This is a list of the latest planning applications registered at Chiltern District Council.
Representations should be made either in writing to the Head of Planning Services, Chiltern District Council, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AW or by e-mail to planning@chiltern.gov.uk. If you use e-mail would you also include your postal address. Your comments should be received by 5 December 2008.

A blanket of snow continues to come down on south Bucks after settling overnight and we want you to send us pictures of your views of the snow.
There is arguably no better sight in England than south Bucks covered in snow and with many children across the district still enjoying a day off school hundreds are taking to their gardens and local parks to enjoy the rare occasion.
We want to see your pictures. Send us snaps of you and your children enjoying the snow or simply a picturesque shot of the area by clicking here and following the simple instructions.
We will print all of your pictures and your names along with the photos our photographers are out taking this morning.

A 20-year tradition of collecting silver foil in aid of guide dogs for the blind has been suspended in Chalfont St Giles because manufacturers will no longer pay for used foil.
The Chalfont St Giles twinning association, which in 2009 celebrates three decades of friendship with a Dutch town, has for nearly 20 years provided a collection point for foil and milk bottle tops at its monthly coffee mornings in the Reading Room.

Chiltern District Council has granted permission for a new off-license in Chalfont St Giles, despite receiving 14 letters of objection.
The new premises in St Giles Walk, High Street, will open from 9am until 10.30pm on Monday to Saturday and from 10am until 10pm on Sunday.
CDC stipulated that a supervisor holding a personal license is present at all times, that CCTV is installed and that all customers provide evidence of their age.

Two Chalfont St Giles headteachers had to supervise a zebra crossing because the usual lollipop lady was asked to 'stand down' while road repairs were being carried out.
Andy Tagg and Elen Peal, head teachers at Chalfont St Giles junior and infant schools respectively, assumed their 'traffic cop' roles at school drop-off and pick-up times on December 15 and 16, when Beryl Newton was temporarily suspended from her job at the crossing on Deanway.

A CAR crashed into a wall in sub zero temperatures in the early hours of Tuesday morning (30/12).
Two men were injured, and one had to be cut out by fire fighters who were called to the smash in Nightingale Lane, Chalfonts St Giles, at 1.25 am.
Both were taken by ambulance to Stoke Mandiville Hospital.

by Kathy Miller

Two fire crews were called to a car accident in Nightingales Lane, near the junction with Roughwood Lane, at 10.17pm on December 22.
A spokesman for Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that five adults managed to free themselves from their car before the crews arrived and that no one was hurt. It is believed that the car collided with a tree.

IF your New Year Resolution is going to be to lose weight, then why don't you shed lbs and raise £££'s for cancer patients in South Bucks!
Scannappeal, based at Amersham Hospital, is running its third annual sponsored slim in aid of its Cancer Fighting Fund. This Appeal is for state-of-the-art equipment to detect cancer, and for the treatment of cancer patients in the Buckinghamshire area.

Svetla Hutchinson, is a sales assistant at Vom Fass, a shop which sells luxury olive oil and liqueur personalised gifts, in High Street, Chalfont St Giles.

Q: What sort of things do you sell?
A: We sell extra virgin olive oils and vinegar, brandies, whiskies, rum and cocktails. Also we have wine with 24 carat gold flakes inside. It's all imported from places such as Italy, France, Morocco, South Africa, Greece. Everything we have is the best quality. The top whiskey single malt is 24 years old.

Fiona Harnett has lived in Chalfont St Giles for the past 2 years having moved there from Ealing. We caught up with her to talk about life in the village.

What do you like about Chalfont St Giles?
I like the pace of life here. That was partly why we chose to move here. It is a very nice, picturesque village and I like the fact that it is in the countryside but also quite close to London.