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11 December 2024

Parish Council Meeting

Kimble Stewart Hall Wednesday 7:00 pm View Details

Great & Little Kimble cum Marsh Parish Council

Great & Little Kimble cum Marsh Parish is set in the beautiful Vale of Aylesbury at the foot of The Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire.

Each and everyone of our councillors welcome you to our rural parish. We are situated on the northern edge of the Wycombe District, with rich lower farm land to the North rising into part of the magnificent Chiltern Hills to the South.

The 394 homes are well spread across 1,212 hectares. The main settlements are Smoky Row, Clanking, Marsh, Kimblewick, Little Kimble and Great Kimble.

The southern part of the parish is within the Chilterns Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty and The Green Belt – an area representing nearly 25% of the parish. The rest is most attractive too, and we strive to keep it that way.

The National Trust owns the land around Pulpit Hill. There is a network of public footpaths and bridleways from which to explore the varied countryside within the parish.

The population is growing, with many young families now taking the numbers to just over 1,000 (988 in the 2001 Census).

Latest Parish News

Park for free this Christmas

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November 2024

To make your Christmas shopping experience more convenient and affordable this year, Buckinghamshire Council is offering free parking in selected council-owned car parks on certain dates in the run up to the festive season.

The free council run car parking days are:

South Bucks (all council-owned car parks):Saturday 14 and Saturday 21 December
Aylesbury (all council-owned car parks): Every Thursday in December from 3:30pm
Aylesbury (Walton Street Car Park only): Every Sunday in December up to Christmas

Other select free parking is available across the county on days in the run up to Christmas. These arrangements have been made at a local level in partnership with town and parish councils:

Amersham - Old Town, Sycamore Road, Chiltern Avenue and multi storey - Friday 6 December and all Saturdays leading up to Christmas
Beaconsfield - Warwick Road, Altons & Penncroft – 14 and 21 December
Buckingham - Cornwalls Meadow & Westerns Avenue - 14 December
Chalfont St Giles - Blizzards Yard – All Saturdays leading up to Christmas
Chalfont St Peter - Church Lane – Friday 6 December, all Saturdays leading up to Christmas
Chesham - Saturday 7, 14, 21 and 28 December, plus Christmas Eve at Albany Place and Watermeadow
Great Missenden - Link Road & Buryfield – All Saturdays leading up to Christmas
High Wycombe -Saturday 7 December and Friday 13 December at all council car parks with the exception of Handy Cross and Kingsmead (Desborough Square I Desborough Street Duke Street I Railway Place I Totteridge Road Wycombe Swan I George Street Wycombe Council Offices Front and RearEaston Street I Richardson Street)
Little Chalfont -Snells Wood - 7, 14, 15, 21 and 22 December
Marlow – Institute Road, Dean Street, Riley Road, Marlow Central, Liston Road, Pound Lane, West Street – 7, 14 and 21 December
Prestwood High Street - All Saturdays leading up to Christmas
Princes Risborough - The Mount & Horns Lane – Saturday 30 November, Saturday 14 and 21 December
Wendover Library – Friday 13 December 6pm to 8pm
Wooburn and Bourne End - Wakeman Road -Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December

29

November 2024

Buckinghamshire Council Opposes New 'Family Farm Tax'

At its full Council meeting on Wednesday evening, Buckinghamshire Council voiced strong opposition to the recently introduced 'Family Farm Tax' by the government, citing significant concerns over its potential impact on family farms and rural communities.

Councillor Phil Gomm stated: “The new tax will make it exceedingly difficult for farmers to pass on their farms to the next generation, thereby threatening food security and the viability of rural communities.

Buckinghamshire contains many farming communities and numerous family farms. They face the devastating impact from this new ‘Tax.’ At a time when farmers in Buckinghamshire are struggling with soaring costs and energy prices, this sudden and unexpected tax rise will damage the future of their farms and negatively impact on wider local communities and environmental sustainability.

Farmers in Buckinghamshire are already grappling with reduced subsidies, adverse trading relations, and rising costs. We believe that the new tax will exacerbate these issues, making it even harder for farmers to sustain their operations.”

In response to the tax, the council plans to write to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to express their dismay and request a reversal of the policy.

Cllr Thomas Broom added: "Buckinghamshire Council remains committed to supporting our farming communities and championing our rural economy. The future of family farms is at stake and with it the enormous work our farmers do to protect and enhance our natural environment. The beauty of Buckinghamshire, the reason so many of us choose to make it our home, is at risk. Once these farm landscapes are split up and sold off we will never get them back, and Bucks will be forever scarred by this mindless, pointless vandalism. We call upon all Buckinghamshire MPs to proactively oppose the Government’s 'Family Farmers’ Tax and support their constituents, all of whom will bear the burden of this policy."

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