Oxford Diocese has now obtained planning permission on the old Rectory site. A new rectory is to be built behind the existing Rectory Rooms to accommodate future rectors of our Parish. The new rectory will be connected to the Rectory Rooms which are also going to be re-furbished. The exisiting Rectory will have the brick extension demolished, be extensively refurbished and extended, then offered for sale. It is hoped that work on site will start towards the end of the year.

Winslow Town Council have come up with the idea of providing a bus every friday night during the holidays to and from Central Milton Keynes (last one on September 3rd). The service will be for 14-17 year olds and there are to be pick up and drop offs points in Mursley, the L8 bus, as it is is called, leaves Winslow at 6.00pm, and leaves Milton Keynes for the journey back at 10.30pm. If the L8 bus is successful, they will give consideration to running a service through term time as well. If you would like to know more, ring 01296 715786 or email to winslowL8bus@winslowtowncouncil.gov.uk

Local residents put together a music festival held in aid of the Multiple Sclorosis Society last Saturday evening, and despite the extreme temperatures, a great time was had by all. Invited guests picnicced to the sounds of various performers, including local choir 'Earmuffs' who had their first gig, Bernie Marsden, former guitarist from Whitesnake who wowed his fans, and John Otway, most famous 'failed' rock star lept around the stage keeping himself warm and his audience amused.
A great evening, thanks to all concerned.

We have been advised of the following road closures for road repairs:

28 June - B4032, Mursley Road Stewkley, between Bletchley Road Stewkley and Swanbourne Road
1 July - Whaddon Road, between A421 & Main Street
2 July - Main Street

Following the recent membership round up, the local Wine Club, which has been running successfully now for nearly 3 years is opening up its membership for a further 10 members. Membership has to be limited purely for pratical reasons, and is based on a first come first served basis. You can find out more details by looking at the web site entry. Forthcoming Events include a garden party with sparkling wines and music in July, a visit to a vineyard in Sussex at the end of August, and an Italian evening in October.

As you are probably aware from the news, the English Defence League are planning a protest march in Aylesbury on Saturday May 1st. The police circular on this assures us that there will be a significant police presence in town that day, so that life can go on as normal. However, the recommendation is that you check web sites before visiting in case the situation has escalated. The latest information will appear on the following web sites:
www.thamesvalley.police.uk
www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk

Chance for you to come along to the annual public meeting and raise any queries you may have directly with the people who deal with the day to day issues concerning the running of our Village. Maybe contact the PC clerk in advance if you have something specific you want to raise.
Public meeting statrs at 8.00pm in the village Hall, see the PC section of the web site for the agenda.
Everyone welcome!

latest advice received from local area technician for Bucks CC is that the more severe holes should be attended to within the next 48 hours (where have we heard that before), and that more re-surfacing work in Mursley is scheduled for June.
Progress on this issue has been disappointingly slow, but we are not alone in that, and our Parish Council continue to press Bucks CC

Last night, at the Bucks Community Action Parish and Community Planning Awards Event held at Hazlemere Golf Club, the various communities who have completed a Parish Plan were presented with a plaque in recognition of that fact. Mursley is amongst this number, and were represented on the night by Barry & Alison Agnew, who collected the plaque, together with a voucher for a local garden centre for a tree, to be planted somewhere in the village as a lasting momento of the process undertaken to formulate the PP, and the work undertaken by the dedicated Steering Group. During the evening there were various discussions and brief presentations from some of the communities about their different experiences and achievements, including putting in place a fully stocked recreation ground where formerly there had been none, (Great Horwood). From Mursley's point of view, this web site has been a positive development from our Parish Plan, together with a concerted effort, along with the Parish Council, to do something about speeding issues. The BCA are continuing to support various community projects, and it is to be hoped that with the aid of your input via the web site in particular, our community will continue to develop and explore the various issues and action plans that were formulated at the time of publication of the Plan. Well done to all concerned!

The Village Design Statement is now available for you to view online, see pdf attachment to Design Statement section. This was a project that originally came to fruition out of the Parish Plan, and the team who put it together are much to be commended.
The question is what now? The views which the parishioners expressed on planning issues, amongst other things, can be seen in the original Parish Plan, which is now available to view in full in the Parish Plan section. There are a range of opinions of course, and this web site was set up to continue the process, hence the introduction of the forum, which is a tool by which you can express your own opinions. You can also view the publication of the Parish Council minutes, which gives you insight into current issues.
A continuing process then, and one in which we hope you will all share, this is your village after all!

We are in the process of re-doing the history section, thanks to the dedication of our local archivist, Melinda Cole, and the interest that has been generated via the web site (we have had more response on this than anything else). If you have lived in the village a long time, have some stories you would like to share, even some photos, Melinda would like to hear from you, and if you get your skates on, your information can be included in the new look history section. Please email in using the web site contact page, or you can email Melinda direct on:
mursleyhistory@btinternet.com
Thanks to anyone who has already emailed in, you could also post an entry on the Forum, which, at the moment, is not used enough, whether its history you are interested in, planning issues, village politics (nothing personal remember) or anything else, this forum has been set up to include everyone on the village, and to give you a chance to air your views on pretty much anything. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Safer Roads police dpeartment have confirmed that both Whaddon Road and Main Street are causes for concern, and that Main Street will immediately be place into the mobile enforcement scheme on a rotational basis, see Parish Plan/Pressure Group/Speeding for further detail

As you know the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. As with the Golden Jubilee, there is going to be a public holiday, and it would be good to have a real celebration in Mursley. The Parish Council are supporting these celebrations and are keen to get anyone interested, and with some great ideas, together with other like minded Parishioners, to ensure that we 'push the boat out'. Street parties anyone?
Please contact one of the Councillors if you are interested in becoming involved in anyway.
Lets make it a good one!

