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
REFERENDUM ON THE FELSTED NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
A referendum will take place on Thursday 30 January 2020 to decide on the question below:
“Do you want Uttlesford District Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Felsted to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?”
Felsted Parish Council urges all residents to read the document, here. This document, if approved, will be used to help decide future development in the Parish and so it is important that all residents read, understand it and vote at the referendum.
Voting cards will be posted to all registered residents in January. Voting will be at the usual two polling stations:
• Crix Green Mission Hall, Crix Green, Felsted CM6 3JT
• Felsted Memorial Hall, Braintree Road, Felsted CM6 3DS
New postal vote applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, London Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ER by 5pm on Tuesday 14 January 2020, call on 01799 510431 and they will help.
New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, London Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ER by 5pm on Wednesday 15 January 2020.
Applications to vote by proxy at this election applied for on grounds of physical incapacity or service, occupation or employment, where that physical incapacity or absence due to service, occupation or employment occurred after 5pm on Wednesday 15 January 2020 must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Council Offices, London Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ER by 5pm on Thursday 30 January 2020.
To apply on the grounds of service, occupation or employment, the person must have become aware that they could not go to the polling station in person after 5pm on Wednesday 15 January 2020.
Full schedule details can be read here, on the UDC website.
1 day road closure of Chelmsford Road 5th January
We have been advised of the following road closure order:
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
Temporary Traffic Regulation Order of Chelmsford Road, Felsted
Please click on the following link https://one.network/?tm=115508451 to find details of the intended closure of Chelmsford Road, due to commence on 5th January 2020 for 1 day.
The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Affinity Water undertakes new water connection.
Felsted Neighbourhood Plan passed for referendum
Dear Neighbours,
We are delighted to inform you that, on Tuesday 26th November at Foakes Hall, our Felsted Neighbourhood Plan was passed unanimously by Uttlesford District Council, is now ‘published’ and ready for you to vote on in a referendum.
Details can be read here, on the Uttlesford District Council website.
In practice this means that the Plan can now proceed to the final Referendum Stage. If successful at referendum, the Plan become part of the development plan for the Parish alongside the UDC Local Plan. Local planning authorities and planning inspectors considering appeals must make their decisions in accordance with the policies of the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.
The full details of the referendum will be published in due course by the Democratic Services Unit of Uttlesford District Council, but we expect it to be held on the 30th January 2020.
UDC will publish full details in due course, when they’ve finished with the General Election but here’s what we know now.
Voting in person
We expect that you will be able to vote in person in the parish at the Memorial Hall in the usual way.
Postal Votes
Postal votes are usually sent 2-3 weeks before the Poll;
Voters registered for both General and Local elections will automatically get a postal vote in the Referendum; and
Voters registered for General elections only, will not automatically get a postal vote in the Referendum.
If you want to vote by post, please check with UDC that your registration also covers Local Elections.
If you haven’t yet considered what the NP delivers, please try to do so between now and the end of January. The Steering Group and the Parish Council believe that the plan delivers significant benefits and protections for the parish as a whole and we urge everyone in the parish to vote in the referendum.
The Steering Group and Felsted Parish Council