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Thinking
of holding a Street Party for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee?
You
may have heard about the “Big Lunch” initiative to encourage communities
to get together and organise street parties and fancy taking part.
If
so Bucks County Council is doing things to help. Normal road closure
fees are being waivered for any Diamond Jubilee or London 2012
Games celebration next year. They are also offering grants
of £50 to cover the cost of Public liability insurance for
the first 100 organisers who provide proof or their application
& acceptance.
For
further information and to obtain your toolkit for this historic
day, please click on the link below.
http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/leisure/street_parties.page
For
further information on the Big Lunch, click on the following link.
http://www.thebiglunch.com
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Iver
Heath Tennis Club
Reduced
individual membership fee until 1st April 2012.
Come
and play tennis with us! All abilities welcome!
3
all-weather floodlit courts.
1
mini red kidzone court.
Competitive
and social tennis programmes.
lta
licensed club coach with junior and adult coaching sessions.
Large
clubhouse and ample free parking with affiliation to the bowling
club bar.
Competitive
annual membership fees.
Click
here for more details
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TV
SWITCHOVER IS COMING AND HELP IS AT HAND
Digital
switchover is coming to our village soon, and if you don't convert
your TV to digital by the time of the switchover, you won't be
able to watch any TV programmes.
The
BBC-run Switchover Help Scheme can convert one TV to digital for
you. You are eligible for the Help Scheme if you are:
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aged 75 or over, or
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live in a care home (for six months or more), or
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receive (or could get):
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Disability
Living Allowance (DLA), or
•
Attendance or Constant Attendance Allowance, or
•
Mobility Supplement,
or
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registered blind or partially sighted
If
you are eligible then the Help Scheme will write to you directly.
All you need to do is respond to the letter by sending back a
completed reply form or telephone for free on 0800 40 85 900.
If you receive a letter, please respond even if you don't need
any help.
The
scheme can provide and install easy to use equipment to switch
one TV. It includes an approved installer, aerial upgrade if needed
and a 12 month aftercare service, with free helpline. Most people
will be asked to pay £40 towards the service but it can
be free for those who receive certain income -related benefits.
Do
you know someone who needs a helping hand switching to digital
TV? Please talk to them and make sure they get the help they are
entitled to by telling them about the Switchover Help Scheme.
If
you need any further information, or know someone who may need
help, then please contact your designated support person for our
area
For
further information on the Switchover Help Scheme visit helpscheme.co.uk
or call 0800 40 85 900. Textphone users can call 0800 40
85 936.
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The
New Pavilion at Iver Recreation Ground
Work
started on September 19th on the building of the new community
sports pavilion at Iver Recreation Ground and good progress has
been made in the first couple of months.
On
August 1st 2011 Iver
Parish Council announced confirmation that the new £464,143
pavilion would be built, supported by a £115,636 grant awarded
by the Football Foundation, the country's largest sports charity.
It is planned that the
building will be completed by the end of March 2012.
To
read the press release, click
here. (146KB pdf file)
The
new building will enable the development of football for young
people and adults in the parish. The building will have 2 changing
areas with referee/officials changing and a small hall, kitchen,
office and storage space. There will be a toilet accessible from
outside for the convenience of spectators and others.
The
current changing rooms do not comply with up to date legislation
on Disability Access and are also in need of major works to the
showers and other facilities. It is hoped that, at a later
date, they will be converted into a garage and workshop for the
Council's mowers and equipment
To
see the proposed plan, elevation and perspective view, click
here
(397KB pdf file)
To
see the site plan, click
here
(139KB pdf file)
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Parish
Council receives a grant for youth work.
We
have received a grant from the Buckinghamshire Community Foundation
to
assist with our youth outreach work.
Click
here to read the press release.
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Home
Library Service
Do
you find it difficult to visit a library because of mobility
problems or poor health? Is it difficult to find someone to
visit the library for you?
We can help. One of our Library Visitors could deliver this
service to you for free.
This
service is run by Buckinghamshire Libraries in partnership with
the WRVS.