After concerns expressed by our Parish Council to BCC, we are advised that some areas in Whaddon Road have now been repaired, and that the area in Main Street, which is causing concern as traffic swerves to avoid the potholes, is scheduled to be done this week.

Bucks CC are currently proposing an extension to the 30mph speed limit in Whaddon Road which, if adopted, would see the 30mph starting just before the Water Tower. It is also proposed to change the limit from Mursley to the A421 to 50mph.
Full details can be seen on www/buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/transport/area12
Objections or comments can be made by email to lwitney@buckcc.gov.uk
If you are interested in this subject please take the time to express your views, closing date to do this is 19th March

Following a chase by our Parish Council, below is the response received from David Hedley, the local area technician at Bucks Highways,
"due to the severe volume of potholes that require repair, we currently have to concentrate pothole repairs on A and B classified road. The work was ordered yesterday, there may be a slight delay before our crews are able to get to this area, but they will hopefully be available by the end of this week to repair these potholes"
We understand that the only classified section of road near the village is the stretch between Stewkley and Swanbourne.

Our list of business' is growing, If you live within the parish boundaries, you can advertise on the web site for free, that's for a standard advert. Send in your details, including a logo, if appropriate, and we will get you online. If you want something really fancy, we can help you with that as well, although, depending on size, that would come with a price tag.
If you live outside the Parish boundary, then we have to charge for a standard advert, but a mere £25/year.
Any other queries, email in and we will try and help you.

For anyone wishing to attend the funeral for Margaret Lomas, formerly of Church Lane, we can advise that this is to be held in the Church on Saturday at 11am

Well, the big freeze hits us tonight/tomorrow, so more disruptions to look forward to, and certainly some of the coldest January temperatures in recent years. It was, of course, a cold winter last year, some of the plants that have survived our winters in recent years were lost last year - good thing we didn't replace them!
Lots to look forward to though, not the least lengthening days.
All the best for 2010.

Sleepy little village like ours, not much to report by way of change, although scratch the surface, and there is lots going on. The Village Design Statement is the next big thing to be published on the web site, hopefully in January, the team are working on the final amendments as we speak - see the VDS section of the Parish Plan site for details. The Forum is up and working, and support is building slowly but surely, items for sale anyone? We had our first entry in that section yesterday.
Carol singing on Saturday at the pub, evening carol service on Sunday at the Church, and snow to boot - what more could we want. Let us hope for a great 2010.
Happy Christmas everyone.

The Mursley web site has launched its new forum, now you can all have a say about what goes on in the village, no matter what your particular interest is. You can also advertise things for sale, or articles you may want to source. Who knows what is out there. As long as you read the terms and conditions and keep within our guidelines, you can comment on whatever you would like to. The web site has proved a great success to date, the statisics for viewings make encouraging reading, and this new exciting dimension is sure to increase interest and help bring our community even closer together.

Simon Stagnell, local resident and guru for the Mursley Wine Appreciation Society is opening a wine shop in Stony Stratford in Odell's Yard (behind Odell and Co). As well as a complete wine purchasing experience, you can also sample some tasty platters from the Wine Cafe. Simon is a complete wine expert, with many years experience, so if wine is your thing, then Stony Wine emporium is definitely the place to visit. The shop is opening on Friday 9th October, see website for further details and opening hours (closed on Sundays & Mondays).
http://www.stonywineemporium.co.uk/

Update on Village Forum, we are nearly there folks, watch this space!

Shop project next step, meeting to be held on 21st August - see Focus Group, Shop page

The web site goes live today, and hopefully you are reading this on your first of many viewings, its been worth the wait! Why not put it on your favourites, if nothing else to get that all important weather forecast. Our thanks to Simon and Beth for all their hard work. The next step is to create a village forum, whereby you can get your say on anything that concerns you, although comments will be moderated, and nothing personal or abusive will be published. Watch this space!

Great News!
We understand from the web designer that the new village web site will go live on 30th April, yes that's 2009 folks, watch this space....
Many of you are concerned about the revised plans for the former 'Greenways' project, now known as the proposed Winslow Green Development, and the Parish Council held an open meeting on this on 26th January, not many of you attended this meeting, so you may want to voice your concerns to the PC direct, if you need more detail, then visit the Aylesbury Vale planning web site http://eplanning.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/tdc/tdc_home.aspx you need the detail of the application, which is 08/02944/AOP in the parish and ward of Great Horwood. You might also be interested in looking at the web site which has been set up by opponents of the scheme, which you can find on http://www.stopwinslowgreen.co.uk/
We would also like to tell you that Village Information packs are now available, with general information on village organisations etc. of particular interest to anyone new to the village. If you know of anyone in this position, please get in touch with us, and we will see that they receive one of these packs, together with a copy of the Parish Plan.

We had hoped that the new web site would be up and running by this time, but delays beyond our control have put back the proposed publication date to probably the new year, although we have been promised an initial viewing in November, watch this space! Meanwhile, things have been happening on the Village Design Statement front - check out the Focus Group page for details. Once the new Parish web site is published, this web site will be incorporated within it and fazed out from its current web site address, but we propose to keep it running in this interim period to let you know of any developments.