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.
“This is poor level local policing and, needless to say, hinders the confidence in the police.” He said he called police again on April 7 when he “became aware of 10 to 12 youths gathered in the car park kicking a ball against a garden fence” which divides the garden from the car park, and was concerned the repeated kicking would damage the fence. He said: “Whilst on call to the operator the youths continued to kick the ball against the property. I relayed this to the operator only for them to advise if the gate hasn’t been damaged, they would not attend.
The parish council then accused certain nuns of fraudulently conspiring to get the planning permission by misrepresenting the past use of the school’s playing fields, arguing that getting planning consent meant the order was able to sell the site to developers for £31 million. The court was told the nuns said three acres of the playing fields were not used as sports fields, which the council claimed was untrue, alleging the nuns made this claim because had the area also been used as playing fields, the plans would have been refused under the district council’s policy on loss of sports facilities.
By Pat Bramley, property writer
A converted watermill in Bledlow Parts of Bucks are paved in gold judging by house prices. According to the results of latest research by Savills published on Tuesday, property values in places like Beaconsfield, Taplow, Burnham, Stoke Poges, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross and Iver are not far below those in the poshest parts of London. A total of 6,682 houses, equivalent to 22.6 per cent of the homes – close enough to one in five lining the streets in the former South Bucks District Council area – would fetch £1 million or more if they came on the market. The tally in South Bucks is the seventh highest concentration of £1m-plus homes in the UK.