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From the Parish Council When I sit down to write this article I always start from the premise that you want to know what has your Parish Council been doing for you over the last six months? Six months ago the two exceptional issues taking up most of our time and effort were Project Pinewood and HS2. Project Pinewood has moved on, the Public Inquiry finished, the final traffic issues being aired in September in a very short hearing. The Inspector has now sent her report to Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State and we await his decision in January. Dominic Grieve, our MP, has expressed the view that he does not expect Mr Pickles to go against the Inspector’s recommendation. Similarly, the HS2 consultation has finished, although the national debate is continuing in the media, which I’m sure some of you are following. Speaking personally, I don’t think Project Pinewood will be over once the decision is made public. If the application is granted the communities have to decide, along with South Bucks District Council, whether we go to appeal, as I’m sure if it’s refused, Pinewood (now Peel Holdings) will do so. Last time I reported on the other national issue, which was affecting us locally; the closure of Public Libraries. I can now report that Gerrards Cross Library is up and running again as one of the first libraries constituted as a Charity, and managed by Trustees, in the country, with support from Buckinghamshire County Council. Your local representatives helping run this valuable resource are Tracey Evans and Francesca Hall-Drinkwater. If you think you would also like to help out in a voluntary capacity, however small, please contact either, details on the village web site www.fulmervillage.org . I also want to thank our County Councillor for not only helping to ensure the preservation of libraries locally, but also for providing the final funding we required for our second salt bin, and whilst we can’t believe yet that we’ll need it this winter I’ll let you know next Newsletter! The second bin will be sited at the junction of Alderbourne Lane and Cherry Tree Lane to help with the dangerous road conditions that result from the Watersplash icing on the corner during freezing weather. This year we have achieved the accolade of being the Best Kept Village in Buckinghamshire, the Sword of Excellence presented the Lord Lieutenant of the County, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, is now on display in the Black Horse along with The Gurney Cup for being the Best Kept Village with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Not only was the Village kept immaculate by the Conservation Volunteers in the run up and during the judging, the judges were impressed by the ongoing restoration work on the Village telephone kiosk and the new planting in the form of hanging baskets, this year. As well as the exterior, the interior of the telephone kiosk is going to be restored to the look of the original 1935 Gilbert Scott designed kiosk that it is. Although the telephony will not be functional there is a market for original telephone kiosk interiors for filming work, so we will be listing the kiosk with set location finding companies, and expect to eventually recoup the cost of the restoration. How many of you knew that the design of the roof of the Gilbert Scott kiosk is based on the design of the top of the 18 th century architect John Nash’s (he of Regents Park and Regents Street and Buckingham Palace) mausoleum?
Next year we are looking forward to a ‘double whammy’. Fulmer Day will be held once again, this time, on Saturday June 23 rd . The Fulmer Day committee is looking for some volunteers to either help out on the day or in the run up. The Committee starts to meet in earnest in January, once a month in the BH, further details are in this Newsletter. It’s also Jubilee year so we are looking, not only for ideas on how you would like to see this celebrated, but again volunteers to step forward and help out, either in a small or large way. Please email me on pvahey@btinternet.com to let me have either your ideas or your help, thank you. As well as the positive there’s always a balance and this year the Parish finances were subject to a routine spot check audit resulting in an un-budgeted additional cost since both the Parish Clerk and Internal Auditor were involved in an increased workload resulting from the audit, which the Council passed with no hitches. Also in order to comply with the new HMRC PAYE Statutory Requirements for Parish Clerks, the Parish Council has had to appoint an accountant to provide a payroll service for Fulmer Parish Council and to take on National Insurance responsibilities for the employment of the Parish Clerk, all of which has proved a significant cost and was again unbudgeted for. Finally, I would like to thank the continuing efforts of our Parish Clerk, Peter Kelly for providing help and guidance, as well as the continued support all of our Parish Councillors. In addition thanks go to Anita Cranmer, our District Councillor with special reference to planning issues such as The Pickeridge, and Peter Hardy our County Councillor who represent Fulmer’s interests very effectively at a County levels whilst also having the new responsibility of mending the roads in the County, including the stretch of Windmill Road from Fulmer to Wexham, at last. PAULINE VAHEY I am pleased to report that Fulmer residents contributed £368.64 to the house to house Royal British Legion poppy appeal this year. An additional £467.25 was raised at St James Church, Fulmer. Marion & Brian Weild
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