Richard Struck

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Happy Man - new plans
Another application has been submitted by Tesco Stores Ltd for the Happy Man Public House, Berry Lane, Mill End. The application is for redevelopment of the site to provide a Class A1 (retail) unit at ground-floor level as a convenience goods store with 4 two-bedroom residential flats at first floor level with associated access, parking and landscaping.
Previous plans for a store with 8, and then 7, two-bedroom flats were refused by the Council on the grounds of over-development of the site.
You can view the new planning application 10/0329/FUL on the Council’s website - and can submit comments online through the ‘public access facility’. Any comments will need to be received before 2nd April 2010 to ensure that they are considered before the application is considered by the Council’s Development Control Committee on 22nd April.

More Recycling
At last - TRDC now collects all types of plastics (except that which has come into contact with raw meat). They are also able to accept food and drinks cartons (commonly called Tetra Paks) in the box with the plastics and cans. The plastics the Council are able to accept include:

All of this material can go into the recycling box with the food and drinks cans, cartons and aerosols.
It’s not possible to list every type of plastic that the Council can take, however the only type of plastic they really cannot take is that which has come into contact with raw meat and clingfilm.
Items still need rinsing and squashing, so you can get more in your boxes, but also so the vehicles do not have to tip so often. You should be aware that some of this material will be exported for recycling, however there are strict controls on this to ensure it is all recycled properly. We hope over time the percentage being exported will decrease.

Woodlice
Good news - the Council has caught a ‘woodlouse’ in Croxley Hall Woods.

Watford Phil concert change
There’s a change of programme for the Watford Phil concert in the Colosseum on Sat March 13th.
Bax’s overture “Tintagel” is replaced by Saint-Saens’ 2nd Piano Concerto played by 15 year old Lara Omeroglu, from the Purcell School in Bushey. Lara has just become one of the 5 national finalists of the BBC Young Musician of the Year (to be televised in May), having won the keyboard class, and would like to gain some experience playing her chosen concerto before a large audience. You can see her playing a Chopin prelude on YouTube when she was 13.
The remainder of the programme stays the same - Andrew Shore singing Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs”; Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast”; Britten’s “St. Nicholas”.
Details and on-line ticket sales from the Watford Phil website. www.watfordphilharmonic.co.uk Stalls £12.50, Gallery £14.00.

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Council Tax cut

Residents of Three Rivers will once again benefit from improved services and a cut in council tax after the Lib Dem run council voted through a 0.5% cut in the Three Rivers part of the Council Tax.

Average Council Tax charged by Three Rivers for each household across the district will now be more than £1 less than it was four years ago. This is the second time in three years that the TRDC part of the Council Tax has been cut. This has been achieved by further significant efficiency savings without cutting services, which means the continuance of value-for-money services for local people.

Herts County Council has voted for no change in its share of the council tax.

William Penn Enquiry

At last week’s full Council meeting, councillors voted unanimously to call in the external auditors to conduct a “full, independent and transparent scrutiny” of the much-delayed William Penn swimming pool project. It is not yet known when they will be able to publish their report.

Wood Lice

It has been reported that some people are going into our woods, cutting trees & branches and selling them off for firewood. TRDC woods are vulnerable and have already been ‘visited’ by these thieves. They certainly do not have permission to do this, and any such activity should be reported to TRDC on (01923) 776611.

Watford Concert

Watford Philharmonic perform at the Watford Colosseum on Saturday 13th March.

The baritone Andrew Shore will be the soloist in Walton’s ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Five Mystical Songs’. Andrew lives in Chorleywood - he is a distinguished international baritone who performs not only with English National Opera and at Glyndebourne, but in opera houses all over the world.

The choir is also singing Britten’s ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’ and the orchestra is playing Bax’s ‘Tintagel Overture’.

Details and on-line ticket sales from the Watford Phil website www.watfordphilharmonic.co.uk/concerts.html

Ricky Pancake Race Video

In case you missed it, see the spills and thrills on Cllr Les Mead\’s YouTube site - youtube.com/watch?v=0Fc2RbwvIJo

Fairtrade in Three Rivers

Another YouTube video - youtube.com/watch?v=zjZokvi5h3Y

See more at www.watfordfairtrade.com, which has a page of local shops that support Fairtrade.

