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This year the Parish Council is again sponsoring an Art Competition for Felsted Primary School pupils.    

To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the moon landing this year, the theme is “Space”.

There are “The Works” (a national arts, crafts and hobbies store) voucher prizes for the 1^st and 2^nd winners in each of three age groups.

An exhibition of the submitted paintings will be held in the Memorial Hall, between 10.30 am and 1.00 pm on Saturday 10^th August. Entry to the exhibition is free.

Do come along and see the exhibits of local children.   Last year’s competition was a credit to both the School and the children who contributed. They were even featured in the local newspaper with their prize winning pictures:

The Felsted Neighbourhood Plan has now been submitted to the Independent Examiner, Chris Collinson.

The examination commences today, Thursday 1 August 2019.

The letter sets out how the examination will be conducted can be read here.

Following the local elections we have a vacancy on Felsted Parish Council.

It is a rewarding role, where you get the opportunity to give a little time to help our community. You don’t have to have the free time of a retiree to be a Councillor, the role is flexible and needs just a few free hours a month to attend occasional evening meetings and follow up  activities.

If you are interested and would like more details or just have a few questions please contact our Clerk.

Felsted Parish Council has consistently fought for a fair deal for Felsted residents impacted by proposals to increase passenger numbers at Stansted from 35 to 43 million, and in the process increasing flights by 50,000 a year.

Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) is seeking a dialogue with Uttlesford District Council (UDC) and is currently progressing a High Court challenge to the decision by UDC’s previous administration to conditionally approve the application.

To further the call for the decision to be returned to the new administration, alongside consideration of new information, SSE have launched a petition, which can be found here.

The Felsted Neighbourhood Plan Group (FNPG) has continued to work hard on our behalf to complete the Neighbourhood Plan.

The Plan has now been submitted under Regulation 16 to Uttlesford District Council. This triggers a six week formal consultation period prior to the plan being examined by an independent examiner and then moving on to referendum.

The Plan is important to us, not only to guide the way in which we want our Parish to develop in coming years, but also in our fight against the tide of inappropriate development proposals we are seeing. Many of these developments use the lack of a UDC 5 year housing supply as their justification for inappropriate developments. However, with an approved Neighbourhood Plan, Felsted will only need a 3 year supply to negate this argument, which exists.

The six week formal consultation period will run from Wednesday 12 June 2019 and close on Wednesday 24 July 2019 at 5:00 pm.

You can view the Felsted Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents via UDC’s website or hard copies of the documents are available at the Councils main offices in Saffron Walden.

In order for your representation to be taken into account at the Neighbourhood Plan examination and keep you informed of the future progress of the Neighbourhood Plan your contact details are needed.

Comments must be made in writing, the response form can be used to make representations or you can email comments to ku.vog.drofselttuobfsctd-7505da@ycilopgninnalp or by post to:

Planning Policy
Uttlesford District Council
London Road
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4ER
The closing date for representations to be made is 5:00 pm on Wednesday 24 July 2018.

The following information has been received from Arriva regarding the 133 service :

The road is closed at Watch house green 3 June due to resurfacing works.

On checking roadworks.org it says it is shut from 09:30 until 15:30.

During this time we will be unable to serve Gransmore Green, Watch House Green, Felsted church and Oakwood Park.

Buses will divert via the B1256 re-joining the route at Little Dunmow.

We will update our facebook page Arriva herts and Essex if anything changes

This is due to be completed 10 June 2019.

The Parish Council is holding an OPEN MORNING on Saturday 1 June from  10 – 1pm in Felsted Memorial Hall, Braintree Road, Felsted.

Please take this opportunity to drop in and have an informal chat with your new Parish Councillors over a cup of tea and a biscuit.

We welcome feedback both good and not so good, along with ideas for future projects.

We hope that you can join us.

Our Parish is crisscrossed by miles of footpaths. Whilst the County Council is responsible for their upkeep, it often comes down to the willingness of local residents to maintain vital access.

As part of a new initiative, a Parish Paths Partnership (P3) group, led by Diane Shepherd and under the supervision of Uttlesford Ramblers P3, recently replaced 3 waymarks.

This picture shows the team working on footpath 79. Next week they will move on to footpath 110.

There are so many ways in which we rely on the goodwill and hard work of volunteers to keep our Parish clean, enjoyable and accessible to all.

We thank all of you for your hard work.

The Parish Council is holding an OPEN MORNING on Saturday 1 June from  10 – 1pm in Felsted Memorial Hall, Braintree Road, Felsted.

Please take this opportunity to drop in and have an informal chat with your new Parish Councillors over a cup of tea and a biscuit.

We welcome feedback both good and not so good, along with ideas for future projects.

We hope that you can join us.

We believe that some people have misunderstood our previous message regarding the Parish Council elections and the need for a new Parish Councillor.

For the avoidance of any doubt, the District Council elections are taking place tomorrow, 2nd May as scheduled.

We apologise for any confusion we have caused anyone and would encourage you to use your vote in the District Council election tomorrow.