed to the Parish Clerk John Chase, Clerk to

Buckden Parish Council, Buckden Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden PE19 5UY, Telephone (01480)

819407, Email

clerk@buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk

Do not forget our website at

www.buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk

The monthly meeting of the

Parish Council, including a 15 minute Public Forum will be held on Tues-

day 13

December 2016 starting at 7.30pm

in the Village Hall. Members of the public are wel-

come to attend and raise any Buckden related issues.

If required, the

Parish Council’s Planning Committee

will meet on

Tuesday 13th December

start-

ing 7pm. Agendas for the meetings are posted on the Parish Council notice boards not later than the

Saturday preceding the meeting