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Children’s Roller Disco

Sunday 14 FebruaryChildren’s Roller Disco at the Princess Marina Sports Complex, within the grounds of the Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth.Children 14 & under welcome£3 Entry£2 Skate HireCome along for skating fun and games, any ability welcome! For more information or to hire skates please call Georgina on 01923 725344 or email princessmarinasportscomplex@hotmail.co.uk

Watford and Three Rivers Refugee Project

‘Penniless refugees and asylum seekers round these parts? Surely not!’  But, sadly, there are indeed such people struggling to survive in our area. The Refugee Project, run solely by volunteers, seeks to befriend them and give them practical help. They helped a number of cases, including small children, in this way last year.The AGM will be on Monday, 15 February, 7.30 p.m. at the Watford Friends Meeting House, 150 Church Road, Watford. The formal business (which will be kept very short) will be followed by the guest speaker Dr Hannah Lewis, who is the author of two independent reports for the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust into destitution among refused asylum seekers in the UK. Her latest report (2009) exposes the worsening crisis amongst refused asylum seekers and calls for an immediate temporary amnesty for ‘unreturnable’ asylum seekers. Dr Lewis will take ‘Still Destitute’ as the theme of her talk. All welcome on Monday 15 February. Further details from John Shaw (01923) 775219.

Annual Pancake Race in Rickmansworth

Once again the Coach and Horses are sponsoring the Annual Pancake Race in Rickmansworth High Street at 11.00 am on Shrove Tuesday 16 February.The High Street will be closed from 11.00am to 11.45am.All proceeds go to Watford Mencap, a local charity supporting 500 adults and children and their carers in South West Herts.The cost to enter a team in to this fun event is £50 for a team of 4. Call Lesley Blee on 01923 713622 or e:mail lblee@watfordmencap.org for more details.

Land of Liberty

Three Rivers DC’s new arts and heritage project, Land of Liberty, will be taking place at the Maple Cross Club on Wednesday 17 February from 6pm - 10pm.The aim of the evening is to engage with the local community, asking residents if they would like to become involved in the project and how they would like to see it develop.

Film at Watersmeet - The Changeling

Thursday 18 FebruaryThe Changeling is the story of a single suburban mum, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), whose son Walter (Gatlin Griffith) was kidnapped from her LA home. Months later a young boy surfaced, claiming to be Walter.

Showing at 2pm - doors and kiosk open at 1.15. and 7.30pm - bar open from 6.30.There is ample seating at Watersmeet so pre-booking is not necessary.For the matinee parking vouchers allowing 4hrs parking can be purchased for £1 at the film box office.

Family/Children’s Film for Half Term at Watersmeet - Disney Film UP

A comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfils his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America, but he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-rear-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.

Matinee only at 2.00pm Doors open 1.15pm.No need to pre-book - pay at the door.

Rags to Riches…the fashion show with a difference

Three Rivers Volunteer Centre and Vinspired (the National Youth Volunteering Programme) have joined together to bring you a fashion with a difference. Three charities, Sue Ryder, Help the Aged and Oxfam, all local charity shops on Rickmansworth High Street, over 100 volunteers and 40 outfits combine to make one glamorous night with prizes galore!

Rags to Riches is on Saturday 20 February at 7pm with tickets available from Watersmeet priced £7 and £5 concessions. Call 01923 711063 or book online.

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WD3 Schools Campaign
It is becoming increasingly difficult for children living in South West Hertfordshire to be awarded a place at a local, quality secondary school.
The situation has been getting worse over recent years and is set to become even more problematic. Forecasts from Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) show that by 2014/15 there will be more children applying for places than are available. HCC is aware of the issue yet still is doing nothing concrete to remedy the problem. This is a situation that cannot be allowed to continue.
A group of local parents have recently formed the WD3 Parents Secondary School Action Group to persuade HCC and Three Rivers to provide more local secondary school places for local children. The Group’s short term goal is to ensure that HCC expands intake capacity to create sufficient places for local children at local schools. In the longer term, their goal is to ensure the provision of a new local, community secondary school.
The group needs the support of as many local parents as possible. They are holding an open meeting next Wednesday, 10th February from 8.00pm at St. Peter’s Church of England School, Church Lane, Mill End.
The purpose of this meeting will be to make those responsible for providing our local education services understand the urgency and the demand for a new school. They would be delighted to see as many parents as possible attend. The larger the number present on the night, the harder it will become for the cause to be ignored.
Go to www.wd3school.wordpress.com to find out more about the campaign and how you can respond to the LEA’s current consultation exercise.

Ricky in 2009
I am grateful to my colleague Cllr Les Mead for his compilation of highlights from 2009 in and around Rickmansworth. See it at this link on YouTube.

Three Rivers Music Society Concert
Friday 12th February at 8pm St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth. £10 on the door, discounts for Members.
The Arlequin Piano Trio performing music by Beethoven, Suk, Schubert, Shostakovich.

