Water Company business plans published
Water Company business plans are out – have your say for Chiltern chalk streams, says Catherine Moncrieff, Chiltern Society Chalk Stream Lead On October 2nd Water Companies Submitted their Business Plans to Ofwat, which set out the investments and commitments they will make between 2025 and 2030 for managing water.
The launch of Nature 2030
On behalf of our hundreds of conservation volunteers, thousands of members and 1m residents of the wider Chilterns area, the Chiltern Society is backing Nature 2030. Launched yesterday at Parliament, Nature 2030 calls on political parties to adopt five policies in their General Election Manifestos, designed to help meet the
Shardeloes sinkhole update
Compiled on behalf of the Chiltern Society by the HS2 Working Group During the early hours of Saturday, May 13th a sinkhole opened up in Shardeloes field about a hundred metres to the south of Shardeloes lake. The hole was approximately six metres in diameter and 5 metres deep. During
HS2 tunnelling creates potentially dangerous 6m+ sink hole
HS2 contractor, Align has confirmed to residents that a sinkhole has appeared at Shardeloes Park between Old Amersham and Little Missenden. It is approximately six metres across and five deep. Our inspection yesterday (Sunday 14th May) confirms this, and that it is possibly growing. The incident has already been picked
A Ray of Hope for Green Belt Protection
In recent years, local councils have been required to plan for large numbers of new homes in their areas. Target numbers have been calculated using methodologies set by national Governments and the targets have been mandatory. In areas such as the Chilterns where a large proportion of the land is
Partnership Fighting Massive Green Belt Development at Marshcroft, East of Tring
Join the campaign – this affects all of us! We’ve joined Grove Fields Residents Association and CPRE Hertfordshire – the Countryside Charity, to fight Redrow plc’s proposal for a massive new housing development on land in the countryside east of Tring. A Public Inquiry will be held in March 2023 and
Bombshell Revelations – Bob Stuart uncovers Hughenden’s secret
It was once high on Hitler’s hit list of strategic targets during WWII, yet survived the war practically unscathed. Hughenden Manor, the former home of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, is now a National Trust property. It overlooks a peaceful and picturesque valley near High Wycombe – yet for decades
Green Belt saved at Beaconsfield
The Chiltern Society was delighted to hear just before Christmas that a planning appeal for a development of 450 new homes in the Green Belt at Beaconsfield had been dismissed by a Planning Inspector. The decision followed a Public Inquiry that took place in October/November 2022. The original planning application
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