June 2020

18 Buckden Roundabout June 2020 Village News To ensure we comply with government guidelines the Hall is unfortunately closed until further notice. However, we were able to open for NHS blood donation service on 1 st May which was well attended. Please note that until the hall re - opens the hall is being ad- ministered by the trustees. Phone messages, post and emails are being monitored but will not be responded to a quickly as in normal times. New Trustees If you are interested in becoming a trustee in the position of chairperson or treasurer please get in touch by emailing admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk a nd we can put you in the picture as to what the role involves. How all of you can help Buckden Village Hall when buying online As you know Buckden Village Hall Trust is a charity and it costs a lot of money to maintain and repair this building. Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising money for Buckden Village Hall Trust? There are nearly 3,000 retailers including Amazon, John Lewis, M&S, Aviva and Tesco who will donate a percentage of the amount you spend to Buckden Village Hall Trust to say thank you for shopping with them. It ’ s really simple and doesn ’ t cost you anything. All you have to do is: 1. Go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ buckdenvillagehall 2. Sign up for free 3. Get shopping! Your donations will be collected by easy- fundraising and automatically sent to us! There are no catches or hidden charges and Buckden Village Hall Trust will be extremely grateful for your donations, es- pecially at this difficult time. Keep safe everyone Buckden Village Hall Trustees admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk Office temporarily closed. Burberry Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UY Tel: 01480 811101 www. buckdenvillagehall.co.uk email: admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk refer the issue to HDC. If the issue is not dealt with within a reasonable time HDC may issue a formal notice for the work to be undertaken, and if that is ignored, they can do the work and charge the owner/occupier. You may not be aware of what the requirements are. Although specific measurements are not laid down the requirement should be met by: • For pedestrian areas, minimum headroom of 2.3m (7ft 6 inches). • For carriageway and an area immediately adjacent to it (for a distance of 0.45m (1ft 6 inches)) minimum headroom of 5.2m (17ft). Silver Street and Mill Road developments At the time of writing this we are expecting the hold on these developments to be further extended. Highways have advised that whilst a new traffic model has been produced by the con- sultants working for the Church Commissioners this has not yet been evaluated by their own experts. Perry Road Traffic calming measures are due to be implemented in the weeks commencing 18 th and 25 th May. Village Handymen We are now back to a full team of handymen and expect nor- mal service to resume. Council Meetings The next Council meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 9th June. 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. This meeting will be an on - line only meeting. If you want to join the meeting please contact the clerk. If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet on 26 th May and 9 th June. These will be online meetings. Agendas for these meetings are posted on the Parish notice boards no later than the Saturday preceding the meeting. Office opening hours The office is currently closed, and the Parish Clerk is working from home. (Continued from page 4) Buckden Parish Council News 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