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Acknowledgements

All those who have comprised and sat in on the Working Party which has created this Plan over the five years 2020 – 2025, through the distractions of Covid-19 and putting in the huge amount of time and effort needed to create it, with thanks for their willingness to debate and compromise in the interests of the overall Plan:

The Parish Councillors elected to the Working Party which created this Plan: (a) from 2020 to 2023: initially Cllrs Bill Perry, the late Martin Coker, Christine Doyle, Mark Howard and Ian Wernham, and later, replacing Martin, Christine and Ian, also Cllrs Jacqui Edwards, Jane Perry and Laura Tull; (b) in 2023/4: Cllrs Bill Perry, Mark Howard, Jamie Moore, Anna-Louise Regan and Laura Tull; and (c) in 2024/5: Cllrs Bill Perry, Mark Howard, Jacqui Edwards, Jamie Moore and Laura Tull.

Those who have sat in on and worked with the Working Party throughout the process:

  1. The Cookham Society, specifically Dick Scarff; WildCookham, specifically Lars Ahlgren and Mike Copland; Save Cookham, specifically Tim Veale and Nic Dawkes; Cookham’s Footprint, specifically Paul Strzelecki and Richard Campin; and
  2. Dr Shez Courtenay-Smith, the former Chairman of the VDS Working Party, and the author of the Plan’s Appendix 5 on Sir Stanley Spencer’s works and the views of Cookham within them.

All the Parish Councillors 2020 – 2025 for their time and support for this effort.

Her late Majesty’s Government for substantial financial support.

All those who have worked to organise and support the creation of the Plan:

Troy Planning & Design, the Parish Council’s professional advisers/consultants, who have provided excellent, dedicated work and help, specifically and with particular thanks to Jon Herbert who has been ‘guide, philosopher and friend’ from Day 1.

AECOM, who produced the Design Guide to accompany the Plan, specifically Ben Castell and Giuseppe Verdone.

The Working Party’s Administrator, the hard-working, long-suffering and ever helpful Nina Milner.

The Clerk to Cookham Parish Council, Jill Gavin, and her Assistants from time to time, Jackie Smith and Christine Hunter.

Pam Knight, Peter Borrows and their colleagues of Marlow Archaeological Group, formerly Marlow Archaeological Society, for their drafting of Appendix 6.

Amara Khurana, who won the ‘Future Cookham’ poster competition set up as part of the publicity for the Plan and from whose entry we have taken the title and ‘theme’ pictures for the Plan.

All the individuals and organisations, too numerous to specify here, specifically consulted, for their helpful contributions.

Everyone, residents of Cookham and others, who has contributed and commented, directly and/or indirectly, by responding to consultations, producing ideas and supporting this effort.

Cookham Parish Council

Neighbourhood Plan for Cookham Parish 2021–2038

Referendum version: June 2025



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