Starting this Friday, the car park at Hervines Park will be closed from 8.30pm every night.
Please ensure that if you use this car park that your vehicle is moved before the gate is locked. …

Regrettably, we have had to take this decision following a huge rise in anti-social behaviour over the past three months. As many of you will be aware, the bug hotel was burnt last week (see the Bucks Free Press newspaper article below). However, this is just one of many recent incidents.

The Town Council is working in partnership with the local neighborhood policing team to combat anti-social behaviour in and around the park.

The car park will be open at 7.30am in the morning.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter

The Town Council installed a new addition to Sycamore Corner on Wednesday.

130 years or so after the development of Amersham on-the-Hill we finally have a ‘Town Sign’.

The sign, a Town Council initiative, incorporates many modern features of Amersham-on-the-Hill, including a Metropolitan Line train, St Michael’s Church, Amersham Free Church, red kites and of course beech trees….

We would like to thank Michelle Catanach and Colin Pells for working in association with Town Council to create the original concept, artwork and computer image. Similar thanks to Andy Honour for converting this image into a computer-aided design and usable file which was used to produce the sign. Such talent!

We would also like to thank the Amersham and District Residents Association for helping to fund the sign and Buckinghamshire Council for allowing the sign to be installed on the verge.

We are pleased to announce that Barn Meadow Children’s Play Area and Hervines Park Children’s Play Area will be reopening from Saturday 4 July onwards. We request anyone using the play areas to maintain strict social distancing and good hygiene practice.

Please keep your children safe when using the facilities and do not enter the play area if the maximum number of users has been reached. If this is the case, please return later in the day.

Please read and take notice of the signage that has been erected in both play areas, as this is for your own safety.

All users should be aware of the risks in using a playground and take extra care and responsibility for sanitising and social distancing.

We are pleased to announce that the new facilities at King George V Playing Field, which includes the wooden play equipment, outdoor gym and skatepark, shall be open from midday on Friday 10^th July. Please do no attempt to use these play facilities until this date.

Annual Return 2020 – Notice of Electors Rights

Click to view a PDF copy of the latest Annual Return 2020 – Notice for Electors Rights

It is wonderful to see so many poppies in flower throughout Amersham at the moment… from the wildflower meadow at Stanley Hill to the hill overlooking Old Amersham.

We are pleased to report that we shall we planting the annual borders in the Memorial Gardens this week.

It is fantastic to see that the open spaces throughout Amersham are being used by so many residents at the moment, most notably when the weather is hot.

Unfortunately more visitors we have seen a 300% increase in litter. Please be considerate and do not leave litter piled up against bins when they are full.

Rest assured that the Town Council is emptying the bins as frequently as permits but your help would be appreciated to ensure that we keep on top of this unseasonal demand.

A replacement dog bin has been ordered for car park at Hervines Park.

Many of you will have noticed that we have been refreshing the tubs and planters throughout Amersham. Along with the newly installed hanging baskets they have added sparkle and colour to our town.

Rest assured that whilst we are unable to utilise the help of the volunteers (in the main thoroughfares and Memorial Gardens due to social distancing restrictions), the Town Council bloom team remain committed and are working hard to ensure that Amersham remains beautiful.

As you can imagine we must water the new plants frequently, so if you live locally and fancy lending a hand by tipping a watering or two into tubs, then your efforts will be much appreciated.

AMERSHAM TOWN COUNCIL

Amersham (Weedon Hill) Ward

Local Government Act 1972- Sections 87 and 89

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that due to the resignation of Councillor Howard Newton a casual vacancy has arisen in the Office of a Town Councillor for Amersham Town Council – Amersham (Weedon Hill) ward.

If by 12 June 2020 (within 14 days excluding Dies Non after the date of this notice) a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to the Returning Officer, Buckinghamshire Council, King George V House, King George V Road, Amersham, HP6 5AW by TEN electors for the Town/Parish, or Town/Parish ward (if warded), then under the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and The Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 the by-election will not currently take place, and the vacancy will be held open until the by election takes place. The 2020 regulations provide for the by election to take place on the date for the Ordinary Election of Councillors due to be held on Thursday 6 May 2021. However, this date may be brought forward or deferred by the Government depending upon the circumstances. Any Election that is in due course called will be duly publicised as required by law.

Dated: 22 May 2020

Signed:

(Parish/Town Clerk)

Elizabeth Richardson – Town Clerk – Finance & Policy
Amersham Town Council
Flint Barn Court, Church Street, Amersham HP7 0DB

A copy of this Vacancy Notice can be downloaded here.

AMERSHAM TOWN COUNCIL

Amersham on the Hill Ward

Local Government Act 1972- Sections 87 and 89

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that due to the resignation of Councillor Debbie Kenchington a casual vacancy has arisen in the Office of a Town Councillor for Amersham Town Council – Amersham on the Hill ward.

If by 12 June 2020 (within 14 days excluding Dies Non after the date of this notice) a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to the Returning Officer, Buckinghamshire Council, King George V House, King George V Road, Amersham, HP6 5AW by TEN electors for the Town/Parish, or Town/Parish ward (if warded), then under the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and The Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 the by-election will not currently take place, and the vacancy will be held open until the by election takes place. The 2020 regulations provide for the by election to take place on the date for the Ordinary Election of Councillors due to be held on Thursday 6 May 2021. However, this date may be brought forward or deferred by the Government depending upon the circumstances. Any Election that is in due course called will be duly publicised as required by law.

Dated: 22 May 2020

Signed:

(Parish/Town Clerk)

Elizabeth Richardson – Town Clerk – Finance & Policy
Amersham Town Council
Flint Barn Court, Church Street, Amersham HP7 0DB

A copy of this Vacancy Notice can be downloaded here.