Chalfont Heights Road Committee gives notice that the 68th Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 14th March 2025, at 7.30pm at the Parish Church Hall, Chalfont St Peter.
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In memoriam – Barry Bradbrook
Tributes have been paid to Chalfont Heights resident Barry Bradbrook, who died in February aged 87.
Barry was a popular man, known to many on the estate and in Chalfont St Peter village. He was someone who believed in making his contribution to the estate: Barry served as a member of the Chalfont Heights Roads Committee for six years, from 2000 until 2006.
Barry’s daughter, Samantha, related that Barry and his wife Maureen moved into Orchard House, Sandy Rise, 50 years ago. At that time, she says, they purchased the house for £30,000. How times have changed.
Samantha continues to live in Orchard House with her family.
The current Chairman of Chalfont Heights Roads Committee, Peter Gourd, said: “Barry was a popular figure in our community and he will be sadly missed. While serving on the Committee he helped protect the special ambience of this lovely estate by taking responsibility for its trees and verges. We are grateful for his contribution.”
Barry Bradbrook’s funeral will take place at 2.30pm on Friday 24th March 2023 at the Chilterns Crematorium, Milton Chapel, Whielden Lane, Amersham. Donations are invited to Alzheimer’s Research UK, in lieu of flowers. Details are provided in the link below:
Annual Report 2021-22
The annual report for 2021-22 has been published for residents ahead of the AGM on Tues 8th March at 7.30pm. Please visit the AGM and Minutes section of the website. The AGM notice is included within the document.
Fibre-optic cable: contractors working in Chalfont Heights
Over the coming months, a BT contractor, KN Cirnet, will be installing fibre-optic cables around Chalfont St Peter and Gerrards Cross.
With the permission of the Roads Committee, the contractor is currently inspecting BT chambers and duct routes in our estate roads and verges to check that the new fibre-optic cables can be pulled through the existing ducts. Where ducts are obstructed or collapsed, a shallow excavation in the verge may be needed to free up the blockage in the duct.
The contractor expects work on the estate to take 4 to 6 weeks.
We understand that fibre-to-the-home connections from the BT network will follow later in the year once the GX-CSP network is substantially complete.
Waste collections update
The council has updated its advice on waste collections. As of this week, 30th March, recycling collections (blue bin) are resumed. However the council has suspended food waste collections. You are asked to put this in the black bin, and/or to compost where you can.
https://www.chiltern.gov.uk/waste/update
The full council text is pasted here for convenience:
Recycling (mixed and paper & card)
Both mixed recycling and paper & cardboard collections will resume from Monday 30 March.
The service was suspended from Monday 23 March – Friday 27 March. Please do not report a missed collection if you were due a collection in that week.
Advice for residents
If you are due a collection from Monday 30 March, please present your recycling containers on you normal scheduled collection day.
We are unable to return for containers that were not collected during the period of service suspension. We will collect a reasonable amount of extra recycling if presented loose in a reusable container (or cardboard box), on your next schedules collection.
Due to current social distancing measures, the Household Recycling Centres in Buckinghamshire are closed. Please do not visit these sites to dispose of your recycling.
Food Waste
The food waste recycling service is temporarily suspended until further notice.
Advice for residents
Food waste should be put into your general rubbish bin, which will be collected on your usual general rubbish collection day.
To help reduce waste put in the general rubbish bin, you can home compost: fruit and vegetable peelings, seeds and cores; egg shells; tea bags; coffee grounds and filter paper; paper towels or tissues (not if they have touched meat).
You cannot compost: cooked food, fish, meat or dairy products (these must be put in your general rubbish bin).
To find out more about home-composting visit: www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/reduce-your-waste/home-composting/
You can also get a discounted home compost bin at: www.getcomposting.com
For tips on how you can reduce food you waste, visit: www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/reduce-your-waste/love-food-hate-waste/
We recognise the benefits of our weekly food collection, both for residents and the environment. This change is only temporary and we will reinstate the separate food waste recycling collections as soon as possible. During this service suspension, your food waste will be disposed of appropriately at an energy from waste plant, and will not be landfilled.
Garden Waste
Suspended in Chiltern and Wycombe from Friday 20 March until further notice. This includes renewals.
Advice for residents
Garden waste materials are not hazardous if left for longer than two weeks and can be home-composted. Please store this waste until the service resumes.
General rubbish
The general rubbish service continues as business as usual. There are no current planned changes to collection frequencies or days.
To support our crews, we kindly ask that residents contain all their waste within their bin(s) with the lid shut flat.
Advice for residents
Supporting neighbours affected by Coronavirus
This message is sent on behalf of Chalfont Heights Roads Committee Ltd and the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in the estate.
As official guidance on Coronavirus imposes tighter restrictions, and more people in our community are required to remain in their homes, we have been considering how to help those in the estate who may be vulnerable and need assistance in obtaining basic groceries or medicines.
The Prime Minister gave new guidance tonight:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51903319
A number of kind Chalfont Heights residents have already offered to help others.
- In the first instance, all residents who are able to are asked to make contact with their elderly or vulnerable neighbours, to check on their status.
- If you or someone you know needs help, please send details to this address: [email protected]. Please be sure to include telephone contact details.
- If you are willing to be added to the list of volunteers offering to help others, please also email the same address.
Thank you for your help.
Peter Gourd, Chairman, CHRC Ltd
George Eykyn, Co-ordinator, Chalfont Heights Neighbourhood Watch