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
Felsted Neighbourhood Plan – volunteers needed for Parish features photo survey
The Felsted Neighbourhood Plan group has 2 important dates for your diaries, 2nd April and 14th May. Their news can be read here, and is repeated below.
We are seeking volunteers to help with our Photographic Survey of features which make each part of our Parish unique. If you are interested in volunteering please come along to the Committee Room of the URC Hall on Stebbing Road for an hour between 10am to 11am on Saturday 2nd April or if you cannot attend please email us ku.gro.pndetslef@tlusnoc to express your interest in helping with this, remembering to include details of the part of the Parish in which you live.
The idea is to build upon suggestions received at our Parish Integrity Workshop back on Saturday 26th September, 2015 when we asked participants from those Greens that were represented what in their opinion made the identity of their part of the Parish of Felsted special. From those initial comments we received we now need to record such important features in more detail on the special data recording forms.
Housing Needs Survey – Over 30% of households in the Parish returned their Housing Needs Survey to the RCCE!
This is great news and indicates the level of interest shown by residents in the Housing Needs Survey. The Rural Community Council for Essex (RCCE) are currently analysing the responses, after which the FNPSG will receive the results. We are arranging a public presentation of these results by Edward Rigby of the RCCE for 10am on Saturday 14th May in the Grignon Hall by kind permission of Felsted School. We are also working towards being able to present further relevant data to you at this event. We should be able to answer your questions and hear your comments about how we should interpret and use all this information.
Thank you to the 347 households who completed their Housing Needs Survey
Sent by The Steering Group of FELSTED Neighbourhood Plan
Felsted Annual Assembly
IMORTANT UPDATE: the date for this meeting is now Thursday 28th April, not 13th April, as originally advertised.
The annual assembly of Felsted Parish Council will be held on Thursday 28th April in the URC Hall, Stebbing Road, Felsted.
Alongside an opportunity for residents to ask questions of the council, specific items and reports covered will include:
- Chairman’s Report
- Clerk’s Financial Report
- Reports by the Parish Council’s representatives on other bodies
- Felsted & Ford End District Nursing Association
- Memorial Hall Committee
- Felsted United Charities
- The Crix Green Trust
- The Boteler Education Foundation
- Footpath Wardens
- Felsted Neighbourhood Plan
Please support your Parish Council by attending this meeting.
It is important for us to hear your thoughts and views on the subjects you think we should concentrate on in the year ahead and to know that you are supporting us in our voluntary roles.
Rent an allotment for Spring
Allotments are now available in the centre of the village opposite Bury Chase car park.
If ever there a time to back up that resolution to eat more healthily, get some exercise, and make some new friends, then it is now.
The ground is warming up and now is the perfect time to get seeds planted.
The allotments cost only £27 per year. This is repaid many times over in fresh vegetables and a cheap and healthy replacement for that never used gym membership.