Your Parish Council always welcomes your questions, comments and suggestions. Please contact us via email here: gransdenpc@hotmail.co.uk The Parish Council takes care to safeguard the privacy of personal data supplied to us, in whatever form. A copy of our current privacy notice can be viewed online here. The current version was last edited in May 2018 to ensure conformance with the new GDPR legislation.
The agenda for a PC meeting is published at least 3 clear days in advance; here is the one for December. For the regular monthly meetings, the clerk's report is also available to view before the meeting.
Audit of the Accounts for 2018/19The audit of accounts for Great Gransden Parish Council for the year ended 31st March 2019 has been completed and the accounts have been published. Notice of conclusion of audit can be viewed here together with sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2018/19.
Gransden 2020 VisionGreat Gransden is in the process of establishing a Neighbourhood Development Plan, which is an opportunity for the community to have more say in the way the village develops over the next year. The Parish Council has delegated authority to a Steering Group to oversee this work, and there is a separate website giving information about progress, and details of steering group and other meetings - see 2020vision.gransdens.org/
What follows is a number of posts containing information that might be of interests to parishioners, along with announcements by the Parish Council. If there are a lot of posts, they may continue onto other pages, with a link to them at the bottom of this page. Old posts will be moved to the old posts archive before being eventually deleted - though if they are very temporary notices, for example about road closures, they may be just deleted once they are no longer of relevance. (Some posts may contain links to other sites, but the Parish Council has no control over the contents of the referenced sites, nor their privacy and accessibility policies; please exercise reasonable caution when visiting them. Indeed, the owners of those sites may make changes that invalidate the links we have supplied, so please let us know of any problems!) | ||||||||||||||||||
Great Gransden Parish Council
2019 12 - Part of Waresley Woods closed
(This article has been updated to have a direct link to the map of the closures as of 10 Dec, as the Wildlife Trust BCN have now added this to the Waresley Wood page of their website.) The Wildlife Trust BCN have had to temporarily close some of the paths through Waresley Woods to avoid damage. (A copy of their press release is attached below for your convenience.) According to their map, it's just the southern part of the Waresley & Gransden Woods reserve that's affected at present, but they may need to close the whole reserve if the temporary closure is ignored. The press release says: Due to the heavy clay soil, during periods of poor weather excessive footfall can cause damage to the paths within the nature reserve. This adversely impacts upon ground flora and also creates conditions that are unsafe for some visitors. Some paths are closed off to the public to prevent issues getting worse. Please respect the temporary closures - if closed paths continue to be used we may have to close the whole site to the public. We apologise for any inconvenience. Please note – there are no public rights of way within the woodland. All access to the nature reserve is by kind permission of the landowner (The Wildlife Trust BCN) and may be withdrawn at any time. Please refer back to this webpage for updates on permissive access to this site: www.wildlifebcn.org/waresley |
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Waresley Wood path closures Dec 19.pdf
Christmas 2019 bin collection rota
During Christmas and New Year residents will have a change
of collect day for their waste which can be seen below.
All residents will receive a bin hanger at the beginning of December advising of the changes and if you are able to share this information with your residents via magazines or social media that would be greatly appreciated.
Residents can also download their collection calendar via www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins |
2019 11 - date of new A14 opening revealed!
Highways England have revealed the date on which the new section of the A14 will be opened - it's the 9th of December! The full press release can be seen here: Some of the junctions have been renumbered, and some of them are limited-access - for example at J23, if you are on the A1198 you can't head eastward on the new A14, nor can you leave the new A14 at this junction if you are heading westward. More details about the limitations can be seen on the PDF file available for download from the press release page, or by following the following link: Slow moving vehicles will be prohibited from the new bypass and will
be directed to use alternative local access roads. Update, 10 Dec 2019: A section of the new road did open yesterday as planned - see the story here on the Highways England web site. Unfortunately, the opening was marred by large delays in the morning at the M11/A1 junction (see the Cambridge News article), and, according to last night's TV news, the new section has already suffered its first accident. |
Get involved in the 'Big Conservation'
NHS CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH CCG have sent us the following info re consultations to shape the NHS: Local residents are being encouraged to have their say on the future of local NHS services as part of The Big Conversation. Funding for healthcare across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is under pressure. More people are using NHS services locally, and resources are limited. At the moment, the local NHS is buying more than it can afford which means that some difficult decisions need to be made about the services it can afford to provide in the future. The Big Conversation has been created to help Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), who buy the healthcare services in the local area, to understand what is most important to the local community. Feedback received will be used to create a set of principles that will inform our future plans and help shape our local NHS. Local residents can give their feedback by attending one of the events taking place across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough during October and November. Or, by completing a short survey online at https://bit.ly/NHSBigConversation Find out more about The Big Conversation and local events online: |
New Local Plan for HDC
Huntingdon District Council adopted a new Local Plan in May 2019, and consequently the principle of 'Tilted Balance' no longer applies when considering planning applications. For a copy of the local plan and accompanying statements, visit consult.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/portal/pp/hlp2036/adoption/adoption_of_hlp2036 |
Oxford-Cambridge rail link consultation
(an update: The consultation expired in March 2019, but the post has been left up as no decision on the route has been announced, and people may still be interested in seeing the options that are under consideration.) A public consultation has just started regarding the routing of a new railway between Cambridge and Bedford, part of the proposed new rail link between Oxford and Cambridge. The 'Have Your Say' page (eastwestrail.co.uk/haveyoursay) contains links enabling you to download a consultation document (the best place to start), a technical report, a picture of the 5 route options, and a feedback form - which can be filled in online, or you can download a PDF version and return that by post.
They say "Please submit your feedback by 11.45pm on 11 March 2019 when this consultation will close". Anyone can send in feedback - it is not limited to one reply per household - and people outside the area can also send in feedback, so you might want to tell friends and relatives about this.
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Rural Watch is out and about
The Parish Council has been sent a message by Richard Braddick about 'Rural Watch' which we think is worth drawing to the attention of our parishoners. If you wish to participate, please get in touch with Richard using the contact info below.  One vehicle was stopped and a small amount of drugs seized and a report of a male standing in a driveway late into the night was checked out and all was found in order with the male. Patrolling vehicles checked farms, businesses, villages and remote lanes and tracks throughout the night and I am pleased to report that very little suspicious activity was found. The watch will be out and about again later this month, if you feel you would like to join and help deter crime in your community please email me. WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP DETER RURAL CRIME. Kind Regards Richard PCSO 7101 Richard Braddick St Neots Safer Neighbourhood Team St. Neots Police Station | Dovehouse Close | St. Neots | Cambridgeshire | PE19 1DS Mobile: 07921-094801 Call: 101 Richard.braddick@cambs.pnn.police.uk |
2019 meeting dates
At the December 2018 meeting, the Parish Council agreed that the 2019 meetings would folllow the normal pattern of the 1st Monday of the month (except when this is a bank holiday, when the meeting will be delayed one week). This means the next meeting will be on the 7th of January, with subsequent meetings on February 4, March 4, April 1, May 13, June 3, July 1, August 5, September 2, October 7, November 4 and December 2. The Annual Parish Meeting was put down for the 18th of April. As usual, extra planning meetings may be scheduled as necessary. |
A428 development - route announcement
 The preferred route: Orange Orange route and latest information please click here to view more details: https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a428-black-cat-to-caxton-gibbet/ UPDATE, February 2019 - route announced. |
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