In 2004 Hughenden Parish Council published its Parish Plan after a wide-ranging questionnaire which indicated that the beauty of our local area is the factor most valued by residents.  As a result, the Parish Council agreed an action plan to prepare Village Design Statements for each ward in Hughenden Parish. 

There are increasing pressures for new housing development in our district which, if not controlled, could have unfortunate consequences for our rural community.  Change is inevitable but a Village Design Statement can help to manage that change by showing how a community wants its own neighbourhood to develop. 

The Village Design Statement will:

• Describe the character of the villages by outlining the history of their development, describing the landscape setting and reviewing the buildings, the spaces in between and the network of roads and paths.
• Try to make that character count in new development by setting out design guidelines for new buildings and extensions, if any.

The Residents Association is publishing its questionnaire which will go out with the next Widmer End News to all houses. The results of this questionnaire will form our Village Design Statement. The deadline for this document to be sent to the govt has been brought forward to Nov 2006. so we are now in a great rush to get ours in.

We will try and put the questionnaire on this website and allow people to complete it there? The results of these will then be added to the hand written responces.

To contact the Widmer End Resident Association please email Trevor trevor@widmerend.co.uk or post a comment in our Forum http://www.widmerend.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?64

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Thought I would just share some links to other websites based in widmer end.

http://www.widmerendunited.org/
Whether you are a player, parent, official or someone looking to join a football club in this area, welcome to our website, you will find lots of information about the club, our policies, latest club news and much, much more... Widmer End United Junior FC is a FA Charter Standard Club located in Widmer End near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. We are a family focused junior football club where the emphasis is on enjoyment and participation for all.
http://www.weltc.co.uk/
A friendly family club on the outskirts of High Wycombe. A wide range of tennis is played from Mini Tennis for the youngsters to Bucks Shield matches for the more experienced.

We have four all-weather courts, two of which are floodlit, together with a mini-tennis court and practice wall.

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Our village Cricket Club "Widmer End St Margarets" is about to start a new season.

They play on the recreation ground behind our village hall where they have our small pavilion with good changing rooms and showers. They do not have a bar as the Royal Standard is only over the road.

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Widmer End Lawn Tennis Club recently won arround £3,500 in an Internet competition run by Court Maintenance Ltd to have two of their four courts cleaned, moss killer applied and repainted.

The work commenced at the end of March and is expected to be completed by mid- April.

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SPORTZ 4 KIDS is aimed at four to 11 year olds and is designed to get them more involved in sport on Sundays between midday and 1pm in the village hall.
If you would like to find out more contact Dan on 01494 712682.

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£600 has been received from Councillor Pushman to go towards enhancements to the Football Wall attached to the playground.

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This continues with the floor undergoing renovation.
It is expected that the current floor will be stripped and re-coated to give an "as new" finish.

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THE ROYAL STANDARD on Grange Road has undergone quite a transformation over the last few months as the new owners have worked hard on changing this into a true village pub. On Thursday evenings there is a quiz and on most Saturday evenings the pub now has live music featuring a variety of local bands and singers.

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It has taken a little while, but I think the Village Directory is near enough up to date.

Please take a look through this for contacts in and around Widmer End and feel free to contact me at directory@widmerend.co.uk should you have any amendments of additions to this.

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