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would love to hear from you. Over 300 parents
and local people will be going so it promises to
be a big night. Sarah Elderton
The Red Lion Pub
A local family residing in Penn currently have
an offer accepted subject to contract to buy The
Red Lion in Penn, Theresa Chamberlain hopes
to front the new refreshed beloved village pub,
and plans to continue to run The Red Lion as a
traditional family pub, with improvements. The
plan is to reopen in March if all goes well.
Theresa will keep VV informed of ongoing
developments and looks forward to an exciting
future in the new and improved Red Lion.
Development Update
Gomm Valley: The outline planning application
from Human+Nature, which was expected
before Christmas, is now expected to be
submitted to WDC by the end of January.
Agreement on traffic modelling between
respective traffic consultants seem to have been
reached. Ashwells: The plan is being revised
under the existing outline application although
another public consultation may be needed to
agree the changes. No timescale has been given.
Miles Green
Unitary Authority
The Government has ruled that the County
Council and all four District Councils are to be
abolished and replaced by a single
Buckinghamshire Council. This will come into
effect on 1 May 2020. The local elections due
this year have been postponed a year and
meanwhile a Shadow Authority, consisting of
all existing 202 county and district councillors
will be responsible for the transition, with
elections to the new council roles in May 2020.
Cllr Martin Tett, the current Chairman of the
County Council, has been appointed as the
leader of the Shadow Executive (9 County, 8
District Cllrs) by the Secretary of State, a
decision which was not supported by any of the
District Councils.
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice February/March 2019
Any possible changes to boundaries will only
be considered after the new organisation is
established, but the Residents Society has
agreed to set up a working party to fact find the
pros/cons of boundary changes to unite P&TG.
There are both gains and losses in such a merger
with a lot of knock-on consequences for CWPC,
which also covers Loudwater and Flackwell
Heath, and for villages such as Penn St and
Winchmore Hill and areas like Knotty and Forty
Green, which are all in Penn Parish. Miles Green
New P&TGRS Grant Giving
Policy for Local Organisations
This is a reminder that any not-for-profit
organisation in Penn & Tylers Green that needs
financial or other assistance to meet its objectives
could make a grant application to P&TGRS.
Every year P&TGRS determines its grant-giving
budget for the coming year and welcomes
applications for grants to support local projects
that meet its grant-giving criteria. To be eligible:
1. The applicant must be a local organization,
charity, school or similar providing services of benefit
to the local community (grants are not made to
individuals).
2. The purpose of the grant request needs to be
clearly stated and must be in alignment with one or
more of the charitable objects of the Society.
3. The amount being requested must be clearly stated
and fully justified.
4. We would normally expect the applicant to raise
matched funding equivalent to the amount being
requested.
5. Grants are not made towards special events such
as conferences, seminars or for travel.
6. Applications from faith-based organisations are
not ruled out, but evidence will be sought that there is
no faith restriction in the relevant organisation’s
admission and employment policies, nor in relation
to the use of the money being requested.
The Grant Application Form and Policy is available
on the P&TGRS website at www.
pennandtylersgreen.org.uk/about-us/
residents-society/grants
When completed the application form should be
sent to info@pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
together with background quotations and other
supporting documents. Peter Miller
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