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Development Control Committee
The DC Committee met on Thursday 21st January and made the following decisions on applications in the Rickmansworth area:

4-6 Station Road, Rickmansworth
09/1776/FUL
This is the Trend & Thomas corner. Extension above and to rear of existing building, converting a two storey building into three storeys with two additional two bedroom flats, creation of a first storey extension over existing car park to provide office accommodation, retaining parking spaces and creating a new frontage onto road with formation of new vehicle entrance to Northway. Deferred for a site visit, after concern was raised about impact on existing residential properties.

Yorke Road School, Croxley Green
09/1798/OUT
Outline application: Residential development up to 5 dwellings (including access), at Leukaemia Research Fund (former Yorke Road School). This was refused: the existing Locally Important Building by reason of its historical and architectural merit makes a significant contribution to the local scene. The proposal would involve the loss of a Locally Important Building which would adversely affect the character and appearance of the local scene.
Yorke Road was the first school in Croxley Green. It was opened by All Saints Church on 4th January 1875, and meant that the children of Croxley Green no longer had to walk to Rickmansworth to be schooled. In 1977, the school was closed down and the premises were used as a mail order packaging site and a further dwelling. Ten years later the dwelling was converted to an office and storage space.

Scots Hill, Croxley Green
09/1963/OUT
Outline application: Erection of 5 terraced houses and vehicular access to Scots Hill at land outside Rickmansworth School, Scots Hill, Croxley Green, for Hertfordshire County Council. This was refused: the proposed development by reason of its size, number of units, layout, siting and position of buildings would result in a cramped form of development with a layout dominated by buildings and hard-surfaced areas; would result in inadequate amounts and quality of amenity space provision; and would result in pressure for treatment or removal of trees of special amenity value.

Litter bugs
People who drop litter in the Three Rivers areas are among the most likely in Hertfordshire to be fined for littering. Since April 2007 Three Rivers District Council has issued forty £75 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for the offence, which puts it at the forefront of Hertfordshire councils in implementing powers granted in the Cleaner Neighbourhoods Act 2005.
The council has also been mostly successful in its attempts to force landowners to clear messy private areas. In 33 out of 36 cases Litter Clearing Notices – issued with the threat of a £100 fine – have been promptly obeyed by the owner.
TRDC has recently increased the number of litter bins in the area to include recycling bins. The Council also places ashtrays in key locations and is working with pubs to make sure that people don’t drop cigarette butts on the pavement.

Bogus phone calls warning
Hertfordshire Police are warning all residents and especially the elderly to make sure they never give their bank or personal details to people who cold call them.
Police have been investigating a number of incidents in the last month, including five incidents county wide earlier this month, where vulnerable people were being called on the telephone by someone claiming to be a police officer investigating a fraud on their account (the caller’s number is withheld).
The victim is asked to provide their bank details, including pin numbers. On some occasions the offender, posing as a police officer, has attended the home address whereupon the elderly victim has handed over bank statements and credit/debit cards. The criminals seem to be preying on the elderly and police are very keen to warn people that these calls are not legitimate.
Hertfordshire Police have issued the following guidelines to residents to prevent them from becoming a victim of crime:

Using 112 as an emergency number
Following several enquiries to Hertfordshire Police about an email being circulated, police are reminding mobile phones users that dialling 112 is exactly the same as calling 999 - with no special additional features.
The email refers to an alleged incident in Dorset and makes several suggestions around the use of the European emergency services number 112. Herts Police would like to clarify:

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Development Control Committee
The first meeting of the year is on Thursday 21st January at 7.30pm, Three Rivers House. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Applications on the agenda in the Rickmansworth area include:

4-6 Station Road, Rickmansworth
09/1776/FUL
Extension above and to rear of existing building, converting a two storey building into three storeys with two additional two bedroom flats, creation of a first storey extension over existing car park to provide office accommodation, retaining parking spaces and creating a new frontage onto road with formation of new vehicle entrance to Northway.

Yorke Road, Croxley Green
09/1798/OUT
Outline application: Residential development up to 5 dwellings (including access), at Leukaemia Research Fund (former Yorke Road School).

Scots Hill, Croxley Green
09/1963/OUT
Outline application: Erection of 5 terraced houses and vehicular access to Scots Hill at land outside Rickmansworth School, Scots Hill, Croxley Green, for Hertfordshire County Council.

Watersmeet Film
Also on 21st January, the Watersmeet film is The Boat That Rocked.
This is an ensemble comedy (which means it involves several separate but interrelated story lines) in which the romance takes place between the young people of the ’60s and pop music. It’s about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz.
Showing at 2pm (doors open 1.15) and 7.30pm (bar from 6.30).
Coming up: The Changeling (18th Feb).

