14/03/2013 Nampak/ Parklands Phase 4.5
28/02/2013 SE Plan revoked with effect from the 25th March
18/02/2013 Updated Main modification consultation to MK Core Strategy
16/01/2013 Central Bedfordshire Core Strategy Consultation
04/12/2012 MK Core Strategy changes that affect the SE of the area
12/10/2012 Aspley Guise Local Green Space Consultation
05/10/2012 MKC Development Framework Consultation
21/09/2012 Storey Homes Update
17/09/2012 Reminder - Storrey Homes
12/09/2012 Covanta Update
30/05/2012 Milton Keynes Core Strategy Examination
10/05/2012 Reminder WSDS AGM 30 May
14/04/2012 Government does not abolish Regional Spatial Strategies
14/04/2012 Nampak Phase 4 and 5
03/04/2012 National Planning Policy Framework
08/03/2012 New Central Bedfordshire Core Strategy
23/02/2012 Inexpensive Progress Report from NT RSPB and CPRE
08/02/2012 Greens Hotel Update
14/11/2011 Milton Keynes Informal Consultation on SE expansion proposal
04/11/2011 Zen and Tesco Express news
29/10/2011 Covanta decision
27/10/2011 National Planning Policy Framework
27/10/2011 Submission MK Core Strategy Update
16/09/2011 Woburn Sands Library News
14/09/2011 Announcement
21/07/2011 Covanta Consultation closed
17/07/2011 Storey Homes application refused
20/06/2011 Storey Homes update
10/06/2011 Covanta Updated
07/06/2011 Greens Hotel Update
26/05/2011 Examination of MK Core Strategy postponed
09/02/2011 Newsflash Updated - Regional Spatial Strategies
04/02/2011 Covanta Update on application for permit
03/02/2011 Storey Homes Proposal for Woburn Sands development
03/02/2011 Milton Keynes Council draft Local Transport Plan
03/02/2011 Central Bedfordshire Draft Local Transport Plan
27/01/2011 CBC(North) Site Allocation DPD Update
25/01/2011 Covanta update following January Pre-Hearing Meeting
25/01/2011 Woburn Sands Library Update
03/12/2010 Press Release - Woburn Sands Library
20/10/2010 CBC(north) Site Allocation Submission document Update
08/10/2010 Covanta Update on Registration
24/09/2010 Covanta - Energy from Waste IPC Application
22/09/2010 Draft Core Strategy review update - news on MKSEDA
19/08/2010 Nampak Appeal Decision
13/08/2010 MK Residents Consulted on form Local Government
06/07/2010 Revokation of Regional Spatial Strategies and Guidance
30/06/2010 Mark Lancaster Debate on the Abolition of the RSSs
27/06/2010 Newsflash Cllr David Hopkins motion to MKC passed
05/06/2010 SE Expansion of MK a Motion to Council on the 8th June 2010
26/05/2010 Milton Keynes SE Development Area News Updated
14/05/2010 Nampak Appeal
08/03/2010 Milton Keynes Submission Core Strategy
27/02/2010 Sandy Mount Woburn Sands Planning Application updated
18/02/2010 CBC (North) LDF Site Allocation Submission Document
25/01/2010 Milton Keynes Proposed Boundary Changes
21/01/2010 Woburn Sands Conservation Review
21/01/2010 DCLG planning document consultation
04/01/2010 Towergate Planning application
16/12/2009 Nampak Applications Refused
30/10/2009 EERA 4 options Consultation
23/10/2009 Mid Bedforshire Core Stategy
20/10/2009 DCLG planning changes for consultation
07/09/2009 Nampak Update October 09
11/08/2009 NHPAU July 2009 Report
01/07/2009 Published SE Plan
21/06/2009 Regional Assembly Reorganisation
20/06/2009 East of England Regional Assembly Draft Implementation Plan
31/05/2009 Mid Bedfordshire Core Strategy - Submission document consultation & examination
16/05/2009 Milton Keynes Partnership to hold public meeting on 2nd June in Woburn Sands
10/03/2009 East West Rail Link
13/02/2009 Mr Menday appeal of planning refusal for Greens Hotel successful
07/02/2009 Marston Vale eco town developers have withdrawn from the progamme
19/01/2009 East of England Regional Scale Settlement Study
13/11/2008 Milton Keynes Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
02/11/2008 Menday application to turn Greens Hotel into Closed Care Apartments and Nursing Home
02/11/2008 Marston Mortain Eco Town Proposal - action group web site
02/11/2008 Second Round of Consultation on Eco-towns draft Planning Policy and Sustainability Appraisal
22/09/2008 Archive Photo Gallery - work is ongoing in uploading a substantial part of WSDS archive of the area. This is a work in progress.
