The Public Notices received from the National Audit Office include the following:
Please note that as of the 1st May 2020, the Whitehouse Parish Council will have a change in name and in future will be known as the Whitehouse Community Council. As per legal requirement, a letter was sent by the Council Clerk to the Secretary of State to make the change in name official
We have been informed by the Milton Keynes Council Highway team, that at this stage, the V4 underpass / entrance to Barossa Way, is still on track to be completed by the start of May. The impact of COVID-19 on the completion date is being reviewed and revised information will be shared as soon as this has been confirmed
Please note that a decision has been made by Milton Keynes Council (MKC) that the General Practice at the new Whitehouse Health Centre will be run by “One Medicare”.
Due to delays caused by COVID-19, the expectation is that the Health Centre will open by 1st September this year.
Further information will be shared as soon as it has been confirmed
Please note that the company dealing with cleaning Dog Bins in Whitehouse has been listed as “Essential Workers” and therefore they will continue to work, despite the current COVID-19 regulations requiring everyone to stay at home.
To ensure the safety of their workers, and minimise contact with the local community, the Dog Bins will be emptied at 5am on Thursday mornings. Please note that the cleaning team will either be using a Ford Transit or Peugeot Boxer, so please do not be concerned or suspicious if you see these vehicles driving through Whitehouse early on Thursday mornings.
You may have all seen the Jardines Temp Pharmacy appear in Barossa Way. Jardines will aim to open the pharmacy as soon as possible, but due to resource limitations around COVID-19, there will be a slight delay before they are fully functional.
We will let you know as soon as we have a confirmed opening date for the pharmacy.
Please note that due to the current COVID-19 regulations for everyone to stay at home, MKC has decided to close the Household Waste Recycling Centers for now. Further updates to follow.
Weekly waste collecting will continue as normal for the time being
Please join us and participate in our first Whitehouse Community survey. Please share the link with your neighbours, friends and Whitehouse WhatsApp groups. The more feedback we get, the better we can plan various activities and events for our community. Please note that this is an anonymous survey and based upon GDPR, none of your personal information will be captured.
The link to the survey is here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TNBMXF7
Due to the growth in households within Whitehouse, and therefore a bigger basis of calculation for local Parish / Community Tax, the Whitehouse Parish / Community Council has submitted an instruction to Milton Keynes Council to not increase the Community Council portion of Council Tax for the 2020/21 tax year. The amount you paid as portion of the Council Tax in 2019/20, that is indicated as the “Whitehouse” part, will therefore remain unchanged for the next tax year.
Here are some highlights and key news items from the Council meeting last night (20th February)
For further information regarding the Council meeting, why not join us for our next meeting in April, or visit the website regularly as the minutes from the previous meeting, as well as agenda for the next meeting, will be posted under the “Documents” section of our website.