The next Parish Council meeting will be held on 
​​Tuesday 7th January 2025 at 7.30pm ​
​at the Community Centre, Bragenham Side​

There will be no Parish Council meeting held in December

The next stage in the Stoke Hammond Neighbourhood Plan, the Bucks Council Regulation 16 consultation, is now live. You can find this consultation here: https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/planning/stoke-hammond-neighbourhood-plan/

The planning climate is changing given the Government's stated aim to increase house building dramatically. This makes the Neighbourhood Plan a very important document to ensure we have a say on development within our Parish.

Please take the opportunity provided by this consultation to demonstrate your support.

Important announcement

Stoke Hammond Parish Councillors have been working for over a year to deliver an ambitious community public space which can significantly increase the sports and recreation facilities for the whole Parish as it continues to grow.

Over the last few years the Parish Council has received funds to provide facilities as a result of developments in Newton Leys South and Stoke Hammond village. These funds are as a result of s106 contributions from developers to help the Parish enhance facilities as it grows.
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Your councillors have tried to purchase land across the Parish to deliver community facilities, and potential sites have included fields surrounding Newton Leys, within Newton Leys parts of the former landfill and around Stoke Hammond village.

The Parish Council can now announce that it has agreed to purchase a substantial area of land which is capable of providing much needed high quality green space to residents of the Parish and also allow us to deliver a number of sports, recreational and ecological areas to reflect the higher number of residents in our Parish and the potential for that to increase over the next 20 years.

We have set out a plan of the area below. The areas with the red lines show the area to be purchased and the blue area shows areas already in community ownership around that location. To complete the purchase we need to get planning consent for our plans.

This is a substantial project and will require a lot of input and assistance from people in the Parish, local sports clubs, youth and community groups. We want to deliver a sustainable collection of facilities that will be well used and provide an attractive place for people to spend time, play, and enjoy nature.
The project needs volunteers from the community and local community, youth and sports groups to help us determine the best use of both this site, and the community areas in that area. This is a once in a generation opportunity and will require people who can dedicate some time, a lot of enthusiasm and vision.

If you would like to be involved please email our clerk on [email protected]

We will be holding an initial information session on Wednesday 16th October at the Stoke Hammond Community Centre at 7.30pm. We would encourage anyone interested in helping guide this project to come along if possible, but please contact us if you can't make it. We will be setting up working groups during October to start the initial phases of our work.
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We have tried really hard to find an area of land that gives us the ability to meet the huge demand for green space, sports facilities and recreation in our Parish. We have looked at sites close to Newton Leys and Stoke Hammond, and we feel this site is large enough and well located next to existing facilities to be able to really make a difference to all our parishioners.​

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​MVAS Data

Please find details of the latest MVAS data from
Sept-Nov 2024

Planning - Public Consultation in support of a proposed residential development on land to the south of Drayton Road and to the west of the A4146 in Newton Leys

The Parish Council has been made aware of a public consultation event in support of a proposed residential development on land to the south of Drayton Road and to the west of the A4146 in Newton Leys. The proposed development will involve the erection of up to 300 dwellings, together with associated access, landscaping and infrastructure.

The consultation event will involve the following:
A dedicated website providing details and plans of the proposed development - https://www.landatdraytonroad.co.uk.
A leaflet and freepost feedback form being sent to properties within the area surrounding the site.
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Leaflets will be sent out today to approximately 850 addresses and comments on the proposed development need to be received by Friday 18th October 2024.

A 'thankful' village















Recent research shows that only 41 villages in the United Kingdom lost nobody in World War 1.  

Stoke Hammond is the only one in Buckinghamshire. 

You can find out more at thankful villages.​

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