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
Station Road roadworks
We have been informed by our County Councillor that, commencing next week, Station Road will be reduced to a single lane, so that pipes can be laid between the Skip Yard development site entrance and Flitch Green.
We understand that a contraflow system will be in operation for some weeks, This will inevitably cause delays, particularly during peak periods, affecting commuter and school traffic.
Green waste skip dates for 2016
The green waste skips will be at Bannister Green every Sunday morning from 9-10am, starting on Sunday 3 April 2016 until Sunday 11 December 2016 (both dates inclusive).
This is a service we as a Parish Council pay for so please do make good use of his.
Please also don’t forget that we are running a Litter Pick on Saturday 9 April. It is frustrating just how much litter is dropped (mainly) from cars onto our lanes and verges.
Please do your bit to thwart these litter louts. come along to help in the litter pick and pick up that piece of litter you might be tempted to walk past.
We know it wasn’t you who dropped it, but it could be you who picks it up.
Uttlesford Local Plan Call For Sites initial assessment
Further to our earlier news item explaining the Local Plan call for sites process, Uttlesford District Council has now released their initial assessment of the sites.
The full Local Plan website can be viewed here.
The assessment document for Felsted can be viewed here.
We, the Parish Council, along with other public bodies, have been asked to comment on any areas of factual inaccuracy in the individual assessments.
It needs to be understood that a site being cleared through this assessment is NOT a planning approval to build houses. The assessment means that the site has/has not cleared the initial technical review stage. It is also clear that not all sites offered will ultimately be approved for housing.
This stage also does not consider issues such as congestion or social impact where, for example, 2 or 3 sites close together might all put in a planning application, or the impact on traffic flow through the village centre from a single large development on the edge of the village.
At this stage, UDC are looking for technical errors only, where, for example, a site might be grade 1 farmland rather than its listing as brownfield, or perhaps a stated access to a main road does not exist, or a conclusion does not align with the assessment points.
If you are aware of any factual errors in the assessments, please pass details to the Parish Clerk using the web form. Please include the site reference and brief/precise correction including any evidence.
To give the council time to review and collate responses please ensure that you submit comment before March 20th.
Be assured that your Parish Council remains closely engaged with the Local Plan process and will at all times present opinion and arguments in the overall interest of the Parish. For example, the Planning Application for the Land to the south of Braintree Road, included in the call for sites initial assessment as appropriate for development, has been submitted and the council is objecting.