NEWS

PCSO Natalie Smith will be hosting beat surgeries during February / March as follows:

Friday 28th February 6pm-7pm Royal British Legion
Thursday 6th March 11am-12pm Wood Cottage Tea Rooms
Friday 7th March 6pm-7pm Royal British Legion

These drop in sessions are an opportunity for residents to:
• speak with the local community policing team about any concerns that they may have;
• obtain crime prevention advice;
• stop by for a chat.

Please feel free to stop by, everyone is welcome, no appointment is necessary.

UDC have advised that due to staff illness there are some delays to this week’s Garden Waste collections

The bins will now be collected on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday this week.

Please continue to leave your bins outside by 7am.

Felsted Parish Council will continue funding weekly Green Waste collections in 2025.

The collections will take place on Bannister Green from 8.30-9.30 am every SUNDAY morning between 2 March and 30 November 2025 (inclusive).

Felsted Parish Council has rescheduled the January Planning Committee Meeting which was due to take place online on Tuesday 14th January at 6pm.

It will now take place online on Tuesday 21st January at 6pm.

Please contact the Assistant Clerk (ku.vog.cp-detslefobfsctd-4c10db@krelctssa) if you need any further information about the meeting or would like a link to attend.

PCSO Natalie Smith will be hosting a beat surgery at The Wood Cottage Tearoom on

Thursday 6th  February  2025   11:00 am – midday

This drop in session is an opportunity for residents to:

• speak with the local community policing team about any concerns that they may have;
• obtain crime prevention advice;
• stop by for a chat.

Please feel free to stop by, everyone is welcome, no appointment is necessary.

Please note that there are some important changes to the bin collection schedules in Uttlesford over the Christmas period.

• There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Years’ Day.
• Your normal bin collection dates will be different during Christmas week (w/c 23 December) and New Years’ week (w/c 30 December)
• Normal collection services will resume from 7 January.

Please find more information about waste and recycling in the following links:

• When to put your bins out over Christmas and the New Year 
• 2025 waste and recycling calendar
• A guide to what can be recycled
• When your local recycling centre is open over the Christmas period

Felsted Parish Council (FPC) is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to provide complete grounds maintenance for village areas, commencing on 1st March 2025.

Please email moc.liamgobfsctd-5c01e6@cpdetslef.2hg

Due to Met Office severe weather warnings of strong winds and heavy rain, Felsted Parish Council has made the difficult decision to postpone the Christmas Tree Lights Switch On Event scheduled for this Saturday 7th December.

It will now take place on Tuesday 10th December at 6.30pm.

Hertfordshire and West Essex NHS Integrated Care Board would like to hear from anyone aged 65 and over, regarding the care and treatment they have received from the NHS over the last 12 months.  The short survey closes on the 5th December (tomorrow) and it is available here.