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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Member<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Our AGM</b> on 8th December was held with a capacity attendance. All officers and committee members were re-elected, although president Eva Lipman made a plea for representatives from some unrepresented areas of Hitcham and Taplow.  Martin Knight gave a greatly appreciated talk on modern bridge design and the history of our new footbridge across the Thames from Mill Lane. The bridge was finally installed only a few days after his talk, though will not be open for use for some time yet. A thank you to Martin for his vision and to Berkeley Homes for its commitment to building it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>There are a lot of road repair activities</b> coming along in the new year. We usually post details as they arrive on the society web but they include:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A long overdue re-laying of the Station Road footpath (thankyou to our BCC councillor Dev Dhillon for this and for the earlier re-surfacing of Ellington and River Roads).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Closures of Institute Road and the High Street for mains work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Road re-surfacing on the Bath Road and Cliveden Road.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>BCC Councillor Shaw</b> has announced the intention to proceed with the A4 Cycleway, despite the levels of criticisms raised.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Planning applications:</b><br>There is rarely a lull in developer applications in Taplow. We need your support and membership to be able to make a constructive contribution to this never ending pressure on our still largely rural setting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>Mill Lane<br>Berkeley Homes have applied to alter the approved layout in the area currently occupied by their showroom and site management facilities to make room for a pub / restaurant, an application for which is expected next year.<br>With planning approval already given for conversion of the Old and New Boathouses to residential, we await an application from egg Homes to develop the site.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>Roots smallholding, Bath Road - an application is expected to develop a Care Home on this site by Taplow Station. The yet-to-emerge Local Plan is expected to remove the site from the Green Belt.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>Silchester House Day Nursery, Bath Road - an application has been submitted to re-develop the site. An earlier application in 2014 was refused.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>On a positive note:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>The Royal Borough has made a good job of installing new illumination on the Maidenhead Bridge without it becoming garish.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>The Christmas tree has returned to the Green after enforced absence during re-seeding. The tree is funded by a bequest from Joanna Brooking, who lived at 1 Elm View.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>The Christmas Carols on the Green were very successful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>All the above will be reported on in the spring edition of our newsletter. Please give thought to something you could contribute to this to keep it the vibrant and informative magazine that it is. Contact Nigel Smales on 01628 661636 or at <a href="mailto:editor@taplowsociety.org.uk">editor@taplowsociety.org.uk</a><span style='color:red'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]>Although we have sadly lost two stalwarts of the society this year, we continue energetically to support and promote the quality of Taplow life.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>May we wish you all a successful 2018 in a happy Taplow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Roger Worthington, Secretary<br>07787556309<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%'>This mail has been sent to you from the Hitcham and Taplow Society. If has been sent to you in error or you do not wish to receive such communications, please reply to </span><a href="mailto:secretary@taplowsociety.org.uk"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%'>secretary@taplowsociety.org.uk</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%'> and we will remove you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>