14/09/2008 Update on the Draft South East Plan and the Changes the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government wants to make following Consultation, which ends on the 24th October 2008
31/08/2008 ECO TOWNS UPDATE – the ten remaining eco town bids faced Session 2 of the eco town challenge in July 2008, followed by Department CLG's update reports. See Documents and Representations section for summary of these papers
26/08/2008 PM Petition on Marston Mortain - sign up if you agree with the society's position on this proposal at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/marstonvale
29/07/2008 Mid Bed LDF Site Allocations Issues and Options Allocations Consultations - a further 70 submissions, two in the WSDS area - see document library for WSDS response. Closing date for consultation 18th August
29/07/2008 SE Plan - Government publishes its proposed changes to the SE Plan following the Panel Report
29/07/2008 East of England Plan review now commenced to take the revised plan through to 2031. Government deadline for this 2011
16/07/2008 Web Site - Contact Us links have not been working for the last few months. We apologise if any one has tried to use them without success. However all are working now and you should recieve a recieve a response from any query sent.
10/07/2008 Marston Vale and New Marston Eco Town Proposal - Messrs Gallaghers have withdrawn their 7,000 home eco town proposal
20/06/2008 Nampak Site - Phase 3 Messrs Wimpey are consulting again in respect of their proposals for Phase 3 seeking to substantially change what is set out in the agreed MK Local Plan. Representation made
18/06/2008 Traffic Calming in Weathercock Lane and Station Road Woburn Sands
09/06/2008 East of England Plan and Supporting Docment has now been published.Habitats assessment in respect of flooding and Ouse washes from joint afffect of plans left to SE Plan
20/05/2008 Marston Vale Eco Towns proposal. Messrs Gallaghers propose 7,000 dwellings at Wixams, and Messrs O& H Properties propose 15,000 homes between Wixams and Brogborough. Comments required by end of June
11/04/2008 Grimley's Report - for Aylesbury, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Mid Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Council and MK Partnership
01/04/2008 East of England Spatial Strategy News - Habitats Assessment and further Government changes
23/03/2008 Draft South East Plan – The Panel Report following the Examination in Public, was published in August 2007. Publication of South East Plan is delayed until July 2008
18/03/2008 Wavendon Gateway Framework proposal and Planning Applications were refused at the meeting of MK Partnerships Planning Committee held on the 18th March 2008
12/03/2008 Greens Hotel Woburn Sands Application to convert and extend into 50 bed nursing home and 36 close care apartments. is refused by the Development Control Committee
03/03/2008 A421 Improvement M1 Junction 13 to Bedford. A public enquiry which commenced on the 4th December into the Highways Agency scheme, was completed on 13th February 2008. The report is awaited.
Welcome to the Woburn Sands and District Society (WSDS) web site. We hope you will find the contents of the site both interesting and enjoyable.
WSDS is a registered charity, non political, and non profit making, funded by the subscriptions of its membership. The Society was formed in the 1960’s to preserve and protect the amenities and rural character of the villages and hamlets in the area the Society covers. These include, Woburn Sands, Aspley Guise, Aspley Heath, the Brickhills, Husborne Crawley, Salford and Wavendon. Any person living in these areas is welcome to become a member of the Society, on payment of a small annual subscription.
You will find details of the current campaigns in which the Society is involved in the News sections of the site, and copies of the representations made, past and present in the representations and document library.
We also have an interest in the history of the area and have collected a large archive of old photographs in respect of our area. Prints of these may be purchased from the Society – see the Archive Photo section for a selection.
We would be delighted to publish details of local events in the area we cover. If you want your event to be publicized on the site, please provide details of the event using the Contact Us general enquiry section.