Little Brickhill

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Little Brickhill is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is located just outside and overlooking Milton Keynes itself, two and a half miles west of Woburn in Bedfordshire.

The parish churchThe village name 'Brickhill' is a compound of Brythonic and Old English words that have the same meaning: a common occurrence in this part of the country. The Brythonic word 'breg' means 'hill', as does the Old English word 'hyll'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was referred to as Brichelle.

The village has, for a long time, gathered most of its income from the Roman road Watling Street that passes through the parish from north-west to south-east, and anciently from a market that was established in the village in 1228. At one time the county Assize Courts were held in Little Brickhill, making it adversely larger than nearby Great Brickhill. The last time the assizes were heard here was in 1638. Between 1561 and 1620 the names of a number of executed criminals appear in the burial register of the village.

The village is also the final resting place of Dame V.Bushell [1756-1847], who was most well known for the "Veritas" movement, highlighting the plight of women in the village.

The Little Brickhill Parish Council meets in the village hall on the first Monday of every month (except January and August). Meetings start at 7.45 pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend and a 15 minute open session at the start of the meeting is for you, as local residnets, to come and raise issues of concern to you and your friends and neighbours.

Minutes of the October 2011 meeting can be viewed here October PC Minutes_(42K)and the October 2011 Agenda here Agenda Oct 2011_(31K). The next meeting will be the Parish Council Meeting on Monday 7th November 2011.

The Parish Clerk (Glyn Bailey) can be contacted by email at LB Parish Clerk or by telephone on 01525 261103.

LB Web Site 2010 This link takes you to the new Little Brickhill online community website. This website is for all the residents of Little Brickhill to share information, news and comment about all matters relating to the village and its surrounding areas. There are several sections for the various associations and groups in the village. Whilst anyone can view any of the information contained in these pages, only registered members can post information or articles to the site.

The new improved Milton Keynes Community Transport (MKCT) was launched on June 22, 2006. After extensive review and consultation with users, MKCT replaces Fastchair and Group Travel and now operates under the name MK PlusBus.

Community Transport

(document "Bus Survey questionnaire (30K)")Following concerns about the bus service possibly being curtailed at the end of July, Cllr David Hopkins spoke with Stuart Simmonds (Passenger Transport)at MK Council who has put his mind at rest.

Stuart has checked with the bus operator and there is a small change to the X31 journeys to Hemel Hempstead, but no change to journeys to Milton Keynes.

Little Brickhill Bus Service

Lavante Gate Site
In 2007 Gallagher Estates commissioned PRP
Architects to produce a masterplan for Eaton Leys
on land to the south east of Bletchley, located to the west of the A4146.

In addition to this, PRP Architects have prepared a masterplan for land to the east of the A4146 for Guinness Midsummer Housing Association, under the name of Lavente Gate.

Developers Release Information

From Cllr David Hopkins – representing Little Brickhill at MK Council

I thought it worth picking up a couple of advisory issues raised by Thames Valley Police

Milton Keynes police are asking local businesses, farmers, landowners and home owners for help over the forthcoming summer weekends.

Music Events (Raves!)

The Environmental Health line is open to report these incidents during normal business hours number on 01908 252398

However,(for out of hours calls regarding music events in Brickhill Woods or noisy parties etc) is back in operation. If you experience a serious noise problem that will not wait until the next working day then you should contact the MK Council Out-of-hours Call Centre Service on MK (01908) 226699 (available out of normal business hours, every day). Both the Emergency Call Centre and MK Council Environmental Health staff have been told what type of matters will be dealt with, the service is not intended to deal with all Environmental Health matters but primarily noise nuisance that is a one off and having a considerable impact on the locality. The standby officer is able to contact a member of the Environmental Health management team if necessary for advice etc. Thames Valley Police and Bucks Fire and Rescue Service are both aware of the current arrangements.