For
more information click
here
or
telephone the Library Service on 08452303232
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Big
Fine for Fly-tipping
Two
waste removal men, trading as Little and Large Tipper Truck
Services, who charged a householder £150 to take away
rubbish they later dumped in Ford Lane, Iver, each face a court
bill of £1,555. Kevin Lee Brown, aged 33, and Michael
Tarrant, aged 27, both from West Drayton, Middlesex, appeared
before High Wycombe Magistrates Court on 19 August 2011 when
they both pleaded guilty to illegally dumping household waste.
 The
court heard that on 20 July 2009 household waste was found dumped
in Ford Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire.
Items
within the waste were traced to a local address. The householder
had paid Mr Brown and Mr Tarrant £150 to take away rubbish.
That pair had sent out flyers advertising their waste removal
service, under the name Little and Large Tipper Truck Services.
In
June and July 2010, Mr Brown and Mr Tarrant were arrested by
West Drayton Police on suspicion of fly tipping. At the time
they were both interviewed by enforcement officers from the
Buckinghamshire Waste Partnership. Both denied any involvement
in the illegal dumping until appearing in court on August 19,
2011.
Magistrates
fined Mr Brown and Mr Tarrant £350 each and ordered them
each to pay £1,205 in costs.
Bill
Lidgate, chairman of Buckinghamshire's Joint Waste Partnership,
said:
"Taking
a significant payment from an innocent householder to remove
rubbish, and then dump it in the countryside is just about as
bad this kind of behaviour can get. I am very pleased the magistrates
saw fit to enforce realistic costs in this case, as it always
falls to the taxpayers to pay for the clean-up costs. And
well done to the householder, who had kept details of the waste
removal company, in line with their duty of care responsibilities.
Always, always take down the details of anyone who offers, or
who you pay, to remove any rubbish from your property and keep
them, just in case."
The
Waste Partnership launched the "Illegal Dumping Costs" campaign
in November 2003 to combat illegal dumping and waste management
offences in Buckinghamshire. Since that date the Partnership
has secured 252 convictions against individuals and companies
for illegal dumping and related offences.
If a person sees anyone dumping waste illegally in Buckinghamshire,
they can report it on the illegal dumping reporting hotline
on 0845 330 1856.
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Iver
Parish Guide 2011-2013.
A
new Iver Parish Guide 2011-2013 hass been distributed
to all households in the parish.
To
view this online click
here (
2.53 MB pdf file )
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Iver
Parish Council is a Quality Parish Council.
 On
March 1st 2007, Iver Parish Council was awarded Quality Parish
Council Status
by
NALC (the National Association of Local Councils). This was re-accredited
on July 18th 2011
for
a further 4 years. To see a picture of the award being presented
to the Council
click
here.
The Rural White Paper "Our Countryside: The Future, a Fair
Deal for Rural England",
published
in November 2000, recognised the important role of the first tier
of local government and proposed a number of initiatives designed
to enhance the role of parish and town councils.
Subsequently,
in June 2003 the Quality Town and Parish Council Scheme was launched.
In
order to achieve Quality status, parish/town councils have to
complete a number of tests.
These
test are split largely into seven categories;
1. Electoral Mandate;
2. Qualifications of the Clerk;
3. Council Meetings;
4. Communication;
5. Annual Reports;
6. Accounts
7. Ethical Framework
The tests are designed to ensure that the parish council is functioning
as an effective, representative and
active
council.
Iver Parish Council is proud to have satisfied all of these criteria
and to demonstrate to our local community
that
we are an efficient, well run parish council. We will now be in
a better position to take on additional services and areas of
responsibility from our principal authorities (Bucks C.C. and
SBDC)
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Walk
your way to better health.
Take
a walk on the third Saturday afternoon every month on footpaths
and country lanes around Iver.
A
new initiative organised by Bucks County Council.
click
here for more details Walk
in Iver
Also
see
Everybody
wants to be more active, but the problem is often getting started!
Whatever
it may be, there is an activity out there to suit everyone. It
could be anything from walking, belly dancing, netball to going
to the gym. And Reactivate is here to help you find it!
For
more info see the website www.reactivatebucks.org
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Local
Election Results
Local
Elections were held on May 5th 2011 for Iver Parish Council and
South Bucks District Council.
There
was an election for Iver Village and Richings Park ward for both
the Parish Coucil and the District Council.
There
was an election in Iver Heath and Wexham & Iver West wards
only for the District Council. The Parish Councillors in
these wards were elected unopposed.