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Winter Weather
You don’t need me to tell you what a problem this is causing everyone. Three Rivers is doing all it can to resume refuse and recycling collections - snow-chains on the vehicles and spikes on the men’s boots. TRDC is also working with HCC to keep the roads clear - 10 tonnes of salt are promised today, and priority will be given to keeping the main roads clear.
Updates are continually being posted on the Three Rivers website, www.threerivers.gov.uk.

Beat the Killer Cold
The Beat the Killer Cold scheme gives some extra help to pensioners in need. This is in addition to the Government’s Winter Fuel Allowance. For information about Beat the Killer Cold or to make a donation, please contact TRDC at enquiries@threerivers.gov.uk, phone (01923) 776611, (minicom 01923 727 303).
To make a donation, send a cheque payable to “Fuel Voucher Fund”, to:
Beat the Killer Cold, Three Rivers District Council, Northway, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RL.
The Council will donate an extra pound for each pound you donate.

Planning Applications since the last newsletter

Land at 81A Hornhill Road, Maple Cross
09/1958/FUL
Retention of 81A Hornhill Road and provision of parking and garage at rear, retention of bungalow as one bedroom dwelling (81B Hornhill Road) and erection of two semi-detached dwellings with garaging and parking; associated access improvements and new access road. This site has been the subject of several applications in the past couple of years.

130 High Street, Rickmansworth
09/1976/CLPD
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Use: Change of use of first and second floor from offices (Class B1) to photographic studio (Class B1).

18 - 20 Ebury Road, Rickmansworth
09/1806/FULDemolition of existing houses at 18 and 20 Ebury Road and erection of 8 semi-detached dwellings on land at and to rear of 18 - 20 Ebury Road involving construction of new access roadway and alterations to existing public right of way (footpath 67). This site has also been the subject of several applications in the past couple of years.

90 High Street, Rickmansworth
09/1880/FUL
Change of Use: Conversion of existing opticians (Class A1) into a coffee shop (Class A3) with new shopfront and signage

Octagon Music Society
This society promotes a series of classical chamber music concerts each season. All concerts are held in the Clarendon Muse, Rickmansworth Road, Watford. This is a new hall providing comfortable tiered seating and ample parking facilities. Concerts are open to members and non-members and tickets can be purchased in advance from Watford (01923) 224092 or at the door. All concerts start at 7.45 pm. The next concert is on Sunday 7 February 2010, and features:
KATIE STILLMAN (violin)
SIMON LANE (piano)
Schubert: Sonatina in G minor D. 408
Britten: 3 pieces from Suite Op 6
Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat
Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op 47, “Kreutzer”
Canadian Grand Prize winner Katie Stillman and recital partner Simon Lane have won numerous awards and are in great demand across the UK. Their performances are always given a rapturous response, and are invariably followed by an invitation to return.

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CANAL SIDE CAROL SERVICE
Organised by the Boaters Christian Fellowship.
Saturday 5 December, 4.30pm, Batchworth Lock.
All welcome.

Victorian Evening Video
Thanks again to Cllr Les Mead for putting Ricky on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlsvUAMSHU

Love Food Hate Waste
This campaign is trying to reduce the amount of food waste we all throw away. Each year UK homes throw away 8.3 million tonnes of food and drink. It’s not just peelings or bones either! Most of this is good food and drink like bread, meat, cheese, vegetables, salad, milk and carbonated drinks that we simply have not got round to eating or drinking. We waste £12 billion worth of good food every year.
See www.lovefoodhatewaste.com for handy hints about food storage and also some recipes for using up leftovers.

Christmas Greetings
The next edition of this newsletter will be in January 2010. I wish all my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Victorian Evening, Rickmansworth High Street

It’s time for the popular annual fixture - this Friday, 27th November. 5pm – 9pm.
The Christmas lights will be switched on at 7.30pm. Shops open until 9pm.Traders across the town will dress in period costume to kick-start the Christmas trading period. They will be joined by the stars of this year’s Snow White pantomime to switch on the Christmas illuminations.
Attractions include fair-ground rides, Morris dancing, Punch & Judy show, hot roast chestnuts and mulled wine.

Music
The Chiltern Choir is performing Haydn’s Creation in St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth at 7.30 on Saturday 28th November. Tickets £12 (£6 for under 16s) from: the door, choir members, Chorleywood Book Shop or phone 01923 774816.

