Bourne End Herts News

Despite foul weather on Monday and slightly less foul weather on Wednesday, the carol singers were out in the village.  Between the two nights they collected a total of £367.24 .  This will be split between two charities. DENS Dacorum Emergency Night Shelter and Parkinsons UK If you were not able to make a contribution on the night, it is still possible to do so by contacting Mike Pritchard (contact details on this blog) or any one of the village reps. We now have an apology to make. The weather started out less foul on the Wednesday night, but when the heavy rain turned to driving hail as we approached the end of Bourne End Lane we decided enough is enough. Our apologies if we missed you out.

Tickets for the evening of Jazz are available from your local rep, or for that matter any BEVA rep ..... ... and don't forget Remembrance Sunday on 12th November.  Just turn up at the War Memorial at 10.45.  Coffee available at The Anchor after the event.

..... and an early reminder of the Jazz Night on Friday 17th  November.  Make sure you get it in your diary. The Bourne End Village Association AGM was held last Friday along with the Village Hall AGM.  the Chairman's report is below. CHAIRMAN’S AGM REPORT -  OCTOBER 2017   After four years as Chairman of the Association I have decided it is time to retire and my wife, Jean, who has been secretary for the last five years has also decided to retire.   I would like to thank her for all the hours of work she has put in on behalf of BEVA and myself.   I feel it is time for a new impetus and change of direction.   I have enjoyed being Chairman of my favourite village – after all, I have lived here for fifty-five years and been associated with it for sixty-six.   I would also like to thank the BEVA Committees over the past four years for all their hard work and support, and especially Chris Hunt for standing in as Chairman when...

Both these AGMs will take place in the village hall starting at 8.00 pm.  They will be followed by wine and cheese. Tickets for the forthcoming Halloween Party on Saturday 28th October will be available.  Adults £10.00 children £5.00

This weekend you should be receiving the latest edition of the Bourne Ender.  If you just can't wait, here it is!

The following has been sent to all Dacorum Borough Councillors. We have explained in the covering email that we share the concerns of many others about the impact of the proposed increase in number, but that this specific issue impinges more on residents of Bourne End than other areas. Bourne End Village Association LA3 with specific reference to the traveller site After a long drawn out dialogue with officers of Dacorum’s planning team it is clear that the aim of the developers, to produce a traveller site isolated from the site of LA3, has their support.  We oppose this isolation although we are not opposed to the positioning of the traveller site.  The isolation flies in the face of national government’s agenda, national policy, local policy, the rationale on which the land was removed from the green belt, and the vision for the development as presented to the public. Theresa May’s first statement as Prime Minister focused on social justice [i] . The sentim...