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Local Plan unlikely to be adopted

15th May 202015th May 2020

At last there has been resolution of the Chiltern & South Bucks Local Plan After a partial online Examination the Central Government Planning Inspectors have advised the Council that it is likely that they will recommend non-adoption of the Plan and invited the Council to consider their findings. However they point out that there is …

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Read the CRCIC Response to the District Councils draft Local Plan

29th August 201915th January 2022

Regulation 19 Response Covering letter Chesham Town Council Response Read More

Local Plan Consultation extended

Press Release 20th August 2019

The directors of Chesham Renaissance (the company which produced the Chesham Masterplan) have welcomed the decision of Chiltern District Council to extend the consultation period for the Emerging Local Plan. One of the company’s directors, Andrew Ketteringham, told the Bucks Free Press that he had heard rumours that flaws in the process might have endangered …

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Last few days for Local Plan Consultation

17th August 2019

CRCIC consider that ignoring the Chesham Masterplan, both for Chesham and as a model for other town centres, is unjustified, inconsistent with national guidance and ineffective. It therefore renders the Emerging Local Plan unsound and a missed opportunity. You can make your views known before 23 August by letter which should be sent to: Planning …

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“No” to draft Emerging Local Plan!

Press Release 19th June 2019

‘No’ to District Plan and ‘Yes’ to Chesham Masterplan The directors of Chesham Renaissance CIC have predicted that residents of Chesham will say ‘no’ to the proposed Local Plan, in stark contrast to the overwhelming ‘yes’ to their own proposals in the Chesham Masterplan. They view the plan to build 500 homes on green belt …

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First comments on draft Local Plan from the District Councils

Press Release 11th June 2019

Renaissance or stagnation – is this plan fit for purpose? It’s been a long time since Chiltern District Council’s draft local plan was thrown out by the government inspector. So, the much delayed publication in May by Chiltern and South Bucks district councils of the new draft was met with many expectations. It started well. …

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Future High Streets Fund

21st March 201913th January 2022

Chesham Renaissance supported Chiltern District Council’s submission to the Future High Streets Fund on behalf of Chesham. See our letter Read More

Growing the Team

20th March 201921st March 2019

A recent email to those who have registered their support for the Chesham Masterplan led a number of volunteers to come to a meeting with some of the directors of this company. Following an update on our activity we have enlisted some of the volunteers to support us in the next steps of developing the …

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Interview with Tony Molesworth, February 2019

Press Release 5th February 2019

Interview with Tony Molesworth for yourChesham. By Andrew Ketteringham Tony Molesworth and his family moved to Chesham almost 35 years ago and in 2011 he became chair of the Chesham Society. It was in that capacity that he went along, in April 2011, to hear Chiltern District Council submit to the planning inspector its plan …

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Chesham Masterplan in the House of Commons

14th January 201814th January 2018

Dame Cheryl Gillan, Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham in the House of Commons on 9th January 2018 “I am delighted to have secured this Adjournment debate today, as it will give me the opportunity to highlight some of the fears that have been expressed to me, and that I share, about the proposals for …

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