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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:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>STOP PRESS:<br><a href="https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/news/decision-made-chiltern-and-south-bucks-local-plan/">https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/news/decision-made-chiltern-and-south-bucks-local-plan/</a> <br>The SBDC/CDC draft Local Plan has been officially withdrawn by Bucks County. All reference to it is to be deleted from council sites<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>One benefit of Covid is that there has been something of a lull in planning applications but this has been more than made up for by a rash of consultations on topics both local and nationally important.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>So here is a list of what we have said about them and some you may still wish to comment on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Burnham Beeches</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><br>A draft of a Supplementary Planning Document covering the protection of Burnham Beeches was consulted on. Its content was OK but it left out the compensatory requirement for replacement green space to offset development in the surrounding area (which includes Taplow). It said this was covered in the Local Plan which is now withdrawn. Our comment is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Housing Numbers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This consultation on some drastic increases in required house building numbers escaped out attention until almost too late. These numbers are over and above those being catered for in the just withdrawn Local Plan and propose a standard central method of allocating house numbers per Local Authority. Our submission attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Planning for the Future</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><br>A second government consultation immediately followed – a White Paper proposing a complete recast of the entire planning regime in England and Wales. <br><b>The proposals will, in our view, have a dramatic effect on the ability of individuals and communities to have any meaningful voice in the preparation of Local Plans or in objecting to individual applications in their neighbourhood.<br>The consultation is open until 29<sup>th</sup> October. Please make a submission, even at a very broad level.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future</a> <br>Our submission is attached.<br>The Civic Society is running a questionnaire on this if you wish to take part at: </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://civicvoice.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5128291c803f66657704671f8&id=76ee165112&e=46786f52bb" target="_blank"><span style='color:#60CA2E'>https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3KVM8TB</span></a><br>You might be interested in the draft response from Bucks County as a handy primer. We broadly agree with their comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Bucks Budget</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>The county is running a consultation on its budget priorities at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/corporate-services/budget-2021-22/">https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/corporate-services/budget-2021-22/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Many of the issues raised by these consultations will be aired in our forthcoming Newsletter, together with information on how we will have to run our AGM on Zoom this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Pandemic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>A Covid update for Bucks is attached also as the situation appears to be worsening somewhat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Roger Worthington, Secretary HTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>07787556309</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/corporate-services/budget-2021-22/consultation/subpage.2020-09-22.9227035210/">https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/corporate-services/budget-2021-22/consultation/subpage.2020-09-22.9227035210/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>