May 2020

4 Buckden Roundabout May 2020 Buckden Parish Council Buckden Parish Council News... Buckden Volunteers The Parish Council, St Mary ’ s Church and Friends In Deed have joined forces to provide support to anyone in the village who needs help in the current crisis. More than 80 residents have volunteered. Thank you all. If you know of someone in the village who needs help with, for example shopping, prescriptions etc. please advise them to contact: 07739249036 or 07525267851 Parish Council 07810 006598 Friends In Deed Coordinator 01480 819377 Rev Jes between 9am - 6pm. A very big thank you to the NISA and the Buckden Pharmacy who have delivered to so many people. New Website We have launched a new website. The address is: www.buckdenpc.org.uk. Please visit the site and sign up so that we can contact you with any important information. Parish Council Meetings All Parish Council, Planning and Advisory Group meetings will be online only for the moment. We will let you know when this changes. Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the Annual Parish Meeting on 22 nd April due to Coronavirus restrictions Mill Road At the time of writing we were still waiting to hear the official outcome of our bid for funding to introduce traffic calming measures. As soon as we know the outcome, we will post this on the web site. Silver Street and Mill Road developments The hold on both these developments has been extended to 15 th May. We are chasing Highways England for an update on the situation regarding the Buckden roundabout and will put an update on the web site as soon as we hear anything. Speedwatch We have had to suspend speedwatch for the moment but will resume as soon as we are allowed. Perry Road The mobile speed cameras were due to be installed on 9 th April. This did not happen. We are chasing this. Coronavirus and Buckden Cemetery In the current situation it has been agreed that the purchase of burial plots in the cemetery will be suspended for the moment. It has also been agreed, as space in the cemetery is limited, that only those people who have a permanent address in the village will be buried in the cemetery. Any deviation from this will be at the discretion of the Council. This position will be reviewed once the corona- virus pandemic is over. Village Handymen Until now we have managed to maintain most services around the village. However, the village handymen have now had problems themselves and our capacity is reduced. Please have patience if the grass cutting and litter picking is not up to standard. Village Green We have been successful in our bid for funding for improve- ments to the Village Green. We are unsure when these can be completed but will keep you updated. Allotments The allotments remain open. Specific Coronavirus guidelines have been issued to all allotment holders. We have a small number of vacant plots. If you are interested, please contact the Clerk. Office opening hours The office is currently closed, and the Parish Clerk is working from home. Council Meetings The next Council meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13th May. 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 13th and 27 th May. These will be online meetings. 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