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4 Buckden Roundabout
December 2019 Buckden Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council News...
Buckden Neighbourhood Plan
The Plan is now complete and available for you to view as part
of a formal consultation process. This will begin on 25th No-
vember and conclude on 6th January. You can view the plan
and provide feedback by going to the BPC web site, (see be-
low). Paper copies are also available in the village hall office.
This is an important document. It sets out what developers
can and can’t do in our village. Whilst we cannot stop the Sil-
ver Street development, which is included in the Huntingdon-
shire Local Plan, we have drafted policies, particularly about
traffic, house type and design which the developers must
comply with. When finalised it will also significantly increase
the amount of money the village receives from developers. It
is important we get your feedback. Once the consultation is
complete the plan will be submitted for review by a planning
inspector.
Climate Change Mitigation
We will be holding a workshop on 11th January titled ‘What on
Earth Can Buckden Do’. Please join us between 1 and 7pm in
the village hall. See further information pn page 13.
Thank You!!!!
To everyone who helped with the clean up at the top of Silver
Street. A huge improvement!
To NISA for the donation of £500 towards new notice boards
at the allotments.
Vandalism at the Village Hall Playing Fields
We are experiencing an increase in vandalism most re-
cently of the playground equipment. This is very expen-
sive to repair. BPC and the Village Hall Trust are running
a quiz night on 6th December to raise funds for this.
Please join us.
A14
The Southern Bypass from Brampton to Swavesey is due to
open in December this year. Once the Bypass opens to traffic,
the A14 will be closed from junction 24 at Godmanchester, to
junction 23 at Spittals. This will enable major work to begin to
demolish the viaduct in Huntingdon. This work will begin in
February and will take approx. 18 months.
Lucks Lane
Several of you have raised concerns relating to the work in
Lucks Lane. We meet monthly with the site manager and, so
far, have had a positive response to most of the issues. Please
continue to let us know of problems.
The A1 and The Roundabout
The BPC Chair met with our MP Jon-
athan Djanogoly in October to high-
light your concerns about safety and
congestion at the roundabout. He is
due to meet with Highways England,
assuming he is re-elected, in January and will raise our various
issues with them.
Silver Street and Mill Road developments
Both developments remain on hold. So far, the developers
transport consultants have not identified a solution that re-
solves the additional traffic congestion created by the devel-
opments.
Highways England appear to have listened to our concerns
about the safety of the previous proposal which created the
potential for collision between A1 through-traffic and any
stationary vehicles caught at traffic lights on the roundabout.
In order to make progress it has been agreed that a new more
detailed computer model of the junction will be built over the
next few months. Additional traffic data collection is currently
on going. You may have noticed the cables across the High
Street, Perry Road and Mill Road.
The Parish Council have submitted a further objection to the
Mill Road development.
Mill Road
We are chasing Cambridgeshire County Council about pro-
gress with traffic calming measures on this dangerous stretch
of road.
New Councillor
We have a vacancy for a Parish Councillor. If you are interest-
ed, please contact the Parish Clerk.
Office opening hours are: Mon, Wed and Thursday 10.30-
2.00pm, Tuesday 2-4pm, Friday – closed.
Council Meetings
The next Council meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 10th
December. The meeting will include a 15-minute open forum.
If you want to speak at the meeting, please let us know what
you want to say, by contacting the Parish Clerk. You will get a
three-minute slot.
If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet on 10th
December. Agendas for these meetings are posted on the
Parish notice boards no later than the Saturday preceding the
meeting.
All of the papers and reports for Council meetings are available on the Thursday before the meetings on the Council website
http://buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk. This provides the opportunity to see the agenda, reports of work carried out by the Coun-
cil as well as reports from our County and District Councillors.
Any questions or comments on this report should be addressed to the Parish Clerk at: Buckden Parish Council, Buckden Village
Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 SUY Telephone 01480 819407 Email clerk@buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk