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9 Buckden Roundabout
August 2018 Church and Planning News
Weekly Prayer Roster
Each week during the year the Churches, in their prayers, remember the residents of particular streets in the village, those who
work in the parish and village organisations. Those to be remembered this month are:
5th August Park Road, Falcon Way, The Marinas, and those who live and work there
12th August Field Close, Lincoln Close, Silver Street, Beaufort Drive, St Hugh’s Road
19th August School Lane, Buckden Primary School (pupils, teachers and teaching assistants, governors, vol-
unteers, midday supervisors, all support staff)
26th August Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, Guides, Brownies and Rainbows, Playgroup and Day Nursery, Buck-
den out of School Scheme, Buckden Towers Youth Retreat Centre
STUDY LUNCHES
August – no lunch. September – no lunch.
8th October – lunch with speaker
12th November – lunch. This is the day after the big centenary armistice day – bring art or poetry of First World War to share.
Methodist Church Hall 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Contact: Ann Brittain on 812012
PARISH COUNCIL NOTICE ABOUT PLANNING ISSUES IN THE VILLAGE
A number of residents attended the last two Parish Council meetings to express their concerns about current and proposed
developments in the village. One action that the Council agreed after listening to those concerns was to share the information
below to ensure that residents are clear about the facts in relation to the proposals. In addition we are keen to involve resi-
dents in our responses to these proposals. We therefore intend to hold public meetings in order to enable residents to be ac-
tively involved in this work.
LUCKS LANE DEVELOPMENT: It is common knowledge that as the result of the Appeal last year development will proceed on
this site. The builders will be a building firm called Bloor Homes. They have outline permission to build up to 180 homes and will
submit an application for detailed planning permission by the end of the year aiming to start the development in Spring
2019.The development will include 72 ‘low cost/affordable’ homes. Members of The Parish Council Planning Committee have
already met the builders and designers to discuss what might be incorporated into their detailed plan. We are planning a
meeting with the Full Council and a Public Meeting so that the developers and HDC planning department have a clear indication
of the wishes of the village as a whole.
SILVER STREET DEVELOPMENT: The proposed Silver Street development appears in the Draft HDC Local Plan to 2036 which is
currently in the hands of an Inspector for ratification later this year. Although the Church Commissioners appear to be sug-
gesting that they want to build up to 400 houses the figure in the draft plan is 270. Contrary to the information disseminated by
a member of the Protect Buckden’s Future group the Parish Council does not support the plan in its present form. The Parish
Council is concerned about the impact of the volume of additional traffic on Silver Street and on its wider impact through the
village and onto both the A1 and Offord main line crossing. A representative will appear before the Inspector to argue that the
proposal is not viable. The Council will in due course ask the developers to meet the Full Council and then arrange a Public
Meeting. At the moment no Outline Planning application has been made to HDC although initial discussions have taken place
with HDC officers.
PROPOSED MILL ROAD DEVELOPMENT: Residents have been rightly concerned by the glossy brochure distributed by Glad-
man. This site is not included in the draft HDC Local Plan. Whilst the need for an Environmental Impact Review has been con-
firmed as not bring required by the District Council, the Parish Council knows of no other actions taken by Gladman toward
gaining planning permission.
The Council is keen to represent the opinions of residents and would welcome any views that you may have, to the Parish
Council clerk preferably by letter or email.
Terry Hayward - Chairman Buckden Parish Council