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Ickford Parish Council
HE MARCH MEETING WAS HELD, YET The state of the road between Ickford and Worminghall
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TAGAIN, BY ZOOM ON TUESDAY 9 MARCH. has been reported on ‘Fix My Street’ but efforts will be
made to contact the relevant Buckinghamshire employee
Unfortunately no villagers chose to attend this time but directly to see if action can be taken soon to repair this
we were joined by three prospective candidates for the road.
Bernwode district councillor role which brings me to ask
you to take note of the article about the elections in May Our February meeting started with a presentation
for the parish council. by Rectory Homes on the development at the end of
Turnfields. The scheme will consist of 30 units with
At our meeting there were discussions about, as usual, permeable paving and water storage tanks underground
flooding and footpaths. We are all aware of the issues which will discharge excess water to the suds pond
regarding flooding and, thanks to persistent emails to the on site. The advantage of this is that the water can be
powers that be, solutions are, very slowly, being found released slowly into the mainstream. This should result in
and acted upon. We are aware that a lot of footpaths are the current flooding problems not worsening.
very damaged due to both high usage and lots of rain.
We are awaiting replies on who has responsibility for the Sewage was another issue and Rectory Homes are
maintenance of footpaths in fields. consulting with Thames Water on this matter so that,
hopefully, the sewage situation is not exacerbated by the
We are about to make an appeal to both Buckinghamshire presence of another 96 homes in the village.
Council and to Deanfield Homes to ensure that their
lorries do not use Bridge Road for access to the site As far as timescales were concerned Rectory Homes
during building. reported that, ideally, work would start at the end of 2021
but realistically it would probably be at the beginning of
2022 and should be completed within 18 months.
As regards the Worminghall Road development, the
council confirmed that they did not want street lights
on the development in order to conform with the
SCAN ME neighbourhood plan for dark skies.
our NEW order
app is now live! A small piece of land at the top of Turnfields was sold
by the Parish Council to Rectory Homes for the sum
The Angel Pantry at Home of £23,000. Once the elections have been held, a
Our oven ready menu is available for next day collection, decision will be made about how best to spend this. Any
Sample menus online at: suggestions will be gratefully received by the clerk.
www.theangeldiningrooms.co.uk
I have been asked to make this report witty and amusing.
Failed again!
All Parish council information is available on the village
website: https://ickfordcommunity.com
Weddings, Anniversary & family celebrations Buckinghamshire Council run a series of local community
boards dealing with issues that concern local councils.
There are various sub committees, a couple of which are
discussing walking and cycling and the problems of freight
travelling on unsuitable roads through the villages. If you
would like to know more please contact the clerk. v
We are now taking bookings from July 1st 2021!
E: info@angelrestaurant.co.uk for more information Barbara Kolbert
March 2021
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