For reference, the normal business hours number to report these incidents is 01908 252398
To contact Thames Valley Police call 0845 8505 505 - the single number for Thames Valley Police. Obviously, in an emergency call 999

The results of the July Bus Survey are attached here...Bus Survey Results_(70K)

If you have any concerns / complaints regrading the vilklage bus service contact MK Council passenger Transport Officer, Stuart Simmonds on 01908) 252011 or Stephen Hosking - tel (01908) 254262

You can also use the Passenger Transport mailbox. This is monitored by a number of officers at MK Council. The e-mail address is

passenger.transport@milton-keynes.gov.uk

The postal address is:
Passenger Transport section
Milton Keynes Council
Civic Offices
1 Saxon Gate East
Central Milton Keynes
MK9 3HN

To contact your local PCSO Rob Dabnor call him on 079741 289961 or via email at Rob Dabnor

Remember dial 999 in an emergency
Woburn Sands Police Office
12 High Street
Woburn Sands
MK17 8RL

There are around 50 million mobile phones already in use in the UK today. A number of other wireless-based technologies are being introduced to the home and workplace and it is clear that such devices will increase in number and diversity. This article summarises the main technologies and provides a perspective on the risks associated with their use, by comparing them with mobile phones.

Latest Research on Mobile Phone and Health Impacts etc

The attached documents are the latest (June 2005) House of Commons Research notes relating to mobile phone masts. Click to read Mobile Phone Mast_(60K), mobile phones planning_(88K) and Telecoms Systems Policy doc._(202K)

Find further articles related to phone masts below:

Emission Monitoring

Phone Masts and Cancer Clusters

Little Brickhill or Brickhill Parva parish contains 1,360 acres, and 483 inhabitants. Its rateable value is £1,629. The soil, like that of the adjacent Brickhills, is a reddish sand, intermixed with and based on clay.

Lipscomb thinks that the place acquired the distinctive appellation of “Little” from the comparative small extent of the lands in the parish, rather than the size of the village, “which”, he says, ”although it was, during many ages, the place for holding the County Assizes, has no indications of having at any time, been larger than at present”.

History of Little Brickhill

Post Office Reports_(261K)


Report of the Milton Keynes External Scrutiny Committee following a special meeting in July 2008 to consider the proposed closures in Milton Keynes, including Little Brickhill.

Want to report a problem concerning Transport, Highway Repair, Pavement Maintenance, Waste and Recycling, Residential, Retail, Street Lighting, Drainage, Crossings and Road Safety, Trees and Scrub Maintenance and Animals on Highways, Cultural Services, Leisure, Play Areas, Family, Entertainments, Neighbourhood Nuisance, Waste, Building and Construction, Landscape and Countryside and On the Move, Car related issues, Parking, Redways, Cycling, Street Furniture, Crime, Signs, Highway Infrastructure, Roadworks, Waste and Graffiti, Underpasses, Landscape & Open Spaces, and Traffic Signals and Signs?

MK Council StreetCare to report it direct

Local residents raised the issue of MK Council possibly starting to charge for home to school transport for those pupils attending High Ash school in Great Brickhill. The Cabinet member for Education at MK Council has offered the following reassuring response;

MKC has provided free Home To School Transport for children from Little Brickhill to High Ash School in Bucks since we became a local authority in 1997.
Little Brickhill has historically been regarded as being in the defined area for High Ash since that time.
There is a requirement on Local Authorities to provide free home to school transport to children under the age of 8 years who live over 2 miles from their nearest school and for those over 8 who live 3 mile away, or for lower mileage if their is no safe walking route.

With regards to Little Brickhill there was some unforeseen confusion about continued eligibility for free transport to High Ash, resulting in parents mistakenly being advised that their child was no longer eligible for transport to this school.

Following representation from the Headteacher and Chair of Governors this confusion was cleared up. In early May 06 a senior officer wrote to the Chair of Governors confirming that free transport would be provided for Little Brickhill children continuing or starting at High Ash School in September and parents have been informed.

