News update from our Liberal Democrat county councillor Avril Davies
23 Apr 2011
April 2011 News Round Up
Pitstone Quarry 2 Application for landfill turned down
The long history of the quarry under Pitstone Hill completed another chapter in March when Bucks County Council refused planning permission for the quarry to be used for the disposal of inert waste. A site such as this in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty can only be used when there is inadequate provision in the County plan for waste disposal for the next 15 years. The County were able to show that there is enough landfill capacity elsewhere within the County, to prove there was no need to use Pitstone.
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty were designated alongside National Parks, and have the same status, the difference being that AONBs are closer to centres of population.
Cheddington Station Booking Office closure proposed. (result unknown at time of writing)
Many people including myself have written to deplore these proposals. Not only had the booking office been recently refurbished with toilets - more than can be said for Tring station - but the office provides a warm and sheltered place to wait, pick up a newspaper and a coffee, also better than Tring. Most importantly, not everyone is happy to use ticket machines. They are difficult to see in certain lights, slow, confusing, occasionally out of order, and above all don't sell season tickets. And buying a ticket on the train you run the risk of getting fined.
The long history of the quarry under Pitstone Hill completed another chapter in March when Bucks County Council refused planning permission for the quarry to be used for the disposal of inert waste. A site such as this in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty can only be used when there is inadequate provision in the County plan for waste disposal for the next 15 years. The County were able to show that there is enough landfill capacity elsewhere within the County, to prove there was no need to use Pitstone.
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty were designated alongside National Parks, and have the same status, the difference being that AONBs are closer to centres of population.
Cheddington Station Booking Office closure proposed. (result unknown at time of writing)
Many people including myself have written to deplore these proposals. Not only had the booking office been recently refurbished with toilets - more than can be said for Tring station - but the office provides a warm and sheltered place to wait, pick up a newspaper and a coffee, also better than Tring. Most importantly, not everyone is happy to use ticket machines. They are difficult to see in certain lights, slow, confusing, occasionally out of order, and above all don't sell season tickets. And buying a ticket on the train you run the risk of getting fined.
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