The journey from the start to the compilation of the final draft of this Neighbourhood Plan was not without difficulties. There are so many thanks to be given to all our volunteers who gave of their time and assistance and were a huge help in bringing to fruition this draft plan that it is too numerous to mention here all their names individually – but to all those volunteers, please accept our very grateful thanks. Without the community coming together as they so willingly did, our plan would still be in its infancy.
However, mention should be made to those who were approached for help and enthusiastically came forward to give their services voluntarily.
Joe Staunton – As Vice Chairman, Joe has been without doubt the ‘right hand man’ and the one to go to when anything has to be done. And there has been so much to be done. He has been a constant source of support, inspiration and advice.
Bob Anwyl-Hughes – Secretary for the Neighbourhood Plan Group and also Treasurer. Without Bob’s sterling work taking the minutes at each Steering Group meeting and ensuring the minutes are sent on time, and his advice to all our questions, we would have found it very difficult to continue. Our grateful thanks also for Bob’s professional attention to detail in the accounts.
Nick Flook – for his knowledge of the Web, setting up our website and updating the site each month.
Warren Richmond from Hurley – who compiled and printed the Project Plan and attended many Steering Group meetings with presentations to keep us on track and without which we would have had great difficulty moving forward.
Jos Christaloudou from Waltham St Lawrence – who did all our design and artwork. Jos attended the Steering Group meetings and gave design briefs to ensure we had encapsulated the image we wanted for our consultation posters, letter heading, cards, the survey and of course our logo.
Claire Pickles from Paley Street – who was our Project Plan Coordinator. Claire kept us on track, which was often a difficult and arduous task, and attended many Steering Group meetings and also coordinated our eight Consultation Events.
Toni Rae from Paley Street – who was the Lead for Communications. Toni organised the Communications Team – volunteers from all the villages in our Ward – to ensure posters advertising the Consultation Events were put up around the villages and to ensure residents were aware of The Neighbourhood Plan.
Adrienne Yentis from Knowl Hill – who gave her expert advice on presenting and writing the survey and continued advising on the formulation of questions.
The Communications Team – all our residents on this team who were out and about in their villages and attending the Consultation Events to answer any questions from residents.
The Village Associations, Village Society and Preservation Society – for all their input.
The Editors of the Local Magazines – who were so helpful giving free advertising for the Neighbourhood Plan.
And the many more residents involved across the Ward – for delivering Neighbourhood Plan information, helping at Consultation Events and coming forward to help in any way they could.
The Topic Group Chairmen – Cynthia Pittaway, Vinnie McCann, Peter Fieldhouse, Pat Macdonald, Paul Martin, and Arlene Kersley and their teams – without their involvement and work compiling all the statistics and knowledge of the areas in the Ward relevant to their Topic Group there would be no Neighbourhood Plan.
The Steering Group – for their commitment to the community and the numerous hours undertaken to produce the Neighbourhood Plan – Joe Staunton, Sandra Baker, John Birkett, David Burfitt, Nick Flook, Jane Gunnell, Steve Harrington, Linda Jones, Arlene Kersley, Vinnie McCann, Keith Robinson, Heather Scott, Clive Scott-Hopkins, Jane Durgan, June Brayne and Des Warren.
And finally, mention and thanks must be made to:
The Clerks of the Parish Councils who have given so much support and assistance whenever we have asked.
The Parish Councils who, in the interest of and to reflect their Parish, have painstakingly gone through each page of the draft Neighbourhood Plan prior to giving their approval and agreement.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for their help and for ensuring officer attendance at our Steering Group meetings to give guidance. Phillip Gill and Ian Bellinger were instrumental during the initial stage of gathering together all those residents interested in a Neighbourhood Plan and setting up the Neighbourhood Plan Group. Thanks also go to them for attending those many long evenings at our Steering Group meetings. Particular mention must also be made of Rebecca Williams who now attends our meetings and has given valuable advice in excess of what was required.
Arlene Kersley from CCB (Community Council for Berkshire) whose help has been instrumental in producing the Neighbourhood Plan. With her knowledge of policy legislation and expertise on the computer, Arlene has been the most influential member of the Steering Group from the survey to the production stage of the plan and in gaining a government grant towards our plan. She introduced a consultant to guide us on writing policies and has underwritten all our work with presentations at each stage of the draft plan.
Our consultant, Neil Homer of rCOH, for his advice and assistance in preparing the draft Neighbourhood Plan.
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