Agenda item

Higher Denham ANPR

Chalfont St Peter CCTV

Chalfont St Giles Wildflowers

Bucks Business First BYOB

Minutes:

Higher Denham ANPR

This application was supported by the Sub-Group. The Project aimed to site high quality, number plate recognition CCTV cameras at each of the (only) three vehicle entrances/exits to/from Higher Denham together with the associated transmission and recording equipment. The objective of the Project was to reduce the number of burglaries that take place in Higher Denham, which Thames Valley Police say was above the average for the area. It would achieve this by:

1. advertising the presence of the cameras which should deter criminal activity

2. by making recordings, collected at the time of any burglary that does occur, available to the police. Unexpected vehicles can be identified and checked to help identify perpetrators and then obtain convictions. The quality of the system was such that it was acceptable in courts as evidence.

The Community Board agreed the funding application.

 

CCTV – Urgent replacement of cameras stolen or vandalised - £600

This application was supported by the Sub-Group. The Community Centre had already received the funding. By improving the security of the community centre in a very visible way, people will be reassured that they take their security seriously and will feel safer. This will encourage them to want to use the facilities provided by the community centre and it will give the trustees of the community centre the confidence to keep the community centre open, since they are ultimately responsible for the safety of their clients.

 

The Community Board agreed the funding application.

 

Chalfont St Giles Wildflowers

This application was supported by the Sub-Group. Planting up the roadside verges with colourful wildflowers, increasing flowers in the village centre, providing colourful flowers in the cemetery borders and creating spaces for native wildflowers within the parks and open spaces. In 2018 the Parish Council planted up some wildflowers on the A413 at Pheasant Hill. This was very well received and the areas planted were increased in 2019. The positive feedback from the flowered areas meant that the Parish Council anticipated planting more areas in 2020, however this did not happen because of the Pandemic. The Pandemic has seen far more people taking exercise outdoors and enjoying the open spaces within the Parish so the Parish Council has agreed to increase the flowers around the villages of Chalfont St Giles and Jordans.

 

The Community Board agreed the funding application.

 

Becoming Your Own Boss

This was an initiative by Bucks Business First aimed at supporting people who were seriously considering self-employment or starting their own business. Buckinghamshire Council made people aware of the scheme on 22 January 2021 and five other Community Boards were supporting the project. The three day programme advises people in the right direction; enterprise support, one on one and two day training course. The Programme was to fund 12 people. Bucks Business First would do a follow up after the course. Eight people recommended this to the Community Board. Cllr Chamberlain commented that the BYOB course sounded excellent but was concerned that applicants would be accepted on a first come first serve basis rather than a geographical basis across the Board. The applicants should be reflective of the Board. Steve Weston agreed with this and would take this up with Bucks Business First. Cllr Darby commented that this project was time limited so it was important to ensure that there were 12 applicants coming forward and if time allowed that it should be geographically spread.

 

The Community Board agreed the funding application.

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