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Reminder: AGM to be held on Friday, 8th Feb

Posted on: February 2nd, 2013 by George Eykyn
A reminder that the estate’s Annual General Meeting is being held this coming Friday, February 8th, starting promptly at 7.30pm. Drinks will be available from 7pm. The venue is the Church Hall in Church Lane, Chalfont St Peter.
Our current Chairman, Steve Allright, has indicated that he plans to step down from the role in May this year. Having already discussed future arrangements, the Committee is pleased to announce that  Jonathan Pegler will take over as Chairman in May.
Steve will be in the chair as normal for the AGM, and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Friday evening.
Chalfont Heights Roads Committee

Notice of ‘critical’ road closure in Chalfont St Peter

Posted on: January 5th, 2013 by George Eykyn

Bucks County Council has published plans to shut a key road in Chalfont St Peter for several months, starting on Monday 14 January.

The Bucks CC website indicates that Chalfont St Peter High Street will be closed between The Greyhound Inn and Market Place roundabout from 14 Jan to 17 May 2013.  Bucks CC assesses the impact of this closure as “severe”.

Chalfont Heights Roads Committee is actively working on plans to mitigate the effect of this extended road closure.
You can see the information for yourself via this link, Click Here:
CSP road closure notice - Bucks County Council

 

Christmas message and notice of 2013 AGM date

Posted on: December 24th, 2012 by George Eykyn

Happy Christmas from the Chalfont Heights Roads Committee!

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Early date for your diary: the Annual General Meeting this year will be slightly earlier than usual, on Friday 8 February at the Parish Church Hall in Church Lane, Chalfont St Peter.
It will start at 7.30pm promptly; drinks will be served as you arrive, from 7pm onwards. A copy of the Annual Report will be circulated to you in January, before the AGM. We look forward to seeing you there.

FASTER BROADBAND
Just to note the availability of faster Broadband on the estate: with thanks to Sean McC for researching this with BT, here is an update:
• New fibre optic lines have note yet been laid in the village; what has occurred is simply a modification to the existing copper line network which allows it to carry significant additional traffic.
• At some stage in the coming years, BT reports that new fibre optic lines will be laid — but no dates have been scheduled.
• A data capacity upgrade to the existing copper lines is now available to every home in Chalfont Heights if they switch to “BT Infinity”, which will allow speeds up to 56 MBps (possibility of 20x faster service than currently provided).
• If individual home owners on the estate are interested in upgrading, first they will need to have BT as their service provider. Then they can contact BT at 0800 800 150 and ask to be upgraded to “Infinity”. The process involves a BT engineer coming to your home and updating the master socket.
• BT told Sean that for those currently using BT as their service provider, there is no charge to update the master socket and that the monthly charge for “Infinity” is £18 at 40 Gigabyte, or £26 for unlimited (these are based upon 18-month packages).

Comment from George Eykyn: I would add, having upgraded to BT Infinity, that the download and upload speeds I get have been improved in practice by approximately 5-6 times, with a maximum download speed tested at 37 MBps. Note that the upgrade process also removes your ability to make BT internet phone calls (though I believe Skype etc isn’t affected). In November, I paid a £25 charge for the upgrade of the master socket. If we hadn’t already got a “BT Hub version 3”, we’d have had to pay about £7 for the hardware too. The monthly charges are exactly what I was paying before.

J Stone kindly points out that if you are a registered BT shareholder, you can get a special Infinity deal for unlimited usage and anytime telephone calls for only £21 per month plus line rental.

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=27858&s_cid=con_FURL_broadband_shareholder

Cats attacked

Posted on: December 15th, 2012 by George Eykyn

A resident on Woodside Hill who keeps two female cats has written to warn of a couple of incidents recently in which each of her pets was attacked and bitten by another cat. One of her pets needed 8 visits to the vets to sort out the wounds, which were bites to the backside sustained as the injured cat ran away.

The attacks happened during November. The resident has observed a ginger cat chasing her pets. She says the advice from the vet is:

  • Aggressive behaviour is more likely to happen at dawn or dusk
  • Cats should be kept in at night
  • The cat which carried out the attacks may be new to the area
  • The level of aggression would be consistent with a male cat which has not been neutered.

If anyone has experienced anything similar, please contact us via the “Get in touch” link and we’ll put you in touch with the resident who offered this note of warning.

Police and Crime Commissioner elected for Thames Valley

Posted on: November 16th, 2012 by George Eykyn

The Conservative Anthony Stansfeld has been elected as Thames Valley’s new Police and Crime Commissioner.

More details of the voting are available here.

Mr Stansfeld will take up his role from 22 November, with the current Police Authority ceasing to exist at 11.59pm on Wednesday 21 November.

Police and Crime Commissioners will indicate their proposed budget and precept for 2013 – 2014 in December, and their Police and Crime Plan will be published by March 2013.

The Chief Constable, Sara Thornton, said: “I would like to congratulate Mr Stansfeld on his election victory and look forward to working together on behalf of the people in the Thames Valley.”

Update on the road sweep – job not finished yet

Posted on: November 13th, 2012 by George Eykyn

Our contractors Bicester Sweepers spent a long day on Monday sweeping a large amount of leaves from many of the roads in the estate.

They brought two 4-tonne capacity sweepers, which were each filled twice (dumping and then returning). The wet weather did not help, as it added to the bulk of the leaves and made it more difficult to sweep.

Work was suspended for the day at nightfall. And still there are more leaves to collect!

Please note that the following roads have not yet been swept: Sandy Rise, Lewis Lane and the lower part of Chiltern Hill.

Bob Burge from the Roads Committee has called Bicester Sweepers to make a further booking to finish the work, and we await a date for the job to be completed. Residents will be advised once we have the exact date.