RESIDENTS upset with a council’s decision to shell out £750,000 to buy its village police station have called for a review now a threshold has been reached.

The Angry Ivers Group says more than six months have passed since the decision was made by Iver Parish Council to purchase the site from Thames Valley Police in Chequers Orchard.

This means it can be revisited by councillors since the deal is still yet to be finalised and signed.

South Bucks District Councillor, Paul Griffin (IND, Iver Heath and Richings Park) said: “They said they couldn’t review their decision for six months but those six months are now up so they could – but they don’t seem to want to align themselves to the public sentiment, which is a shame.

“We are encouraging residents to write in and ask them (councillors) to have another look at it.”

As previously reported, a group of residents were unhappy that they had been ‘poorly consulted’ and the purchase will see the parish council have to take out a loan of 500,000 which it will pay off over 25 years. This will push up the precept by around £10 per-household. However, the council says it is purchasing the base on behalf of the community and TVP will use it after they abandon the station, which is being axed.

Parish council clerk, Perri Sullivan, confirmed a decision could be revisited after six months but ‘then must be requested by six councillors in writing’.

The original decision was passed unanimously by the council in January, meaning there would have to be a drastic change of minds to get a review.

When residents asked the parish council to originally reconsider the decision at a packed meeting in May, they were told that the six-month threshold was a reason why it could not be.Murray Roberts, 56, of Chequers Orchard, said: “The reason they wouldn’t reconsider it has passed. We are asking for proper consultation, a proper business plan to show where the money is being spent.

“If they do their job properly they could get some support.”

Mr Sullivan said he could not say what stage the sale with the police was currently at, but he added: “All updates will be posted on our website and social media platforms.”

The council’s own consultation proved controversial since it said 79 per cent of residents had agreed the precept could be used to foot the £27,000 per year repayment on the loan.

However it only received 201 consultation responses, constituting only two per cent of Iver itself – while Angry Ivers own petition against the plan had 639 signatures.