Oving Parish Council, Buckinghamshire

THE PLAY AREA IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND MUST NOT BE USED.
FOR LATEST OFFICIAL INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 AND FOR HELP
PLEASE SEE THE PAGE ON THIS SITE.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VILLAGE HALL
IS CLOSED TO ALL BOOKINGS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Any updates will be published here and at www.ovingvillagehall.com

THE PLAY AREA WILL BE RE-OPENED AS SOON AS POSIBLE
SOME REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE ARE NEEDED AND THESE WILL BE COMPLETED WHEN OUR CONTRACTORS ARE AVAILABLE. IF ANY ITEM OF EQUIPMENT IS CLOSED
PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE IT.

Welcome to Oving Parish Council's website

This website is maintained for the benefit of residents and visitors alike. We would be delighted to receive your contributions including news and events which can be advertised here. Just contact our Parish Clerk.

Oving is a charming Buckinghamshire village and we are proud of our history and amenities. The Parish Council has recently completed an ambitious programme of improvement to our facilities, enhancing the village resources on our popular recreation ground.

Following many years fundraising Oving PC are now the proud owners of a beautiful Village Hall located on the recreation ground next to a state of the art children’s playground. It is a stunning building with great facilities and available for hire via www.ovingvillagehall.com

Oving's football and tennis clubs thrive, and Oving hosts one of the oldest football cups in the country; started in 1890.

Oving is home to a 13th century church, All Saints and a superb pub restaurant with stunning views - The Black Boy. We look forward to welcoming you to Oving, should you choose to visit our lovely village.

Best wishes
Ambrose McGinn
Chairman

Notice of Public Rights and Publication of unaudited annual governance and accountability return can be seen on our Parish Council Financial Information page.

The next PARISH COUNCIL meeting is on Tuesday 114TH JuLY. Meetings of the Parish Council will now be held via Zoom during the pandemic.

Members of the public who would like to attend the meeting should call 01296 331816 or
email clerk@ovingpc.com
If you have any questions or comments for Councillors these should be submitted in writing.

The Parish Council met Greg Smith, our recently elected MP for Buckingham on 6th March.
Greg readily agreed to the request for our meeting and reiterated that he is available to support our causes and challenges as they arise.
Specifically we raised a number of locally focused issues including:
1. East West Expressway. Greg had spoken directly with the Minister for Transport and was very confident this would NOT be going ahead. This will be formally communicated in due course. Clearly a great outcome.
2. HS2 is now happening but Greg is keen to make sure that the impacts are mitigated as best as possible eg construction traffic impact. He is fighting this corner across his constituency and will be very vocal.Usefully he sits on the Transport Select Committee. We can expect a local visit from the Minister for HS2 in due course too and Greg will ensure our voice is heard.
3. Greg is supportive of East West Rail and through his contacts in government is pushing this along for all our benefit.
4. He was very sympathetic to our speeding traffic challenges and offered some practical advice on how best to tackle which we will be taking into account.
5. Greg shared a perspective on the new Unitary Authority. We will all have to see how this plays out but again he will represent us on issues should we request this.
6. Planning is a major issue across the Vale and Greg is outspoken in his support of managing new housing growth. Specifically we briefed him on the Stone View application and he was supportive in our opposition to development and will assist in anyway he can.
Overall a very practical and useful meeting . Oving is now clearly established in his mind and we have a relationship we can call on for the benefit of the Oving Community.
Ambrose McGinn Chair OPC

STREET LIGHTING IN OVING
Energy costs for our existing street lighting are high at around £1,000 for the non-metered supply, and maintenance costs of £1,000.
The Parish Council will be replacing existing lights with LED lighting as soon as possible to provide an energy-efficient and economical street lighting service for the Parish reducing the cost of energy considerably and removing the maintenance costs for a number of years.
Lighting will be dimmed between the hours of midnight and 6am to 50% power which will provide light, while reducing light pollution and further reducing energy consumption.
The cost of this replacement lighting is c.£7,500. This cost will be met by a loan from the Public Works Loan Board, available to Parish Councils for a period of 10 years.

The Parish Council passed the following Resolution at its 14th January meeting

OPC will borrow, at rates available to local councils, from the Public Works Loan Board, sufficient funds to meet the cost of replacement street lighting (£7000) over a ten year period. Proposed by Cllr McGinn, seconded by Cllr Wiggins, agreed unanimously.

No increase to the Parish Precept will be required to meet the repayment costs of this loan which will be met from savings made on energy and maintenance costs.

STREET LIGHT NOT WORKING?
Please let us know and we will call our engineers. It is helpful to know the number of the lamp and its location: Download the numbered lamp post map.

Our annual internal audit is now complete.

Financial statements and other documents can be found on the Parish Council's Financial Information page.

OVING ROAD SAFETY GROUP

The Mobile Vehicle Activated Sign (MVAS) is now fully operational in Oving and is moved around the village so that we can see where speeding is a problem. The Sentinel Speed camera is then used by volunteers, with mobile patrols in the relevant areas.
The Sentinel camera records speed and vehicle details which are transmitted to the Police. Speeders will receive a letter from the Police and/or a visit from a Police Officer in cases of excessive speed or dangerous driving.
The statistics for May are shown below.

PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY

OVING PATHS ACTION GROUP and Donate a gate scheme

Find out more on the FOOTPATHS page

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THE PLAY AREA IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND MUST NOT BE USED. FOR LATEST OFFICIAL INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 AND FOR HELPPLEASE SEE THE PAGE ON THIS SITE.