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Arlesey Town Council would like to congratulate our Assistant Clerk,
Mrs Lesley Rowe on her recent appointment as Town Clerk to Northill
Parish Council. Lesley has worked for the Council for over ten years
making an invaluable contribution – particularly during 2015 when she
took on the role of acting Clerk for several months. We acknowledge
her efforts, thank her for her commitment and dedication to the Council
throughout the years and would like to wish her the best of success in
her new position.
In other news, the Council recently made representations at the
Development Management Committee meeting of Central Bedfordshire
Council relating to the planning application by Central Beds Assets
team for a section of ‘Relief Road’ over Central Beds Council owned
land linking the High Street to the A507. The committee chose not to
heed our four pages of concerns and strong objections. The proposal
conflicts with or contravenes numerous points previously adopted by
CBC at their executive meeting 18th March 2014 and with stipulations
in the MA08 Masterplan for Arlesey. By granting planning permission
we expect the High Street will become far more congested according to
locals who live, work and travel in Arlesey.
Arlesey Town Council did request two conditions be applied should
CBC be minded to approve the application. These conditions would
have protected the high street from construction traffic, not opened
the eastern section of the relief road in isolation and have ensured
construction commenced from the A507 as opposed to the High Street.
CBC dismissed these conditions without any justifiable reason. At the
time of going to press the Council is reviewing CBC’s decision and
considering further actions.
In addition to ATC there were 25 individual objections, 23 from
Arlesey residents. There were only two speakers in favour of approval,
one being CBC’s own development agents.
Following Lesley’s departure, the Council is recruiting for the
position of Assistant Clerk. The advert can be viewed on the right and
on our website: www.arleseytc.co.uk or details are available from the
Town Council Office, by phone 01462 733722 or by email:
[email protected]
Finally, we received the sad news that Nick Daniels passed away on
Sunday 13th March. Nick was an Arlesey town councillor from 2003 to
2015 and Chairman of the Town Council from 2011 to 2015. In the past
he had been a governor at Gothic Mede Lower School. Our thoughts
are with his family and friends.
Arlesey Conservation For Nature
Arlesey Conservation fOR Nature
ACORN
Caring for the Local Countryside since 1992
The Origins of Acorn
Back in 1990, an influential Countryside Survey by the Department of
Environment raised national awareness of the dramatic decline in meadow
and hedgerow habitat for our wildlife. People were increasingly realising that
Conservation wasn’t just about exotic animals in far-away places – much of
our local wildlife was and is under threat too.
A couple of years later, the Ivel Valley Project was launched, with the
aim of enhancing the meadows and countryside along the River Ivel. Local
Arlesey residents contacted the Project Officer to persuade him to include
the River Hiz within the project, recognising the potential to improve areas
like the Mill Pits. Encouraged by this, local enthusiasts held a public
meeting at the Mallard Pub, and in 1992 ACORN was born.
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