Welcome to the Aspley Heath Parish Council website.

WELCOME TO ASPLEY HEATH

Welcome to our new website. We are still working to add information on to our site. If you have any photos of the Parish and would like to share them on the website then please send to the Clerk via

clerk@aspleyheath.org.uk

NEXT MEETING OF ASPLEY HEATH PARISH COUNCIL

Our Annual Parish Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday 29th March 2023 starting at 8pm.

This meeting will be held in the Woburn Sands Town Council offices next to the Memorial Hall, High Street, Woburn Sands.

Residents are very welcome to attend.

SIGNS - 20 is Plenty

You may have noticed some new signs added to lampposts in the parish. These are in response to a Traffic Survey as residents were concerned with speeding on Church Road. We hope these signs will slow drivers down.

ELECTIONS - 4 May 2023

If you would like to become a Parish Councillor then now is your chance. Parish Council elections will be held on Thursday 4th May 2023. Contact the Clerk for more information clerk@aspleyheath.org.uk

or look at Central Bedfordshire Council's information pager here:

Electoral Registration and Elections | Central Bedfordshire Council

Remember to bring photo ID when you vote!

ANNUAL GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN 2021/22

The following documents are available to view here:

Certificate of Exemption
Annual Governance Statement
Accounting Statements
Analysis of variances

Notice of the period for the exercise of public rights (1st July - 11th August) is available here.
Annual Internal Audit Report - this will be uploaded once it is completed (by 11th July 2022)

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

The Insurance Public Liability Certificate can be found here.

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:

Parking and Traffic Survey Results

We will continue to press for action on all these matters.
AHPCouncil