Village Clean-up – Change of Date

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We’ve had to change the date of the

VILLAGE LITTER PICK AND CLEAN-UP

We’re giving Chilton & Easington a spring-clean!

CAN YOU HELP?

Date: Saturday 23rd March

Time: 9.30am-12.30pm

Meeting place: 4 Chapel Lane (first house on the right of Chapel Lane)

Post clean-up refreshments: 12.30pm – Bacon rolls, tea and coffee

You might have noticed the huge amount of litter dropped on verges and hedgerows in and around the parish. It looks dreadful so let’s clear it up!

We’ll also be clearing the gutters of winter debris and generally giving the village a good spring clean.

We’ll supply litter pickers, hi-viz tabards, rubbish bags and disposable gloves. Please bring garden tools if you fancy tidying the footpaths, gutters and the churchyard.

Everyone welcome!

If you can spare an hour or so to get the village ready for spring, please email me as we’d like to know how many bacon butties we need to make :0)

Rebecca

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Chilton Parish Council Public Meeting – Thursday March 7th

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The next Parich Councill meeting will take place on Thursday 7th March.

7.30pm start in  Bruern Abbey School

Right-hand classroom in the school car park next to St Mary’s church

 

All residents are welcome to attend and also to submit additional items for inclusion on the agenda to the Clerk by February 28th

Please note: The minutes of the meeting held on 31st January are now available on our website

Village Litter Pick & Cleanup

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We’re giving Chilton & Easington a spring clean!
CAN YOU HELP?
Date: Sunday 17th March
Time: 9.30 am-12.30 pm
Meeting place: 4 Chapel Lane (first house on the right of Chapel Lane)
Post-clean-up refreshments: 12.30 pm – Bacon rolls, tea and coffee
You might have noticed the huge amount of litter dropped on verges and hedgerows in and around the parish. It looks dreadful, so let’s clear it up!
We’ll also be clearing the gutters of winter debris and generally giving the village a good spring clean.
We’ll supply litter pickers, hi-viz tabards, rubbish bags and disposable gloves. Please bring garden tools if you fancy tidying the footpaths, gutters and the churchyard.
Everyone welcome!
If you can spare an hour or so to get the village ready for spring, please email me, as I’d like to know how many bacon butties I need to make
Rebecca
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News of the Community Greenspace project

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The project aimed at creating a new community green space for Chilton made some good progress in 2023; an options appraisal for the which site to select was completed, the Parish Council then secured a new lease arrangement from Chilton Home Farms Ltd. for the land on Thame Road (opposite Princes Close which had previously served as a playground in the 1990s), a village survey was completed to gather views on what residents would like to see in the green space and, finally, in December 2023 the overgrown vegetation on the land was cleared. Please visit the site and view its great potential to act as a future community asset for the village.

So, what’s next for 2024? It has started off well with a New Year’s Day litter clearance of the site. Here is one resident, Emilia (aged 7), after collecting four full rubbish bags of mostly cans and bottles (with many of these pre-dating this century!).

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The remaining Winter and Spring months will see a focus on clearing some of the overgrown hedges & dying trees in front of the land to improve sightlines for both the crossing and to the green space itself, continue to work with Buckinghamshire Council on other traffic safety measure options for the crossing, levelling the land and raising further funds through a range of routes including grants.

There are various phases to this project with the exact timelines, in part, being dictated by the available resources (both in terms of active volunteers and finance).

If you would like to volunteer to join the Project Group and support its further development in 2024, please contact Stephen Pinel (07818 822478 or email  ). We’re particularly interested to hear from anyone with landscape design expertise!

 

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Chilton Community Green Space Survey – Have Your Say

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We are pushing forward with our Community Greenspace project and need to hear from you.
We want to know exactly what you want the Greenspace to be and need to hear your suggestions.
Would you mind taking two minutes to complete this online form?
It would be great if you could submit your response by Sunday, 8th October 2023. 
 
Thank you!
 
https://forms.office.com/r/xx4xVqY1QX 
 
If you would prefer to complete a paper copy, please visit the noticeboard in the Chilton bus shelter and return to Frances Stacey (14 Thame Road, Chilton).

Let’s set up an Environment Group

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Volunteers Wanted for the Chilton Environment Team

Chilton Parish Council is setting up a team of volunteer residents to support the PC in enhancing the appearance and environment of Chilton & Easington.

This Environment Team would;

  • Organise the village clean-up events and working parties for specific projects.
  • Organise village participation initiatives – for example, a spring bulb planting project.
  • Monitor and maintain the footpaths and stiles around the parish. Maintenance would be carried out by landowners, sub-contractors and village volunteers.
  • Report maintenance issues of village infrastructure, trees and verges to the Parish Council.
  • Suggest investments and projects that improve the aesthetics of our village.

A community-led Environment Team has worked well in neighbouring villages, making a real difference to their village centres and surroundings, so let’s replicate the model.

To do this, we need the help of the community itself, so if you care about Chilton and want to see how you can help improve the village, please get in touch.

Nick Wasey

Chair – Chilton PC

Nick Wasey

Chair – Chilton PC

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Do you have any spare apples?

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Chilton is blessed with an abundance of apples, yet unfortunately, a significant portion of these apples end up going to waste. To tackle this issue, Philippa Green has devised a plan to transform the surplus apples into Chilton Apple Juice that will help in financing projects like our Community Green Space Project.

To participate in this project, register your interest, and we will quickly get in touch with you to gather the apples and transport them for juicing. The resultant juice will then be sold both online and at various village events, with all proceeds being utilised for the betterment of the village.

If you desire more information regarding this project, Philippa will be available at this week’s Chilton Social (Friday, 5:30 p.m., St Mary’s Church) and will be delighted to explain more.

So, if you’re willing and able to lend a hand, we would appreciate you registering for this exciting and worthwhile project.

 

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Parish Council Meeting Tonight

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Don’t forget our Parish Council Meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Bruern Abbey Senior School.

The meeting will be held in the left-hand classroom at the top of the church car park.

Everyone is welcome and don’t forget to tell your friends and neighbours.

You can download a copy of the agenda from https://www.chiltonpc.org.uk/agendas-minutes

 

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Parish Council Meeting

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There will be a Parish Council Meeting on Thursday 7th September at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

The meeting will be held at Bruern School in the left-hand classroom at the top of the church car park.

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Members of the public are invited to submit additional items for inclusion on the agenda no later than Tuesday 5th September @ 5 p.m. to The Clerk via – https://www.chiltonpc.org.uk/meeting-requests or by contacting the Clerk direct by email

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Please note: Members of the public cannot comment during the meeting until they are invited to do so by the Chair. Comments can only be made in relation to published Agenda items. Any new items raised on the evening will be noted and added to the Agenda for the following meeting.
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Full minutes of meetings will be available on www.chiltonpc.org.uk

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Fix My Street Does Work

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The road defects in Chapel Lane were repaired in June after Duncan Parker registered all the potholes on Buckinghamshire Fix-My-Street, proving that the system does work.

Thank you to Duncan and all the other residents who have reported road defects and other street maintenance issues this year. Most have now been fixed, but there are plenty of faults to register! With a new Local Area Technician for Buckinghamshire Roads (who has visited Chilton and met with councillors) and a new roads maintenance contractor in Balfour Beatty, we are promised an improved level of service.

Issues will be prioritised if more people register a fault, so if you would like to see something fixed, don’t leave it to others to register the problem. Just go on to our website and visit www.chiltonpc.org.uk/fix-my-street  (You’ll find it under Useful Numbers in the menu) and take five minutes to log the fault.

Also, please encourage neighbours to do the same.

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