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Buckden Roundabout
September 2019
Buckden Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council News...
The Neighbourhood Plan and Planning Applications
The Neighbourhood Plan is nearing completion and we will
shortly begin a formal consultation process with residents.
We propose to hold a series of workshops which will enable
you to provide feedback about the plan. The first of these will
take place in the Village Hall on 3
rd
September. Please join us
at any time between 3 and 8 pm. We will also cover the cur-
rent situation regarding the various planning applications and
the roundabout proposals
Barbecue
The Allotments group held their summer barbecue in July.
Despite the weather it was a great success. It was a chance for
allotment holders, villagers and Parish Councillors to get to-
gether on the community area to sample great food and try
some local brews. Thanks to all those on the Allotments group
for organising it and all those who braved the rain to join the
event.
Donation
Many thanks too, to the Nisa shop for their generous dona-
tion which has enabled the Allotments group to put up a new
notice board to keep everyone informed about events and
other useful information.
Construction Traffic in the Village
Thank you to everyone who has notified us of Lucks Lane con-
struction traffic travelling through the village. The vehicles are
only allowed to enter and exit the site via Stirtloe Lane. We
have been in touch with both Mick George and Bloor Homes
to make them aware of the situation. Please continue to let us
know of any incidents. Photos are a big help.
Lucks Lane Development
By the time you read this the closure of Lucks Lane should
have started. Please let us know if there are any significant
issues.
Stirtloe Lane
The Parish Council, the Protect Buck-
dens Future Group and our District
Councillor all made representations
to Huntingdonshire Planning Depart-
ment to introduce acceleration/
deceleration lanes at this junction. Unfortunately, they had no
power to overturn the decision reached by Highways England
that this junction is safe!
The A1 and The Roundabout
We have had a lot of feedback about the proposals outlined in
last month’s edition. Thank you. All of these are being ana-
lysed by the planning team. In several cases your comments
have been forwarded to the Church Commissioners. We were
unaware that we had traffic engineering expertise in the vil-
lage. This has helped us to ask some additional questions of
Highways England.
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 10
th
September. The meeting will include a 15-
minute open form. If you want to speak at the meeting,
please let us know what you want to say, by writing to the
Parish Clerk, by 3
rd
September. You will get a three-minute
slot.
If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet on 10th
and 24
th
September. Agendas for these meetings are posted
on the Parish notice boards not later than the Saturday pre-
ceding 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
A New Learning Group for Buckden
A new group is being formed for the village to fulfil the role
that has, up to now, been satisfied by the local WEA branch.
As a result of the creation of the Cambridgeshire and Peter-
borough Combined Authority and the consequent changes to
the way in which educational grants are allocated, the WEA
has had to review its operating model. Unfortunately, their
new model makes it difficult for most local branches to con-
tinue without significantly increasing the cost of their offering.
At a meeting on 23
rd
July at Buckden Towers a decision was
made to make the local WEA branch 'dormant' for the imme-
diate future. Meeting attendees were, however, adamant
that they would like courses and other events to continue in
the accustomed manner.
As a consequence, a new group is being formed that is to be
called the Buckden Learning Group (BLG). A committee of
familiar faces has been formed and using an existing network
of contacts two courses have been scheduled for Tuesday
mornings in the normal manner with tutors that are well
known to regular course attendees.
Liz Carter will return in September with the subject of
'Victorian Crime & Punishment'. In January Marina Burrell will
return with the subject of 'Famous Russian Women in World
History & Culture'. (See page 19 for details)
Look out for the normal adverts and village posters for full
details of these and other future events.