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Buckden Roundabout
February 2019
Buckden Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council News...
Buckden Neighbourhood Plan
The Parish Council is grateful for the support that it has re-
ceived from residents completing the questionnaire. Nearly
500 completed responses were received. This response is sta-
tistically far higher than would normally be expected for a
village of our size.
It will take some time to analyse the results fully and a com-
plete report will be given at the Parish Assembly on 23
rd
April.
Rather than wait until then the Council believes that residents
will find the following responses received from the majority of
responders of particular interest:
•
Residents want Buckden to remain a village and feel
threatened by the impact of any proposed rapid
expansion of housing.
•
Survey participants ‘Strongly Agreed’ that no new
housing planning applications should be considered
favourably until the impact of the completed Lucks
Lane development on traffic and village facilities has
been analysed.
•
A large majority of responders were strongly in favour
of supporting the designation of the Great Ouse Valley
as an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ and that
the area around Buckden should be preserved as an
area of open natural countryside.
•
The majority of respondents did not want: any increase
in traffic through the village or oversubscribed medical
and care facilities and wanted solutions to the current
problems experienced at the A1 roundabout and the
Main Line level crossing.
Planning
The Council continues to recommend refusal of the final plans
for the Lucks Lane development until there are satisfactory
solutions to the road safety problems at the A1/Stirtloe Lane
junction, noise and pollution and attenuation basins. The
Council is meeting representatives from Highways England
and
HDC
to
discuss
matters
further.
The Council is currently considering its response the Silver
Street application and this will be debated at the next full
Council meeting on Tuesday 12
th
February. It has arranged for
the response period to be extended until 14
th
February.
Hinchingbrooke School Admission Policy
The Council has written a letter expressing its concerns about
the admissions policy being considered by the Aces Acade-
mies Trust. In it the Council highlights the possible difficulties
which might be faced by parents and pupils living in Buckden.
New Parish Councillors
The Council has been grateful to the
local residents who offered them-
selves for co-option onto the Council.
The following new Councillors have been co-opted in the last
two months: Cllrs Orrin James and John Thelwall.
Full details will appear on Parish notice boards.
Office Opening Hours
The Office opening hours are: Mon, Wed and Thurs 10.30am-
2.00pm, Tuesday 2-4 pm, Fri – closed.
Council Meetings
The next meeting of the Council will be held at 7.30pm on
Tuesday 12
th
February. The meeting will include a 15 minute
open forum. Residents are asked to apply in writing to the
Parish Clerk by 7th February, outlining what they wish to say,
for a three minute slot.
If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet on
Tuesday 29
th
January and Tuesday 12
th
February at 7.00pm.
Agendas for these meetings are posted on the Parish Council
notice boards not later than the Saturday preceding the
meeting.
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
clerk@buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk
.
Any questions or comments on this report can be addressed to the Parish Clerk, 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
Buckden Roundabout
Assistant to Advertising Manager
The Buckden Roundabout needs an assistant to help our
advertising manager with contacting and co-ordinating
our advertisers. Without the volunteers on the Rounda-
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zine. No prior experience is needed. All we need is just a
couple of hours of your time each month. The Rounda-
bout editorial team is a friendly, welcoming group. Do
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