Welcome to the Aspley Heath Parish Council website.
WELCOME TO ASPLEY HEATH
Parish Council Meeting - Wednesday 27th November 2024
Woburn Sands Town Council offices, to the side of the Memorial Hall, High Street, Woburn Sands.
This meeting starts at 8pm.
Residents welcome!
Agenda is available here.
COUNCILLOR VACANCY
The Parish Council has one vacancy. If you would like to know more about the role of a Councillor please get in touch by emiling the Clerk at clerk@aspleyheath.org.uk.
No experience necessary just a willingness to ensure that Aspley Heath continues to be a lovely place to live.
Official vacancy notice can be found here.
Works to Sandy Lane (BOAT)
Please note a new temporary closure had been made to Sandy Lane (BOAT) which links with Church Road at the entrance to the woods. Please report any anti-social behaviour to the police. You can ring 101 to report this unless it is an emergency when you should ring 999.
ANNUAL GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN 2023/24
The following documents are available to view below:
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Notice of the period for the exercise of public rights (29th June - 9th August) is available here.
The bank reconciliation can be found here.
The external auditors are:
Mazars LLP
Limited Assurance Team
The Corner
Bank Chambers
26 Mosley Street
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1DF
Tel: +44 (0)191 383 6348
local.councils@mazars.co.uk
www.mazars.co.uk
WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY
We have been working towards making our website accessible to all. We regularly assess our website.
If you have any problems accessing any part of our website please contact the Clerk who will endeavour to correct the issues: clerk@aspleyheath.org.uk
PARISH PRIORITIES UPDATE
Latest Updates on Aspley Heath Priorities
ASPLEY WOODS
The Parish Council is meeting with the Bedford Estate, Greensand Trust and Central Beds Council to discuss various issues within the woods. We are aware of the increased usage and the problems this is causing. If you have any concerns please contact the Clerk.
CAR PARK SURFACE
The car park surface and the surrounding area at the top of Church Road has now been repaired by Central Beds Council. We are now awaiting CBC to install the log posts to mark out the parking bays.
HARDWICK ROAD
We are in communication with MK Council to inform them of the increasing problems with traffic, speeding and parking. Residents concerns over safety is paramount. MK Council have said they will re-paint the yellow lines.
SPEEDING AND PARKING THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
This has been an increasingly worsening issue throughout the parish.
With the present lock down matters have been exacerbated. With no other forms of social or leisure outlets people have been coming to the woods en mass.
Hopefully once lockdown is lifted the number of visitors will be somewhat diluted.
But with MK expanding and more people realising how lovely it is to walk in our woods, numbers will increase and we need to think of ways to make this safer and more tenable for local residents and visitors.
We have a new Speedwatch team and
Lynn Roberts is the new co ordinator.
The speeding and parking survey has been completed and a copy of the results can be found here:
We will continue to press for action on all these matters.
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Bishops Walk
Central Beds Council have now repaired Bishops Walk footpath
PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS 2024
Meetings take place in the Woburn SandsTown Council offices, next to the Memorial Hall, High Street, Woburn Sands
Wednesday 17th January
Wednesday 28th February
Wednesday 27th March
THURSDAY 25th April - Annual Parish Meeting
Wednesday 22nd May
Wednesday 26th June
Wednesday 17th July
Wednesday 25th September
Wednesday 23rd October
Wednesday 27th November