Steeple Claydon Post Office

I wholeheartedly support the campaign to retain the Steeple Claydon Post Office in its existing location, and have written to the senior implementation manager of the Post Office Network Transformation Programme as follows:

Dear Sir,

 

As District Councillor for Steeple Claydon I am very concerned to learn of your proposals for Steeple Claydon Post Office.

 

The existing Post Office is a greatly valued village facility and I am opposed to any proposal which would reduce the level of services available.

 

Steeple Claydon is a large and growing village several miles from the nearest towns and the Post Office serves a wide local community as well as the village itself.  It will have increased demand from the proposals for High Speed Two, with a nearby maintenance depot.

 

I should be grateful if you could preserve the existing facility.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cllr John Chilver

Steeple Claydon Ward

AVDC

 

His reply:

Dear Mr Chilver

 

Thank you for your email of 23 March addressed to our Consultation Team about Steeple Claydon Post Office. As Senior Implementation Manager I have been asked to reply to you direct.

 

I would first like to stress that the Network Transformation Programme is not a closure programme and that those areas that currently have a Post Office service will not be left without a service as a result of the programme.

 

The aim of the Network Transformation Programme is to ensure that branches are viable and sustainable in the future. Our plans are about maintaining the network and ensuring that no community is left without Post Office services going forward.

 

Over the coming weeks we will be working closely with the postmaster of Steeple Claydon to find the best possible solution for Steeple Claydon Post Office as we progress through the Network Transformation Programme.

 

May I thank you for your interest in this matter.

 

Kind Regards

 

	Stewart Swabey  Senior Implementation Manager Network Transformation (SI, CT, Hardships & ECT)
	Post Office Ltd 1st Floor, 148 Old Street,  London EC1V 9HQ Ntexecutivecorrespondence@postoffice.co.uk Please add your voice by email, post or signing the petition at the Post Office counter or online at: https://www.change.org/p/the-post-office-ltd-stop-the-closure-of-steeple-claydon-post-office