WELCOME TO FELSTED

FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY ON PARISH COUNCIL

ARISING FROM THE RESIGNATION OF ANNA MCNICOLL

Notice is hereby given that a vacancy has occurred in the office of Parish Councillor for the above Parish arising from the resignation of Anna McNicoll.

An election to fill the vacancy will be held if notice in writing of a request for such an election is made by ten Local Government electors for the electoral area and received by the Chief Executive of the District Council of Uttlesford at the District Council Offices, London Road, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4ER, by not later than 23 June 2017.

If an election is not requested by ten Local Government electors as aforesaid the vacancy will be filled by the Parish Council as soon as practicable after the expiry of the date referred to above.

Dated this 5^th day of June 2017

Mrs D Smith

Clerk to Felsted Parish Council

URC Hall

Stebbing Road

Felsted

CM6 3JD

The Chelmsford Local Plan preferred option consultation includes a plan for 750 houses adjacent to Willows Green. The consultation deadline is 11th May.

The area is identified by hatch marks in the below map, with Willows Green in the top left of the map, a single field away from the development.

The Parish Council is objecting to the proposal for the following core reasons:

• The A131 bypass cuts this development away from Great Leighs and will leave it closer to being viewed a part of Willows Green.
• This will  have a significant and unacceptable impact on this small hamlet, which currently has its own individual identity of low level bungalow dwellings.  750 houses will overshadow and dwarf Willows Green and, with only a single field separating them, Willows Green will soon become a suburb of the development.
• The additional traffic will swamp Willows Green, and further into the Parish of Felsted, as people look for ‘rat-runs’ to the west.
• The A131 is already at full capacity. The additional traffic from this development, and those proposed by Braintree and Uttlesford for 12,000 houses, are stated to require a new bypass north of Chelmsford. This is as yet unfunded. The development cannot be allowed without a full assessment of transport needs and demonstration that local hamlets will not be impacted.
• This area is also high quality agricultural land. It should not be put forward for development without a clear assessment and publication of alternatives which would not destroy such a valuable environment.
• The Moulsham Hall development would also be alongside, and in the shadow of, the Race Course. The Race Course has already been the subject of much local objection due to its obtrusive lighting. The lighting is still visible for miles around and, with planned expansion of the venue to include more live music and events, this does not sit well with the principles of a Garden Community environment for an adjacent housing development.

It is important that you have your say.

You can read the summary leaflet here.

You can have your say here.

The document is long, detailed and not easy to navigate. The Parish Council is going to submit comment under section 7, subsection: Growth Area 2 North Chelmsford. About half way down there is a box summarising ‘STRATEGIC GROWTH SITE 5 – MOULSHAM HALL AND NORTH OF GREAT LEIGHS.’

Even if you agree with the points being made by the Council, please do not simply copy the above bullet points. It is essential that points are made in your own words for them to be seen as your own.

Please also note that The consultation deadline is 11th May.

We have now been told that the review of Stansted flightpath changes, which led to a doubling of flights over the Parish, is to take place on May 4th.

Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) has produced a very good summary of the process and core objections, here.

We have been advised to ensure that we lodge all objections with NATS, which we have done for the Parish with our letter here, copying our earlier letters of objection, here and here.

Letters need to be addressed to: Martin Rolfe, CEO.  NATS, 4000 Parkway, Whiteley, Fareham, Hants, PO15 7F. Alternatively you can email ku.oc.stanobfsctd-688978@seiriuqne.cilbup, referencing ‘Review of Stansted flightpath changes Feb 2017’ .

This is the final push to ensure that our voices are heard. Please take this opportunity and write yourself, as, with Stansted’s expansion plans, it will only get noisier in the skies above us.