To
see the results for the Parish elections click
here.
To
see the results for the District elections click
here.
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The
Project Pinewood Public inquiry |
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Residents
making their feelings known at the Evreham Centre just before
the opening of the public enquiry |
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The
Inquiry at the Adult Learning Centre at The Evreham Centre started
on April 5th 2011 and finished on May 11th 2010. The
final day, May 11th, was for the closing submissions.
First
was Charlie Hopkins, solicitor for Stop Project Pinewood and the
Parish Councils of Iver, Fulmer and Denham, representing local
residents - the people who will be affected by the extra traffic,
rat runs, the safety on the road
issues, school shortages, quality of life
concerns, doubling the size of the village and the multitude
of individual worries that a project of the magnitude of Project
Pinewood generates.
He
was followed by Simon Bird Q.C. and Ms Melissa Murphy, junior
council, for South Bucks District Council. They took the planning
issues one by one. Policies, guidelines, Colne Valley Park
and Green belt issues were all covered. Cross examinations and
witnesses statements were dissected and the opinions expresssed
questioned. Our legal team highlighted the lack of business
analysis and evidence
for the project
from Pinewood Studios' experts.
After
lunch the inquiry ended with Mr. Katkowski Q.C. for Pinewood Studios.
He extolled the virtues of creative clusters, living streetscapes,
the Screen Crafts Academy , greener building design etc. etc.
One
of his final lines was
“But
what if Project Pinewood doesn't realise its potential? This is
where the genius of the idea comes into play because even if the
views of those who stand the best chance of judging this right
.......turn out to be ill-founded, Project Pinewood would still
deliver 1,400 new homes in an area where there is huge unmet need
for market housing”
This
was exactly why the inquiry had to take place!
The
streetscapes etc would have been merely an excuse
and those 1400 homes would have been built on green belt land.
The
Inspector will now start writing her report on the main planning
application (Project Pinewood and the streetscapes etc.) but will
keep the inquiry open for the appeals about the two new planning
applications for Five Points Roundabout and the Sevenhills Road/Denham
Road junction. This is likely to be heard in September. We must
then wait for the final decision - probably well into next year.
For
details of the Stop Project Pinewood campaign click here
www.stopprojectpinewood.co.uk
To
see Pinewood's response to the result click
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Evreham
Sports Centre Achieve 'Highly Commended'
The
Evreham Sports Centre in Iver has moved into the top tier of sports
and leisure providers in the country.
The industry standard assessment process of Quest is followed
by all leading companies in sport and leisure and ‘benchmarks'
how well a site is performing on issues such as health and safety,
customer care, staff development, the role within the community
and more.
The Evreham Sports Centre scored a high score of 71% in its first
assessment two years ago. Since then Nexus Community, who manage
the site on behalf of South Bucks District Council, have implemented
a wide variety of improvements. These improvements and the hard
work of staff have seen a fantastic rise of 10% to score 81%.
On the second cycle of the assessment process this can be seen
as a remarkable achievement and puts the centre easily into the
top 10% in the country.
For
the press release click
here
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A
new Slimming World group is opening
at
the Evreham Centre, Swallow Street, Iver Heath, SL0 0HS
Opened Tuesday
5th April 2011 at 7:30pm. and will meet every Tuesday at
7:30pm
Contact
Jo Dubbelman 07432 107089.
You
will always receive a warm and friendly welcome.
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New
BMX track opened at Iver
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The
new track was launched on Friday 16 th July 2010.
What
an event! We had food, music, bikes, professional BMX bikers and
lots and lots of people!
The
track was being used by ages 4 - 69 yrs. We must have had over
150 people there, all eager and energized about the new track
and the new BMX club that is starting up.
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New
Tree Warden
The
Parish Council has recently appointed a tree warden for Iver
parish. Tree wardens are volunteers who get involved in local
tree matters, gather information and encourage local practical
projects to do with trees and woods. Our new tree warden is
Parish Councillor Carol Gibson.
