At 8pm on Sunday, 18th September there will be a national minute’s silence as a moment of reflection on the eve of the Funeral of Her Late Majesty. There will be no formally organised event in the parish but if you wish to hold a local event some guidance has been issued as one possible way in which to manage it.

A copy of the Proclamation of the accession of King Charles III may be downloaded here.

The Parish Council meets at 7.30pm on Thursday, 15 May in the Church Room at Potten End. The agenda can be downloaded and contains links to all the supporting papers.

New county councillor

Following the County Council elections on 1 May when our previous County Councillor, Terry Douris, didn’t stand for re-election, our new County Councillor is Caroline Smith-Wright. The Parish Council would like to thank Terry for everything he’s achieved for the parish during his time as County Councillor and to congratulate Caroline on her election.

Terry will continue to act as the parish’s Dacorum councillor.

Highways

There continue to be a plethora of road closures in and around the parish over the next three months for a variety of reasons. Rather than list them here you can see them summarised here or for more up to date information please refer to Causeway one network.

At the April council meeting, Terry Douris reported that Highways had concluded a report onto ways to improve the junction at Church Rd, The Green and Water End Rd. The proposals included a raised platform at the junction and changing both The Green and Church Rd into one-way streets away from the junction. At the moment nothing has been concluded and there is no timescale for delivery.

Planning

The Council supported planning applications for The Barn, Little Heath Lane and Orchard Cottage, Frithsden Lane. At its meeting on Thursday it will consider the following applications at its meeting (reference numbers relate to the Dacorum Planning Portal)

• 26 Hempstead Lane – front wall and gates (retrospective) (25/01071/RET).
• Raja Tuan – addition of veranda to rear and veranda to side of existing barn (25/00965/FHA)

Infrastructure investment in our Parish: Have your say!

A final reminder that the Parish Council will be considering investing in one or more of seven infrastructure projects around the village and would very much like your views on which you consider most important. You can express your views using the online survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/… The Council will be closing the survey on 22 May.

Chilterns National Landscape 

The Parish Council has been advised that the review of the National Landscape (previously the AONB) boundaries has been cancelled because of a lack of funding. More information can be found here.

Meanwhile there is a consultation about the National Landscapes Nature Recovery Plan – more details here.

Details Of Meeting

Meeting held on Thursday 14th December 2017
In the Church Rooms, Potten End at 7.30pm
Continue reading “PC Meeting Thursday 14th December 2017”

The Village Pond is getting its annual makeover. Thank you to Clearwater Ponds for their hard work.

Herts County Council have refused the Parish Council’s request to have the speed limit between the “trident” junction at the top of Gravel Path and the entrance to Potten End village reduced from 50mph to 40mph. Continue reading “Herts County Council say “no” to speed limit reduction on The Common”