The 10 to watch - who will lead Buckinghamshire Council? The first Bucks unitary elections are over and the results are in – the Conservatives have come out on top, taking 113 seats and the overall majority at Buckinghamshire Council. The next step is for the controlling party to name a man or woman to lead the council for the next four years. Former leader Martin Tett, who was elected in the Little Chalfont and Amersham Common ward, confirmed at the Chiltern count on Saturday he would be putting himself forward for the position again. Our sources also told us challengers are expected to vie for his position as the group will decide who it could be – but there has been confirmation on rumoured names.
Residents call for weight restriction in village to stop lorry drivers using it as cut-through Almost 300 people signed a petition for a 7.5 tonne weight restriction in a Bucks village to stop lorry drivers using it as a “cut-through”. Residents are calling for the limit to be introduced in Coleshill, near Amersham, saying it will “prevent HGVs using Coleshill village as a cut through when the main roads are congested.” The petition added: “This is intended to make Coleshill village safer for residents, walkers and cyclists, and minimise damage to roads, verges, trees and property throughout the village.” Members of the Amersham Community Board debated the petition at a meeting on February 18.
“It’s the most ridiculous thing anyone could possibly do going through a small village. “It’s narrow, there are cottages down there that don’t have garages or gardens or anywhere to pull off the road, so it is extremely difficult. “We have the bus coming up as well and everything else with HS2.” Jon Herbert, who started the petition, said there is a “very, very strong feeling” among residents about the issue. He said: “I was very disappointed to read the report from the officer who seems to have started off with the premise of ‘no, let’s just justify it’.
Main image: Google CCTV could be installed in a village nature park to combat vandalism and “drug-taking”.
Little Chalfont Parish Council has applied for funding to install the cameras at Little Chalfont Nature Park, after a “small minority of young people” were found to have vandalised park furniture and bird boxes, and used the park for taking drugs. A parish council spokesman said: “This causes distress to users and is stopping some from visiting the park. Actions, including visits by police officers, have failed to stop the problem. “CCTV will go a long way to identifying the perpetrators and minimising, if not eliminating, the problem.
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