Carol's
first major project in Autumn 2010, was to organise the planting
of more than 1000 trees and bushes to form a new hedge in Iver
Heath Fields along the embankment with the M25. The fields are
behind Ashford Road/Pinewood Green. Access is by a footpath
opposite The Stag and Hounds and another opposite the width
restriction in Pinewood Green. The ‘Friends of Iver Heath Fields'
keep a general eye on the fields and have working parties to
plant wild flowers and cut back undergrowth and they helped
with planting the new hedge. They were assisted by personal
friends of Carol's and the Parish Council maintenance team together
with Blue Sky Development & Regeneration. This is a charity
established by Groundwork Thames Valley, set up to give paid
work to people coming out of prison, to enable them to move
successfully into long-term employment.
Funding
came from Stella Artois and their promotion ‘The
Real Hedge Fund' .
The
aim was to plant 73 km of new hedges and 8,500 new hedge trees
in communities across the UK .
Just
now 1125 mixed ‘whips' of hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple,
dog rose, dogwood and hazel are waiting for the right combination
of rain and fine weather to bring them into leaf. In time the
hedge will become a wildlife corridor to provide shelter and
breeding places for birds, butterflies and other insects as
well as small mammals. It should cut some traffic noise and
look wonderful. So go for a walk in the fields, see the new
hedge and the skylarks and the red kites.
Carol's
next project will be to plant a similar number of saplings on
land recently acquired by the Parish Council in Swan Road in
Iver. That will take place next winter when the plants are dormant.
So look out for the appeal for more help around November!
Thanks
to;-
Steve
Finn and his team from Blue Sky Development & Regeneration;
Friends of IH Fields; Carol's personal friends; The Tree Council
and Stella Artois .
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Official
opening of new play area at Iver Park & Recreation Ground.
The
official opening of the Iver Recreation Ground play area by councilllor
Deirdre Holloway, chairman of South Bucks District Council, took
place on Tuesday 1st September 2009. It was installed by
the council as part of the Let's Play! Programme funded by the
Big Lottery Fund through South Bucks District Council and provides
new pieces of equipment for older children to allow them to practise
their climbing skills.
The
equipment was produced by Monster Play.
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Youth
Work.
Opportunities
occur from time to time for additional short-term help with
local youth work. If anyone is qualified or on the way
to becoming qualified as a youth worker and is looking for work
either short-term or longer term on a part-time basis then we
would like to hear from you. Call the clerk at Iver Parish Council
(01753 655331) or drop you CV into the Council offices at 63
Chequers Orchard or email it to clerk@iverparishcouncil.gov.uk
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Iver
Parish Council takes responsibility for local highways problems.
On
July 28th 2008, Iver Parish Council became the first parish
council in Buckinghamshire to undertake some of the County Council’s
highways functions. We now employ a maintenance person, 2 days
a week, as the eyes and ears of the County Council for highways
problems.
He can do minor works such as removal of fly posting, trimming
vegetation blocking footpaths and pavements, fixing minor problems
with road signs, removal of graffiti on signs, requesting residents
to trim their hedges where it obstructs pavements or vision on
road junctions, giving permission for temporary signs for charity
events and similar work.
This
formal agreement allows the parish council to make decisions and
target resources on the problems which we know concerns our local
residents.
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Peace
Road opened to Black Park on April 25th. 2008
On
25th of April, 2008, a footpath from Pinewood Road into Black
Park was opened across land owned by Pinewood Studios. The
Studios have erected an internal fence so that the new path can
go through the south of their land. Many older residents
remember this path being open before World War 2 when it was known
as Peace Road.
Parish Council Chairman Julian Wilson with Reg Gould formally
opened the footpath. Reg, who was born in Iver Heath and remembered
the path as a boy, did much of the research to provide evidence
for the earlier existence of this path. The path will provide
a short cut for residents so that they can walk to Black Park
rather than driving there.
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The
New Children's Playground at Iver Recreation Ground
opened on March 11th. 2008
Parish
Council Chairman, Julian Wilson, officially opened the new playground
on March 11th at 10.30am.
Work
began at Iver Recreation Ground last October to re-locate the
children’s playground into the corner of the main recreation
grounds and use the former playground site to extend the car park.
A
number of children from the Infants School and the Monday Playgroup
immediately started to try out the new play equipment.
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Iver
Youth hold a Clean up Day.