Planning
TRDC Development Control Committee met last week. Amongst the items under consideration was
249-253 Watford Road, Croxley Green, WD3 3RX
09/1341/FUL
Demolition of existing dwellings and buildings and redevelopment of site next to The Harvester public house / restaurant, for the erection of ten detached two-storey dwellings with garaging, parking and new road. This application was deferred at the previous meeting in October, and the developer has modified the plans to meet Councillors’ concerns. The plans have now been approved.

Herts maps go digital
Ordnance Survey maps of all of Hertfordshire’s 5200 public footpaths, bridleways and byways – 1875 miles / 3000 kilometres in total - are now available on the county council’s website.
To find out more, visit the main web maps page on the council’s website: www.hertsdirect.org/maps

Three Rivers on Twitter
See twitter.com/ThreeRiversDC

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William Penn latest
Work to the drains in the front section of the building needing major repair is now well under way. Several sections of the re-laid drainage have now been completed, tested and the reinforced concrete replaced. Once this concrete is sufficiently dry, screeding repairs will be carried out prior to retiling of those areas.
Now that excavation and the associated dirty works are finished in the pool areas, preparation for the retiling of the pools has begun.
Meanwhile, excavation of defective drains in the changing accommodation at the rear of site is continuing.
Tarmac will be laid to the footpath at the front of the site this week and the footpath should reopen by the end of this week.

Bin dates
The collection calendars for the forthcoming year will be left hanging on the bins by the refuse crews over a two-week period from this week.

Heavy brown bins
TRDC have received a number of calls from people whose brown bins have disappeared on collection days. It appears that the crews have reported that, as these bins were too heavy, they fell into the back of the lorry. TRDC will replace your brown bin, but ask all residents to ensure that they do not overfill the brown bins. If your brown bin feels heavy to move please keep some back for the next collection.

Contaminated brown bins
TRDC sends out letters to people who put the wrong stuff in their brown bins, so they know what they did wrong and can correct it in future. Unfortunately they have sent a few letters to incorrect addresses as it is sometimes difficult for the crews to tell which bin belongs to which house. It would be really helpful if residents could number their bins to help reduce this problem.

Not enough recycling boxes?
Please note that you are able to have as many recycling boxes as you need, so please call TRDC on 01923 776611 or use the online services to ask for more. Don’t forget you can put empty aerosols in the recycling box with plastic bottles and cans, and Yellow Pages can go in with the paper recycling.

Ricky Bangers voted best
Congratulations to Chris Blake, the High Street butcher, whose Old Victorian Sausages were the London region winner in The Hunt for Britain’s Magical Bangers.

Local Development Framework Consultation
Following previous public consultation on the LDF Core Strategy, TRDC is now consulting further on how and where new homes will be provided in Three Rivers up to 2026. The Core Strategy Further Preferred Options document focuses on the source of future housing and housing sites, including two large sites in the Abbots Langley and Croxley Green areas.
TRDC is consulting on its Further Preferred Options document up to 15 January 2010 and would like people to give their views. The full set of consultation documents can be viewed on the TRDC website at www.threerivers.gov.uk (follow the link from the front page). Copies of the documents, permanent displays and information are available at the Council offices in Rickmansworth and at Abbots Langley, Croxley Green and South Oxhey libraries during the consultation period. TRDC is also holding several drop-in consultation events across the District during November and December, which you can come along to.

Big Pants are back
Watersmeet’s pantomime dame is asking children and young people to design new bloomers for this year’s production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Following the success of the competition last year when more than 1,000 children and young people designed big pants for the pantomime dame, the competition has returned in style with entries coming from as far as Amsterdam.
The Big Pants Panto competition is open to children and young people aged from 4 to 14 years old. A design template for entries can be downloaded here on the pantomime page. Alternatively people can contact the Box Office on 01923 711063 and the template can be posted out.
Big Pants will be running until 20 November, when Dame Dolly Dumpling will decide on the winning pants. These will then be worn during the pantomime which runs from 11 December to 3 January.

Watersmeet Film
Thursday 19 November 2:00pm & 7:30pm The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (12A) 166mins
Born with a strange condition, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) ages in reverse. Beginning as a frail old man, he grows progressively younger at the same time as falling in love with family friend Daisy (Cate Blanchett).

Watersmeet programme
There’s lots more on at Watersmeet - a musical, ballet, and lecture - click the Watersmeet page on TRDC’s website.

Watford Philharmonic Concert
Wednesday, November 11th at 7:30 at Watford Colosseum.
This is the first of the 75th Jubilee Concerts, and features Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance and the Music Makers, Delius’ Sea Drift and Holst’s The Planets. Many of the choir are from Three Rivers, as well as Watford.
Tickets can be bought on the door, or in advance from the website http://www.watfordphilharmonic.co.uk/concerts.html