Archive June 2006

AVDC is urging local residents to take advantage of new recycling facilities on offer in Aylesbury Vale. Five more aluminium foil recycling banks have been provided by the council, which will improve access for local residents and boost recycling...

02/06/06

AVDC’s refuse drivers have been recognised for their exemplary safe driving skills by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The council has 38 refuse drivers who are signed up to the RoSPA’s National Safe Driving ...

02/06/06

Aylesbury Vale residents are being asked to help a team of volunteers who are gathering information about field ponds in the local community. AVDC, in partnership with Buckinghamshire County Council and Pond Conservation, will be carrying out a s...

07/06/06

AVDC and Buckinghamshire County Council are supporting this year’s Child Safety Week (19 – 25 June) by reinforcing the message that a few small, simple steps can prevent many childhood accidents. Nearly 300 children are admitted to ho...

09/06/06

Aylesbury Vale District Council’s Cabinet Member for Planned Development, together with local ward councillor, Pam Pearce, has reacted angrily to the latest proposals for the expansion of Milton Keynes. The Milton Keynes Partnership Committ...

14/06/06

Aylesbury’s Vale Park is set to receive a major facelift, with work on new play and sports facilities starting this summer. A new sports zone will be built at the park, which will include a new bowling green, tennis courts and a multi-use g...

19/06/06

Council last night gave its formal consent for the transfer of its housing stock to be transferred to the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust (VAHT), which is scheduled to take place on 17 July. Negotiations on the valuation of the transfer of the ho...

22/06/06

By-elections will be held on 27 July, 2006 to fill vacancies in the Gatehouse Ward on both the District Council and Aylesbury Town Council. This ward was formerly represented by Terry Sherwin. If you would like to stand in either election candida...

23/06/06

Sections of a play house, the sort that are often provided in pub gardens, were dumped at the Quainton Railway Centre car park in Quainton Road last week during the night of Monday, 19 June. The council is keen to find out who is responsible and ...

26/06/06

Aylesbury Vale District Council’s housing and council tax benefit service is amongst the very best in the country, according to government figures. The Department for Work and Pensions recently published details of the administration of hou...

29/06/06