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first year to cover local projects, highways and<br />
health related activity. How this sum will be<br />
divided between Boards has yet to be agreed.<br />
One can see the logic behind many of these<br />
recommendations which will work better for<br />
some areas than others, but the current proposal<br />
is that both Penn and Tylers Green are in the<br />
'Mid Chilterns' Board which stretches from<br />
Flackwell Heath in the south to Hyde End and<br />
Ballinger in the north, covering over 20 towns,<br />
villages and hamlets. There is no major town<br />
providing a focus in the proposed Board and<br />
very little commonality of interests between the<br />
mix of Parishes in such an elongated area. Penn<br />
with its Penn Street and Winchmore Hill<br />
hamlets has decided that it would much prefer<br />
to look to be part of Amersham. On the other<br />
hand, Tylers Green and part of Penn are<br />
effectively one community and some would<br />
hope that in time this arrangement could<br />
be formalised.<br />
The consultation paper includes a<br />
detailed examination of why the Local<br />
Area Forums (LAFs) have not been a<br />
success - interest has been low and<br />
attendance very poor because parishes<br />
do not identify with it, the budget is<br />
miniscule and the staffing inadequate.<br />
The hope is that these matters will be<br />
addressed by the new Board<br />
arrangements.<br />
In the evaluation of options there is<br />
currently no information about how the<br />
Police, primary care providers and<br />
other partner organisations map onto<br />
the proposed Board structure. This is an<br />
important consideration and needs to be<br />
looked at before final decisions are<br />
made.<br />
The 19-Board solution puts Tylers<br />
Green in the Chepping Wye Valley area<br />
and Penn with Amersham. The<br />
14-Board solution keeps Penn & Tylers<br />
Green together but has other<br />
complexities which are not ideal. The<br />
question is, which of these options is<br />
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the least worst?<br />
The consultation for this closed on 30th<br />
September. At the time of VV going to press<br />
Penn Parish has chosen to opt for the 19 Board<br />
solution and CWPC has yet to make its<br />
decision.<br />
The Residents Society has not yet discussed<br />
the matter and opinions will vary. It may be<br />
that we opt for the 14 Board solution on the<br />
basis that even though it is not perfect, in the<br />
longer term it will be in the interests of the<br />
community for Penn & Tylers Green to be in<br />
the same Board if they are ever to become<br />
formally joined together.<br />
Much thought has gone into the arrangements<br />
for these new Boards and their purpose<br />
undoubtedly meets a need, but the Mid<br />
Chilterns Board as proposed is far from ideal<br />
and requires further work. Miles Green<br />
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