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Buckden Roundabout
April 2018
The monthly meeting of the
Parish Council, including a 15 minutes long Public Forum will be held Tuesday 10th
April 2018
If required, the
Parish Council’s Planning Committee
will meet on
Tuesday 10th April and Tuesday 24th April
starting 7pm. Agendas for the meetings are posted on the Parish Council notice boards not later than the Saturday
preceding the meeting.
Buckden Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council News...
Calling all cyclists – we need your views
As all cyclists will know, there are cycle racks at the Village Hall, adjacent to the Nisa shop at Hunts End and adjacent
to Day’s, the butcher’s shop, in the High Street. We have recently had a request for an additional cycle rack in the
High Street and have identified the area near the Parish Council notice board/telephone box as a possible location.
Clearly, to install a cycle rack here would entail some expense and we would like to know whether cyclists would use
a cycle rack in this location. We would be grateful if you would let Georgina, Clerk to the Parish Council, know your
views, either by telephone or by e-mail. We will only go ahead with this if we get a reasonable and positive response
to the idea.
Speedwatch
Would you like to join the Speedwatch team? Speedwatch provides a valuable addition to police speed checks and
has been proven to act as a deterrent to drivers to reduce their speed to the legal limit. The next Speedwatch train-
ing will be at Cambourne Police Station on Saturday 14 April 2018, between 10 am and noon. If you would like to be
a Speedwatch volunteer, please contact Cllr Rick Screaton at
rick.screaton@gmail.com
or via the Clerk.
Vandalism in our community
Many of you will have read last month’s article by PCSO Richard Braddick, including the piece about criminal dam-
age to the play area during the installation of the new surface. We know that the overwhelming majority of our
community will be disgusted and appalled by such wanton vandalism in the village. We would appeal to all parents
to point out to their children that all damage has financial consequences, limiting funds that can be spent on other
activities, as well as social and visual results. Please also point out that there is CCTV around the Village Hall.
Cemetery regulations
As you will have learnt from last month’s Roundabout, the Parish Council has revised the cemetery regulations and
these can now be found on our website. We would urge all those owners of cemetery plots to look at these regula-
tions and ensure that the grave or cremated remains plot of your loved one is kept in line with these updated guide-
lines.
Regular attendees at the cemetery will have seen that extensive work has been carried out, both to install the path,
so that we can access the new area, and by our handymen, who have done a wonderful job of cutting back unwant-
ed vegetation and tidying, particularly the older plots. We will be looking at all the cemetery shortly to ensure that
all plots are kept in line with our updated regulations.
Any questions or comments on this report can be addressed to the Parish Clerk, Georgina West, 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