On
Monday Feb 18th 2008, Sally Tugwell our Outreach Youth Worker
organised a Clean up Day at Iver Recreation Ground and the High
Street. Sally and about 15 young people with the help of our local
PCSO’s cleaned graffiti, painted walls and cleared litter
and ended the day with a barbecue. The young people wanted to
make a stand about being judged by the community for being ‘youth’
and all the bad connotations that come with that.
This
is an extract from a letter they wrote to the press.
Dear
Iver community,
Today, we are doing our bit towards the community by clearing
up the mess, admittedly caused by other people our age. We are
proud to be part of Iver and are working together on a clean up
campaign to give something back to our community.
Like you, we have also noticed the bad language and graffiti in
the area and we think it’s rude and insensitive, especially
in the kid’s playground. What’s worse is that we get
blamed for it just because we’re young and hang around the
area.
We hope to prove to you, by our clean up campaign, that we too
care and would like to join you in looking after the area.
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Free
loft and cavity wall insulation.
Cold
homes can result in cold-related illnesses. Tell people you know
about subsidised insulation for those aged 60 plus and FREE Home
Insulation available for residents aged 70 and over!
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£10,000
for Iver Community Libraries.
Alan
Oxley (Chairman ICLL) receiving the cheque from Cllr. Maureen
Royston (Vice Chairman SBDC)
On
Saturday 23rd June 2007 at a sponsored walk event raising money
for a number of local charities including Iver Community Libraries,
the vice chairman of South Bucks District Council presented a
cheque for £10,000 to Iver Community Libraries. The money
was promised by South Bucks when the first community library opened
in Richings Park. It is hoped that a location for a second library
in Iver Village will be agreed in the near future and this money
will help equip and run both libraries for a number of years.
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Iver
Parish Council is a Quality Parish Council.
On
March 1st 2007, Iver Parish Council was awarded Quality Parish
Council Status
by
NALC (the National Association of Local Councils). This was re-accredited
on July 18th 2011
for
a further 4 years. To see a picture of the award being presented
to the Council
click
here.
The Rural White Paper "Our Countryside: The Future, a Fair
Deal for Rural England",
published
in November 2000, recognised the important role of the first tier
of local government and proposed a number of initiatives designed
to enhance the role of parish and town councils.
Subsequently,
in June 2003 the Quality Town and Parish Council Scheme was launched.
In
order to achieve Quality status, parish/town councils have to
complete a number of tests.
These
test are split largely into seven categories;
1. Electoral Mandate;
2. Qualifications of the Clerk;
3. Council Meetings;
4. Communication;
5. Annual Reports;
6. Accounts
7. Ethical Framework
The tests are designed to ensure that the parish council is functioning
as an effective, representative and
active
council.
Iver Parish Council is proud to have satisfied all of these criteria
and to demonstrate to our local community
that
we are an efficient, well run parish council. We will now be in
a better position to take on additional services and areas of
responsibility from our principal authorities (Bucks C.C. and
SBDC)
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Parish
Council Newsletters.
The
Parish Council prints a newsletter regularly in the Iver and Iver
Heath church magazines and copies are available in Iver at the
Health Centre, Dentist and Post Office ,
in
Iver Heath at the Library, Trewarden Medical Centre and Slough
Road Post Office ,
in
Richings Park at Cornerstone and Post Office .
Also
at the Parish Council office and at Parish Council meetings.
To read the newsletters click on the links below.
Nov
2006 Parish
Council Newsletter. (PDF file)
Jan 2007
Parish Council Newsletter. (PDF file)
May
2007 Parish Council Newsletter. (PDF
file)
Dec
2007 Parish Council Newsletter.
(PDF file)
Mar
2008 Parish Council Newsletter. (PDF
file)
Dec
2008 Parish Council Newsletter. (PDF file)
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The
Chairman's Badge of Office.
In
2006, Iver Parish Council was presented with a Badge of Office
to be worn by the Chairman or Vice Chairman at Council meetings
and on other official occasions.
It was donated in memory of the late Councillor Terry Watkins.
The design (by Iver resident Chris Woolley) takes it’s reference
from the name of the parish.
Iver
comes from the Saxon, Evreham, meaning the settlement (“ham”)
on the slope (“evre”) above the valley of the River
Colne.
Above the green slope and the blue water is an outline map of
the present parish in red together with
the
swan of Buckinghamshire.
This emblem is surrounded by the names of the three main constituent
settlements of the parish.
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