However the council does need to keep transport to all schools under review and this will be done as necessary. Should any changes be considered, (and there are none at present) then a full consultation would occur.
To contact High Ash School direct use the address below, phone, e-mail or click on their enquiries page www.highashcofe.ik.org/.

High Ash C of E Combined School
Pound HIll
Great Brickhill
Milton Keynes
MK17 9AS

Tel:01525 261 620
Fax: 01525 261 988
Email: office@highash.bucks.sch.uk

The MK2031 growth plan was considered by the board of MKP at its most recent meeting which was held on 12 June 2006.Draft Plan for Milton Keynes_(190K)

see English Partnerships

MKP now plan to make this document the submission to the South East plan. The closing date for any submissions to GOSE was June 23rd 2006.
The public examination of the South East plan is to be in November of this year.The South East plan will provide statutory guidance to the local planning authorities (including Milton Keynes Council) in the region for the period to 2026.

The MK2031 growth plan has to identify locations for 34,000 houses. This is over and above anything (such as the northern, eastern and western expansion areas; completion of the new city area; the city centre etc) contained in the current local plan for Milton Keynes.

MKP propose 11 to 14,000 of these houses within the existing city. This is equivalent to a town about the size of Dover, Hatfield or Leighton Buzzard.These houses are to be mainly within the city centre and along the V7 Saxon Street corridor.

The remainder (20 to 23,000)are to be
around Newton Longville(in Aylesbury Vale)and
around Wavendon, Woburn Sands and Aspley Guise. Part of this area is within Mid Beds and outside the South East Region.

MKP have carried out an urban potential study. It may illustrate how the 11 to 14,000 houses could be accommodated within the existing city but it is not yet published.

Milton Keynes Council, Aylsbury Vale DC, Mid Beds DCCouncils are to make their own submissions to the South East plan. A further stage of consultation on the MK2031 growth plan is to be held over the summer. This is likely to be led by the local authorities rather than MKP. The results of this consultation are to be fed into the public examination of the south east plan in November.

The urban potential study is to be published with the report and other papers for the MKP board meeting of June 12. It is likely to be available on the MKP web site from about June 5.

If you wish to make any comments on the MK2031 growth plan then please submit them to the south east plan consultation at Response to SE Plan

The closing date is Friday June 23rd 2006.

The Conservation Area proposals can be viewed here Appraisal a_(1990K) and here Appraisal b_(1771K)

If you have any views on the designation of a conservation area in Little Brickhill please write to Martin Ellison, Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, MK9 3HG. You can contact Martin Ellison by calling direct on 01908 252501 or email Martin Ellison

Please note that the deadline for submissions has now closed and that the next village meeting set to discuss the outcome of the consultation will be held on Monday 12th June 2006 starting at 8 pm

Planning_(652K)

Click for a copy of the Interim Report, published in April 2004 and relating to the Local Plan Inquiry.

Residents will note the troubling change of status suggested for the Brickhills - the Inspector suggesting that they lose their Area of Atrtactive Landscape (AAL) status.

This policy outlines the current data led approach to managing speed on the LHA roads within Milton Keynes Council. Whilst referring to a number of measures available to raise awareness to change attitudes and behaviour towards speed, it focuses upon Speed Indicating Devices and Vehicle Activated Devices. The reason for this is to try and indicate the distinct difference between these two measures and develop a greater understanding of how these measures are intended to operate. To review the policy click here SID policy_(28K) and SID two_(146K). The summar consukltation sheet can be viewed here Summary SID_(33K)

As your local council member representing Little Brickhill at Milton Keynes Council, I welcome feedback and comment


E-mail me at David Hopkins


Or write to me at 80 Walton Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LW.

This is a brief note written in response to the recent enquiry regarding the tax base for Little Brickhill.

Please find attached a list of the properties in Little Brickhill Parish which has been supplied to me by the tax office. I note that the office claims 177 properties – my electoral role has 169 properties listed.

Council Tax levels in Little Brickhill