Started: 6 Jan 10.00am & 17 Mar 10.30am (listed in blue) Weather: cold overcast on 6 Jan & wet with hail on 17 Mar Revisited: 31 Mar, clean up day (listed in red) Survey carried out by: Tim Harmer and Lesley Harmer Area of survey from the bottom end of […]
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On 15 May 2019 Chiltern District Council approved the publication of the Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan 2036 for a six-week public consultation. The consultation is now open until midnight Fri 23 Aug 2019 (this has been extended from the original consultation period which was to have ended on […]
On 25 Apr 2019 Buckinghamshire councillors voted unanimously to ask the Government to halt HS2 enabling works in Buckinghamshire until they have issued Notice to Proceed. The motion was put forward by county councillor Charlie Clare and seconded by councillor Angela Macpherson.
Buckinghamshire County Council is proposing to construct a new Zebra Crossing in the publicly maintained section of The Broadway in Old Amersham at a point approximately 12 metres east of the entrance to the Old Town Dovecote Car Park, in front of the new McCarthy & Stone Retirement Development.
HS2 Ltd have informed the HS2 Amersham Action Group that they will be holding a public drop in event at Chiltern District Council Offices in King George V Road on Friday, 17th November from 2 – 6pm. The HS2 Amersham Action Group met with HS2 Ltd in June , urging them […]
Many members will have noticed, unlike the photograph, the very low water level in the River Misbourne in recent weeks, and the fact that it has completely dried up in the area around Tesco. The Chiltern Chalk Streams Project Officer of the Chilterns Conservation Board has provided us with the […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team which has recommenced the production of the update after a relatively quiet period in the project following Royal Assent in February.:
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). HS2 Hybrid Bill and Royal Assent You will probably be aware that the Promoter has now responded to the House of […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). House of Lords Select Committee The Select Committee has now published their report which you can read at […]
Below is the Amersham Society response to the Oct 2016 Green Belt Preferred Options Consultation on the Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils Emerging Local Plan. The original document with illustrations is available here.
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). House of Lords Select Committee The Select Committee has now finished its deliberations and their report should follow shortly; […]
Did you know that • Chiltern District Council must produce a Local Plan by early 2017 or the Government will step in and impose one? • Chiltern DC is working with South Bucks DC to produce one? • They estimate that there will be a need for 14 700 new […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). House of Lords Select Committee The latest programme of appearances from 15 November to 23 November […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). House of Lords Select Committee Buckinghamshire County Council appeared before the Committee on Monday 24 October to present its evidence. […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). House of Lords Select Committee The House of Lords Select Committee is currently in recess but returns […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at new safeguarding directions and the schedule for the House of Lords Select Committee. […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at the appointment of the HS2 Construction Commissioner and the visit to Buckinghamshire by the […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at the ongoing Locus Standi challenges and House of Lords Select Committee process and also the appointment […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at the recently published National Audit Office and forthcoming Public Accounts Committee session. Tunnel evidence […]
The HS2 Amersham Action Group will be among the exhibitors at Amersham Carnival & Town Show on Saturday 9th July. The Action Group will provide a fully-manned display to bring local people up to date on the progress of the HS2 project and the controversy which still surrounds it. […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at the upcoming House of Lords Select Committee hearings and the Select Committee visits that took […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at the upcoming House of Lords Select Committee hearings and the East West Rail/ HS2 integration […]
We have received the following update from the Buckinghamshire County Council HS2 team: (Note: previous Updates can be found on the Campaigns part of this web site at https://www.amershamsociety.org/topics/hs2/). This E-update looks at the upcoming House of Lords Select Committee hearing and upcoming HS2 events in the County. House of […]