July 2009 Archives

The following is a list of planning applications for Gerrards Cross registered recently with South Bucks District Council:

09/00959/VC: Removal of Condition 5 of planning permission 98/00398/FUL so as to allow the placing of tables and chairs to the rear of the property at Wildwood for DIMIT Ltd.
09/00972/FUL: Single storey rear extension at 10 Dale Side for Mr Sukkar.
09/00977/FUL: Single storey front and side extension and part single/part two storey rear extension at 28 Gaviots Way for Mr Mark Timson.
09/00978/FUL: Single storey rear extension at 45 The Uplands for Mr Brian Thomas.
09/00985/FUL: First floor rear extension at 7 Pinewood Close for Mr Cornelius Keating.
09/00986/FUL: Two storey front and single storey rear extension (amendment to planning permission 08/01051/FUL) at 5 Hill Waye for Mr N Cullen.

PEOPLE living in Gerrards Cross are among the worst polluters in the whole of the UK, a new survey has revealed.
A study by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Experian, an information services company, shows that the average household in the affluent village produces 35 tonnes of carbon emissions every year, which comes to more than 20 tonnes more than the greenest areas in the country.

THREE Gerrards Cross siblings are set to be appear on cartons of goat's milk across the country.
Ella Lee, eight, her sister Olivia, four and brother Josh, six, will be featured on half a million cartons of St Helen's Farm goat's milk which is sold all over the UK.
Two years ago the children's mother Liz switched Josh from drinking cow's milk to goat's to help with his eczema and asthma and noticed an immediate improvement.

TWO GERRARDS Cross residents have spoken of their concerns that the effect the Tesco construction is having on the village.
Ros Hurn and Graham Hoenes spoke at the Gerrards Cross parish council meeting on Monday night to tell councillors of their fears.

TWO GERRARDS Cross residents have spoken of their concerns that the effect the Tesco construction is having on the village.
Ros Hurn and Graham Hoenes spoke at the Gerrards Cross parish council meeting on Monday night to tell councillors of their fears.

TWO new running routes could soon be put in place around Gerrards Cross common.
At a meeting of Gerrards Cross parish council on Monday night, it was agreed to support the idea for two running routes around the common, one of 1,500 metres and the other of 1,000 metres.

FOLLOWING the English victory in the second Ashes test match this week, stars of the series descended on Stoke Park for a charity golf day.
Current stars such as Ricky Ponting, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook were joined by legendary spin bowler Shane Warne for the Ashes Golf Day on Tuesday this week.

A FULMER pub has been rewarded for the quality of its flower displays.
The Black Horse pub in Windmill Road beat other pubs in Fulmer, Wexham and Stoke Poges to win the JT Ireland cup for the most colourful pub.

A GROUP of cyclists are set to ride a section of the famous Tour de France route in memory of a friend.
Six men from Gerrards Cross set off on the Montelimar to Mont Ventoux trip on Monday, which covers 172 kilometres.

TWO people were injured after the car in which they were travelling ploughed into the front of a bank.
The incident happened on Thursday last week at 2.18pm, when a car driving along Packhorse Road in Gerrards Cross swerved off the road and smashed into the front of the Abbey National building.