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4 Buckden Roundabout
November 2019 Buckden Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council News...
Buckden Neighbourhood Plan
The plan has been revised, incorporating feedback from
residents, gathered at the consultation events in August
and September. This has now been submitted to Hun-
tingdonshire District Council (HDC) for review. Council-
lors will be meeting with HDC to receive feedback in Oc-
tober.
Ouse Valley Way Closure
The European Eel is now classed as critically endangered
after a 95% decline in its population over the last 25
years. The intention is to install screens to provide safe
passage along the water course for eels, fish and other
organisms, protecting them from machinery as they
journey up river. In order to do this the B12 footpath,
which is part of the Ouse Valley Way, will be closed very
shortly for at least 13 weeks to enable this work to take
place. This means the Round-about-Buckden Walk will
not be accessible during that period. As soon as we
hear that it is reopened, we will let you know.
A14 Southern By Pass Communication event
The A14 Stakeholder, Engagement and Communications
team on the A14C2H improvement scheme have been in
contact as they are starting to make preparations for the
new southern bypass opening this December. They
want to ensure that as many residents as possible are
fully aware of how they will be able to get onto and off
the new road network when this occurs. We have
therefore arranged for the team and their Mobile Visitor
Centre to visit the Village Hall between 3.00pm and
7.00pm on Wednesday 13th November.
Gritting
The winter is fast approaching, and the PC has just re-
vised its Winter Management Plan. There are a number
of salt bins around the village for residents to use.
Many residents are keen to help keep untreated pave-
ments and pathways safe by clearing snow and ice.
Cambridgeshire County Council encourages you to play
your part in helping the community in this way. GOV.UK
provides advice about how to safely clear snow from a
road, path or cycleway. It advises you to clear fresh
snow instead of compacted ice, and spread salt or sand
to prevent ice forming.
The law
There is no law stopping you from clearing snow from
outside your house or another public space. Use com-
mon sense to make sure you
don't make the pavement or
pathway clearly more dangerous
than before. People using areas
affected by snow and ice also
have a responsibility to be careful.
The PC look after the salt bins but the refilling is the re-
sponsibility of Cambridgeshire County Council Highways
Department. They fill the bins at the beginning of the
winter, these are for residents use, spades and shovels
are not provided. If you spot that the bins are getting
empty please report this through the following link.
https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Maintaining our paths
We have had 4 volunteers to clear footpaths so far. We
need a few more!! If you can spare just a little time to
help keep our rights of way open, please email the clerk
putting Friends of Footpaths group in the subject line.
Charging points for electric vehicles
The Parish Council is actively considering installing elec-
tric charging point in the village. We have been offered
a grant from the Office for Low Emissions Vehicles
(OLEV) via Cambridgeshire County Council to cover 75%
of installation costs. The points are for the benefit of
households that do not have the opportunity to take
advantage of the original OLEV grants to householders
with driveways and garages. The grant is operated by
OLEV and The Energy Saving Trust.
Office opening hours are: Mon, Wed and Thursday
10.30-2.00pm, Tuesday 2-4pm, Friday – closed.
Council Meetings
The next meeting of the Council will be held at 7.30pm
on Tuesday 12th November. 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
writing to the Parish Clerk, by 4 clear working days be-
fore the meeting. You will get a three-minute slot.
If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet
on 12th and 26th November. Agendas for these meetings
are posted on the Parish notice boards not 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