Rural Issues

Applications open for Local Community Representatives for the Construction Commissioner Steering Group

22 February 2021

Community, Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, Homepage, Planning, Rural Issues, Transport

HS2 in Bucks & Oxfordshire update: Be the voice of your community on the Construction Commissioner Steering Group – applications open for Local Community Representatives

Jones Hill Wood – Notice Of Works

19 February 2021

Community, Homepage, Rural Issues, Transport

The notification includes details on the forthcoming programme of work at Jones Hill Wood ahead of the future construction of the HS2 railway.

Public right-of-way diversion for HS2 works begins 22 February 2021

13 February 2021

Democracy and Local Affairs, Homepage, Planning, Rural Issues, Transport

HS2 will be diverting a public right-of-way for utility surveys and preparatory works, beginning 22 February 2021. Please click the photos to view them full size.

Local Faces: Wendy & Duncan Gray

1 February 2021

Community, Education, Health and Social Care, People, Rural Issues

Wendy & Duncan Gray were Local Faces in February 2021

Secretary of State Call-In of Hampden Fields

23 December 2020

Community, Democracy and Local Affairs, Homepage, Planning, Rural Issues

Hampden Fields Action Group are requesting a Secretary of State Call-In

HS2 and Me – November 2020

1 November 2020

Environment, Rural Issues, Transport

Ann Hayward's view on happenings at Jones Hill Wood in 2020

£2.1m boost to Buckinghamshire’s rural broadband

14 September 2020

Business, Homepage, Rural Issues

More than 750 rural homes and businesses will get gigabit-capable broadband by December 2021 as part of a £2.1 million scheme to extend the fibre-optic network further into Buckinghamshire's countryside.

Wendover Woodhenge

25 July 2020

Community, Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, History, Rural Issues, Transport

Walkers noticed that footpaths in fields either side of Ellesborough Road had been fenced off at the start of lockdown. A footpath accessible from Bacombe Lane was diverted, much to…

HS2 Update – October 2019

25 September 2019

Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, Planning, Rural Issues, Transport

The October update on the HS2 Project from Wendover's perspective by Tom Walsh

HS2 – Eiffage Kier works, ground investigations

1 May 2019

Business, Community, Democracy and Local Affairs, Environment, Rural Issues, Transport

Eiffage Kier’s works in the Wendover area have been focused on understanding the ground underneath where the track will be built. This is called ‘Ground Investigation’ or ‘GI’. GI is…