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St Andrews Church featured on the 3 Counties Radio program Melting Pot on the 20th of June. You can listen to the band and the interviews that were recorded by their presenter Ian Pearce

Or you can download the mp3 HERE! (Right click and Save File As...)

St Andrew’s Autumn Holiday Club -
Thursday & Friday 28th& 29th October

We will be running this popular event again this year for primarily children of school years 1 to 6. Registration forms available in the September edition of Parish News or from Jill or Mary. There will be a suggested minimum donation of £10 per child to cover both days, includes fish and chips on Friday! Family reductions will be available.
For more information, contact Jill on 452539 or Mary 738435

NO BUSHWOOD

Positive news at last!

On 23 July the Joint Planning and Technical Committee (the JPTC) voted unanimously (12 votes to nil) that the Core Strategy can go forward to the next stage of the process that will eventually result in new planning policy for the Luton and South Bedfordshire area.

The important thing for the parishes of Slip End and Caddington is that the Core Strategy does not include development to the west of Luton including Bushwood.

This is very good news for those of us who oppose the idea of 5,500 houses and other development on the Green Belt around our villages.

Combined with the changes of policy of the new coalition Government, we firmly believe that this is the beginning of the end for the Bushwood proposals.

So please take down all the ‘No Bushwood’ signs in your gardens and houses and store them.

Please don’t throw them away! It’s not over yet.

What happens next?

The next stage of this process, which has been going on for some five years now, is the Examination in Public (a sort of public inquiry) chaired by a Planning Inspector. No date has yet been set for this. You can see details at http://www.shapeyourfuture.org.uk/

The recommendation of the JPTC is for the Core Strategy to be agreed by the Examination in Public. Because their decision in favour of the Strategy was unanimous, it is a strong case.

However, Bushwood can and may still put in an application/submission directly to the Planning Inspector.

If this happens, we will resurrect the ‘No Bushwood’ campaign and will need all your help and those signs (plus many more) to explain the reasons for our opposition to the Inspector and show why development on the Green Belt is wrong both for Luton and for the villages.

To keep up to date with events visit www.CaSE4.org.uk

‘Caddington and Slip End fighting for our communities’
CaSE4 is a non-political action group set up by local people to take forward the views of village residents following the public meetings held in Caddington and Slip End in late 2009.