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

27th March: Uttlesford Waste Service Updates

The following information and advice has been received from Uttlesford District Council regarding waste services:

 

Bin – waste and recycling collectionsWaste collections are continuing as normal at this time. We do have contingency plans in place and will communicate those if/when those plans kick-in.

Bins – garden waste collections: We have suspended our garden waste service.

Bins – missed bins: We are unable to return for any missed bins. You can place any side waste out in bags next to your bin ready for your next scheduled collection. Additional waste placed next to your Green recycling bin must be in clear bags, carrier bags, white bags or cardboard boxes only, as we will not accept black sacks.

Bulky household waste: We will no longer be offering a bulky household waste collection service. This is to minimise non-essential contact and to free up resources to ensure waste (black bin) and recycling (green and brown bin) collections can run as normal.

Replacement bins: We will no longer be able to deliver replacement or additional bins. We will still be delivering bins to new build properties.

Garden waste weekend skip service: We have suspended the garden waste weekend skip service until further notice.

Recycling centres closures

All recycling centres across Essex, including the Thaxted Road site in Saffron Walden, are closed until further notice. This is essential to encourage people to stay at home and limit the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).

During this time residents are asked to act responsibly and not place items such as DIY waste or recycling into their kerbside general rubbish collection. This will take up space in the collection vehicles needed for general household rubbish.

If you have garden waste to get rid of, you can always try home composting – it’s a great alternative and there are many ways to get started.

If you use a private company or contractor to dispose of your waste, please keep a safe distance apart from other people and ensure they will dispose of your waste responsibly.

Find out more

How to get rid of your waste if you are self-isolating or confirmed to have coronavirus

Anyone who asked to self-isolate, either as a precaution or because they are confirmed to have coronavirus, should follow the Love Essex advice to get rid of their household waste to ensure the virus is not spread via personal waste.

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Felsted Focus Magazine March 2020

Following the final issue of Interface, the Parish Council has been working to produce a replacement magazine.

Thanks to the leadership of Janice Ratcliffe our new editor, and her team of volunteers, a superb magazine has been produced. This has been especially hard work against the background of the Coronavirus situation and we owe this team a debt of gratitude.

Whilst the intention is to deliver the magazine to all households in Felsted Parish, it is likely to be difficult in the current situation. However, you can download the first issue of the magazine here.

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26th March: Felsted Surgery appointments

The following message has been received from the surgery:

The Felsted Surgery

Changes to our appointment system to protect patients and our staff. From 16 March 2020, we are cancelling all routine face-to-face GP appointments.

Instead, we will be offering an enhanced telephone service.  All requests for appointments must be made by phone and will be triaged by a clinician over the phone.  If you need to be seen face-to-face, this will be arranged for you.

Video consultations will be launched this coming week, to provide patients with another option to connect with their GP.

What about pre-booked appointments?

If you have a routine appointment booked at the surgery with any clinician, you will be telephoned before your appointment and asked some simple questions to assess if you are well enough to come to the surgery.

PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND THE SURGERY UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TELEPHONED AND TOLD THAT YOU SHOULD COME IN.

What about new follow up requests?  We will attempt to do most follow ups over the phone.  If a clinician asks you to make a follow up appointment, please book this via Reception as usual, informing them that it is a telephone appointment.  Clearly, not all follow ups can be done over the phone, and if your clinician wants to review you face-to-face, they will inform you – so you can inform the Reception Team.

We need to work together to protect the community and our staff. Patients are still attending the surgery with cold and flu-like symptoms and this is not acceptable at this time.  It puts the health of vulnerable people at risk, and the health of our Surgery Team, who have to support the patients we care for.

We thank all our patients for their support and understanding during these extraordinary times.

Thank You

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