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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear Members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The summer is over and with it completion of our efforts to comment on the SBDC/Chilterns Local Plan consultation.<br><br>However, planning concerns never end. Those of you with long Taplow memories will know that The Hermitage has been the subject of development applications for 25 years, all so far successfully overcome. It is back in play again with an application for change of use to 10 flats. Changes in government policy are making objections ever harder to sustain.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The seemingly endless chaos on the A4 due to the cycleway works are slowly coming to an end but don’t worry. M4 closures will replace this chaos with its own version weekends of 15-18 November and 29 November-2 December.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If that isn’t enough then remember that the </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#030303;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Marsh Lane bridge over the M4</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#030303;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> will be demolished in <b>mid-November</b>. Local traffic (that’s us) will be diverted via Lake End Road overbridge until the new Marsh Lane bridge is complete <b>towards the end of 2020<br><br></b></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>On a happier note</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, St Nicolas Church is holding a quiz night 19<sup>th</sup> October. Come along for some fun and help keep the church warm this winter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Education.</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Those of you with concerns for the future of education locally might want to attend a public meeting concerning Secondary Education in Burnham 10<sup>th</sup> October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Fire services. </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Bucks Fire Services are soliciting comment on their 5 year plan at:<br><a href="https://bucksfire.gov.uk/psp" target="_blank">https://bucksfire.gov.uk/psp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Meanwhile</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> preparation of our next newsletter is well in hand. It celebrates 60 years since the founding of your Society.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>With best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Roger Worthington, Secretary HTS<br>07787556309<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=102 height=66 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.png@01D57950.8515F150"> <img border=0 width=102 height=66 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.png@01D57950.8515F150"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>