Horse rider shaken after being charged at by puppy in Farm Wood, Wooburn - amid concerns over professional dog walkers Farm Wood A horse rider was left “shaken” after being “charged at” by a puppy on a bridleway through a popular woodland – prompting concerns about the number of professional walkers with “packs of dogs” using it. The issue of professional dog-walkers using Farm Wood in Wooburn has surfaced many times before, but one horse rider says she has now witnessed the problem first-hand and has suggested warning posters need to be put up. Writing to Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council about the distressing incident, Alison Cheetham said on May 26, she encountered a group of people with six dogs on the bridleway.
Bourne End homeowner s plan to take public grass verge into their own garden in Harvest Hill prompts outrage This is the grass verge in question A homeowner’s plans to take part of a grass verge into their own garden has been criticised by neighbours and the parish council. The owners of a house in Harvest Hill, Bourne End, want to turn the existing grass highway verge close to their property into a residential wildlife garden. They argue that the verge “serves little purpose” and by allowing them to take it into their garden, they would be improving it. Back in 2018, Wycombe District Council gave the homeowners’ permission to take the verge, except for 2.4 metres from the edge of the road so that visibility is not affected - but now a ‘stopping up’ order needs to be approved by the Department for Transport.
Jacksons Field, Bourne End: Plans for 75 new homes in field next door to Hollands Farm - already earmarked for 400 houses Hollands Farm and Jacksons Field Plans for 75 new homes on a Bourne End field next door to the Hollands Farm site that is already earmarked for hundreds of new houses have been revealed. The seven-acre Jacksons Field, which is to the north of Hollands Farm, could have around 75 news homes built on it if new proposals are successful. The Noe family have owned the land for many years and are working with Capreon, a real estate investment firm, to bring the site forward for housing.
The student tragically passed away at the university s Hughenden Park Student Village. Their death is not being treated as suspicious or as Covid-19 related. Residents in Little Marlow have expressed concerns that a film set which is rumoured to be for a Star Wars TV show could be there longer than planned as Covid-19 affects the filming schedule. An application for temporary permission for continued use of the Spade Oak nature reserve for film-making purposes between May 1, 2021, and November 1, 2021, has been supported by the Little Marlow parish council. It could cost up to £100,000 to repair a massive cavern that opened up in a field popular with dog walkers, it was revealed earlier this week.