Archive December 2007

Aylesbury Vale District Council is inviting residents to give their views on an important review of the conservation areas in Dinton, Westlington and Gibraltar. The appraisal is designed to identify if any changes need to be made to the present c...

04/12/07

A new ‘high-tech’ tree will be setting down roots in Buckingham this week as part of Aylesbury Vale District Council’s annual tree planting programme. The council wil be planting a new variety of elm tree called ‘New Horiz...

06/12/07

Band D council tax payers will face an increase of nine pence per week for Aylesbury Vale District Council services next year if initial budget proposals are carried through. Members of the district council’s cabinet this week considered a ...

10/12/07

The site of Aylesbury Vale District Council’s former Exchange Street offices has been transformed into a temporary car park – just in time for Christmas shopping. The new car park, called Canalside Extension, has 60 long-stay spaces a...

10/12/07

Motorists will face different levels of fines for different types of parking offences in Aylesbury Vale under new legislation coming into force next year. Aylesbury Vale District Council has had to adopt a new two-tier parking fine system, which ...

11/12/07

Residents who become victims of domestic burglary in Aylesbury Vale can now take advantage of a wide range of home security measures. Aylesbury Vale District Council has teamed up with the Aylesbury Vale Community Safety Partnership to offer free...

11/12/07

Party-goers in Aylesbury Vale should be sorting out their Christmas transport arrangements now to make sure that they are not putting themselves at risk from unlicensed opportunists. That’s the advice from Aylesbury Vale District Council an...

11/12/07

Claydon House is the place in Aylesbury Vale which residents voted as their ‘Pride of Place’, according to the results of an online poll. Aylesbury Vale District Council took part in the national Pride of Place poll by inviting people...

13/12/07

More than 128,000 people are now on Aylesbury Vale District Council’s electoral register – the highest number ever. The number of registered electors has increased by two per cent to 128,485 this year from 125,917 when the register wa...

13/12/07

Andrew Grant, Chief Executive of Aylesbury Vale District Council, put on his work boots and gloves this week to join Vale Countryside Volunteers on their latest conservation task day. The chief executive joined a group of 10 volunteers to carry o...

17/12/07

Aylesbury Vale District Council is urging local residents to recycle as much as possible during the festive period. With households producing tonnes of wrapping paper, Christmas cards, cardboard and drinks bottles, a lot of additional waste is pr...

18/12/07

A £10.7 million cash boost spread over the next three years has been announced to help Aylesbury Vale prepare for the new communities which are set to be built in the area. The money is being given to the Vale to help with the initial fundi...

19/12/07

Aylesbury Vale District Council has secured more than £90,000 in grant funding from the government to tackle homelessness. The council will receive £31,000 a year over the next three years to continue with projects and services to hel...

19/12/07

Aylesbury Vale District Council has been re-awarded the coveted ‘Investors in People’ (IiP) standard for the way it develops and supports its employees. The council has successfully held Investors in People status since 1999. The awar...

21/12/07

The creation of a multi-million pound business park destined to bring a jobs bonanza to Aylesbury Vale has taken a step closer to becoming reality. Plans for the ambitious development near Aylesbury, which would create some 2,000 new jobs, were a...

21/12/07

A man caught dropping a cigar butt in Aylesbury has been fined £200 after failing to pay a fixed penalty littering fine. Vincent Booth, 38, of Somerville Way, Aylesbury, was taken to court by Aylesbury Vale District Council yesterday (20 De...

21/12/07