WELCOME TO FELSTED
Located in north-west Essex and with a population of around 3,000, the Parish of Felsted has at its heart the historic village of Felsted, surrounded by Greens and Hamlets, in a beautiful rural setting.
Felsted retains the underlying charm and attraction of a rural parish, with the community and village at its heart. This is what attracts people to the area and what we as the Parish Council see as our historic duty to protect. Preservation of our heritage is balanced with a duty to ensure that the Parish thrives and meets the future needs of our community.
Winner of RCCE Village of the Year 2015
“One of the best places to live in the East of England” – The Sunday Times (2013)
LATEST NEWS
Uttlesford Draft Local Plan consultation
Further to our original news item below, published in July, this is just a reminder that the closing date for comment to the Uttlesford Local Plan is 4th September.
Original News item
Uttlesford District Council has now launched its consultation to seek feedback on the Draft Local Plan.
The Plan identifies a New Town of 10,000 houses to be built, with Braintree District Council, to the north of Felsted, alongside Stebbing. Remembering also the plans by Chelmsford Council to build 1,000 houses in Gt Leighs, with 750 of these adjoining Willows Green.
It is vitally important that you have your say about this if we are to avoid Felsted being swamped with traffic and our services exhausted by the demands of new residents looking for doctors and school places, whilst waiting for the eventual building of services in any New Town.
The announcement from Uttlesford District Council, with the drop in sessions, is repeated below:
Councillors approved the draft plan for public consultation at a meeting of Full Council on 11 July.
The consultation seeks views on the proposed site allocations and the associated policies which will guide future development within the district up to 2033.
The quickest and easiest way to read the draft local plan and to provide feedback is via the website www.uttlesford.gov.uk/draftplan2017.
The deadline for responses is 5pm on Monday 4 September.
Drop-in exhibitions
A number of drop-in exhibitions have been organised so that residents and businesses can find out more about the proposals within the Uttlesford Draft Local Plan.
These exhibitions will he held on:
- Monday 17 July, 5-8.30pm – Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford CB10 1NU
- Monday 24 July, 5-8.30pm – Stebbing Village Hall, Mill Lane, Stebbing CM6 3SL
- Wednesday 26 July, 5-8.30pm – Memorial Hall, Manor Road, Little Easton CM6 2JR
These exhibitions are open to all, and have been tailored to specifically give more information about the individual proposed garden communities.
The purpose of the exhibitions is to provide members of the public with information about the proposals so that they can make informed comments on the draft plan during the consultation.
Anticipated Local Plan timetable
12 July – 4 September 2017
- Public consultation on the draft local plan
Winter 2017/2018
- Consideration of consultation feedback and revisions to the plan as appropriate
- Putting together the final version of the Draft Local Plan including modifications
Winter 2017/2018
- Public consultation on the final version of the Draft Local Plan
Spring 2018
- Submission of Local Plan to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration
Summer 2018
- Start of hearing sessions for the public examination
Winter 2018/2019
- Receipt of Planning Inspector’s Report
Spring 2019
- Adoption of Local Plan by Full Council
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Memories of Felsted
The Parish Council is going to pull together an archive of memories, to preserve them for posterity.
This archive will contain video, audio, written and photographic items from in and around the Parish.
Whilst there are of course some members of our community with known archives, we would like to gather together all those simple pictures and stories you may have hidden away.
If you have any old footage, pictures etc then please do not send them in, as we recognise that these items will likely have a lot of personal sentimental value and so want to keep them secure. What we would like you to do is to simply let the Clerk know what you have, so that we can build up a list and begin to work out how we should bring them together and copy them as appropriate.
Felsted Neighbourhood Plan update and survey
The Felsted Neighbourhood Plan (NP) group are continuing to develop a robust Neighbourhood Plan for our Parish. The amount work they have undertaken should not be underestimated and they deserve our thanks and appreciation for stepping up to lead this essential task.
Critical to the success of the process is community involvement. The Parish Council urges all residents to take a little time to learn and read about the Plan and to provide feedback to the Group.
On 7 and 8 July the NP Group held 2 well attended Consultation Events at Felsted Primary School. Many thanks to the 160+ residents who were able to attend and provide feedback on all the policies within the Plan draft document.
If you were unable to attend, it’s not too late to find out what is being proposed and give us your feedback by visiting the NP website at www.felstednp.org.uk.
You can view all the documents presented at the Consultations (including a Summary if time is limited!) and watch a video of Roy Ramm, Chairman, explaining the background to the idea of a Community Hub.
The NP is an important document which will influence how Felsted looks and the services that are available in the village for the next 20 years. Please take the time to visit the website and then complete the short online smart survey (which only takes a few minutes) to let the NP Group have your thoughts and feedback.
Thank you
Diane Smith
Felsted NP Group