The Town Board wants to hear from you! Your views are really important – the Town Board needs to understand what challenges you think the area faces, including the impact that Covid-19 has had, and for you to help us to identify how we can help restore confidence in the local economy. These last few […]
Bletchley & Fenny Stratford Town Deal
As previously reported in our Spring Newsletter, MK is one of the 101 places eligible to bid up to £25m as part of the Government’s Towns Fund. MK Council is focusing the Town Deal on Bletchley and Fenny Stratford. The Town Deal is a really exciting opportunity to bring millions of pounds-worth of funding to […]
Thames Valley Police Notice
In the absence of the West Bletchley Community Forums we are hosting an online Milton Keynes Neighbourhood Policing Team Question and Answer session on the evening of Friday 31st July 2020 at 1800hrs to 2000hrs. This will be an opportunity to speak online to the Neighbourhood Policing team and community support officers to ask questions […]
Buckingham Road Closure
Milton Keynes Highways have announced that between 5th July 2020 to 7th December 2020 Buckingham Road will be closed to all traffic under the rail bridge (from the junction at Water Eaton Road to the Brunel Roundabout junction). This is in order to enable East West Rail to carry out replacement of bridge deck on […]
Bletchley Park Block D & Proposed Institute of Technology
Planning application 19/02698/FUL submitted by Milton Keynes College in respect of the proposed Institute of Technology (IOT) was refused by MK Council due to the absence of a legal agreement (and planning obligation) securing the off-site car parking provision, it is likely that the development as proposed would result in a shortfall of up to […]
Wilton Hall
Following MK Council’s refusal of planning permission for the demolition of Wilton Hall and the erection of 6 detached dwellings, West Bletchley Council (WBC) submitted an application to MK Council to have Wilton Hall listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). The basis for this application was, with the publication of the Central Bletchley […]
Parking Update
The 1 June 2020 meeting of the West Bletchley Council Parking Sub-Committee took place, albeit via Zoom, the online video conferencing tool. Matters discussed included the proposal to extend the Station Parking Zone to Church Green Road – evens from 88 to 156 and odds from 59 to 141, The Grove and the Elms, Bunkers Lane, Tiltman Lane, […]
East/West Rail
For a useful update on progress with the East/West Rail project, including reference to works on the Bletchley Flyover, please see EWR2 Project Newsletter
G Block, The Old Canteen & Cricket Pavilion
BPARA continues to lobby MK Council to enforce the Section 215 notice against Bletchley Park Capital Partners (BPCP), owners of the Old Canteen and G Block. The inadequate hoarding around the latter has fallen down leaving the site exposed – it also needs to be erected inside the G Block perimeter. However, MK Council’s Conservation […]
Annual subscription due – please use safe payment option!
In view of the Corona Virus Outbreak, we are appealing to members to pay their subscription online – please see BPARA Payment Form for details. Online payment avoids the need for BPARA representatives to come into contact with members. However, if online payment is not suitable for you, you may pay in cash or by […]
Windmill Hill Golf Course redevelopment
Consultation runs until 14 March. Representatives of David Lock Associates will be attending a Special Meeting of West Bletchley Council at 7pm on Tuesday 3rd March 2020 at West Bletchley Council’s Offices to present information and respond to questions regarding the revised proposals. This meeting is open to the public and local residents are welcome […]
BPARA AGM on Tuesday, 28 April – date for your diary!
BPARA AGM in C Block/Exhibition Area of Bletchley Park (close to car park and facilities) at 7pm on Tuesday, 28 April 2020. Speakers will be Iain Standen (CEO, Bletchley Park) and Paul Hammond (MK Council) who will talk to us about the Bletchley Town Deal and potential Government funding of up to £25m.
West Bletchley Community Forum
BPARA is a member of the West Bletchley Community Forum and attends quarterly meetings at the Frank Moran Centre in Melrose Avenue. At the last meeting held on 13 February, Cllr. David Ashworth was elected Chair of the Forum – please see information from David below. The next Forum meeting is on Thursday, 21 May […]
Bletchley Town Deal
Our Newsletter – BPARA Intelligence Spring 2020 – provides information regarding the Bletchley Town Deal. To view slides of the first meeting of the Town Deal Board attended by BPARA, please see 200130 Towns Fund final. Paul Hammond from MK Council will be speaking about this topic at the BPARA AGM on Tuesday, 28 April […]
Parking Sub-Committee
As stated in our Newsletter – BPARA Intelligence Spring 2020 – we have submitted proposals to extend the Station Parking Zone to the Clerk of West Bletchley Council for consideration by the Parking Sub-Committee at the meeting on 23 March. BPARA and Chris Stewart, representing West Bletchley Community Forum, are members of the Sub-Committee. For […]
Bletchley Conservation Area Review
On behalf of Bletchley Park Area Residents Association (BPARA), we have the following comments on the Conservation Review: We question how effective a conservation area is on any proposed new development(s) as the Conservation Review Draft Management Plan states: 1. “The Council will normally refuse applications for development that are deemed to be inconsistent with […]
Submission in respect of The Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan Main Modifictions
On behalf of Bletchley Park Area Residents Association (BPARA),we are writing to register our objections to the VALP Main Modifications which require further review. The letters ‘MM’ and numbers refer to the appropriate modifications, and we believe the Public Examination should be re-opened for the reasons stated below. As set out in previous communications going […]
Draft Central Bletchley Prospectus [Sept – Nov 2019] Focussed Engagement Response
1. BPARA (and the Consortium of Bletchley Residents Associations – COBRA -represented by Liz Rawlinson, Chair) have been stakeholders and attended workshops in relation to the Central Bletchley Urban Design Framework (“CB Framework”) since the initiation of this project in November 2017. 2. In March 2019, we attended another workshop and accepted the need for […]
Salden Chase application turned down by MK Council!
Highways Planning Application Reference: 15/00619/FUL Salden Chase, the so called “South West Milton Keynes” planning application, was refused by Milton Keynes Council’s Development Control (Planning) Committee on Thursday night (7th November). After hearing from Newton Longville Parish Council, West Bletchley Council, MKC ward councillors and residents, the Committee supported a motion put forward by Cllr […]
Salden Chase/SWMK Consortium
Highways Planning Application to be formally considered by Milton Keynes Council – Application Reference: 15/00619/FUL Physical improvements to the Bottledump roundabouts and a new access onto the A421 (priority left in only) to accommodate the development of land in Aylesbury Vale District reference 15/00314/AOP (for Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access […]
