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Your Council Tax for the next year
Last updated 2 March 2010
Chelmsford Borough Council has finalised the Council Tax for 2010/11.
In Little Waltham, our bills will rise by only 1.84% - thanks in part to the Parish Council's decision not to ask for any increase in the precept.
Full details of the Council Tax figures are in the "Inform" leaflet published by the Borough Council.
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Good Companions - Full Programme for 2010
Last updated 6 March 2010
The 2010 programme of events for the Good Companions is now online - for full details click here.
Pinpoint - the new quick way to find planning details
Last updated 9 February 2010
Chelmsford Borough Council now has a useful new way of viewing current planning applications. It's called "Pinpoint", and it shows planning applications as coloured pins on a map of the area. You can
simply zoom in and move around to see the locations of applications; then click on a pin to see details of current and previous applications. If you click the "Aerial" tab, the view changes to a satellite image with mapping superimposed.
You can also search quickly by postcode or address. To start Pinpoint, click here.
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Essex Regiment Way - roadworks from 1 March
Last updated 8 February 2010
Work will soon start on the construction of the entrance to the new Park & Ride at Pratts Farm roundabout on A130 Essex Regiment Way.
From 7.00am on 1 March, there will be some temporary restrictions in place. These will last for perhaps 6 months.
The restrictions are:-
* Pratts Farm Lane will be closed from its junction with Essex Regiment Way to its junction with Domsey Lane. Access for emergency vehicles and pedestrians will be maintained. The alternative route will be via Belsteads Farm Lane.
* The lay-by on Essex Regiment Way north of the Pratts Farm roundabout will be closed.
* There will be a 40mph speed limit for about half a mile, in the vicinity of the Pratts Farm roundabout.
Gardening Club Spring Show - Full Schedule
Last updated 4 February 2010
The Gardening Club's Spring Show is on Saturday 3 April, and the full schedule is now available. The schedule contains everything you need to know to enter. Click here to read it. You can also print out the entry forms.
There's a Children's section in the show too, and entry is free - for full details click here.
Saturday Manned Recycling Collections
Last updated 2 March 2010
The manned refuse cart will be visiting on Saturday 13 March. Note that this will be the last visit, as Chelmsford Borough Council has decided to stop this service.
The cart will be in Chatham Green from 10.05am to 11.05am, and in the Memorial Hall Car Park from 11.15am to 12.15pm.
Note that it’s only for recycling – for example furniture, fridges, TVs, computers, cookers, washers, microwaves, textiles, paper, cardboard, glass jars and bottles, tins and plastic bottles. No other waste will be accepted.
Potholes!
Last updated 3 February 2010
The recent snow and ice has resulted in some unwelcome potholes. If you're concerned about particular potholes, be sure to report them to Essex County Council, who are responsible for repairing them.
You can report potholes online - just click here to go to the relevant page of the Essex County Council Website. Or alternatively phone them on 0845 603 7631.
Gardening Club - 2010 programme
Last updated 1 February 2010
The latest programme of this year's Gardening Club events is now online. Click here for details.
Chelmsford Museums Celebratory Weekend - 23/24 January
Last updated 19 January 2010
Following a £5 million expansion, Chelmsford Museums has organised a weekend of free exciting sights, sounds and entertainment from Chelmsford's past and present.
On Saturday 23 January, the museum at Oaklands Park is open from 10.00am to 5.00pm, with a Museum Fayre including help to build an elephant, enjoy a hog roast, children's rides and lightshow.
On Sunday 24 January, there's an Essex Yeomanry & Essex Regiment exhibition, from 1.00pm to 4.00pm.
And there are free talks in the following week - "Guglielmo Marconi" on 27 January, "The Essex Yeomanry" on 28 January and "The Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation" on 29 January. All talks start at 3.00pm.
Full details can be found on the Chelmsford Museum website.
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Emergency help in this cold weather...
Last updated 7 January 2010
There is emergency help available for elderly or ill people who can't get out in the snow. Click here for details.
Leighs Road - Temporary Closure
Last updated 7 January 2010
Leighs Road will be closed for 3 days, starting at 9.30am on 2 February, for renewal of overhead BT cables.
The closure will be from about 300 metres north of the Drakes Lane junction, north for approx 300 metres.
Access for emergency service vehicles and pedestrians will be maintained at all times during the closure.
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Now you can recycle more plastics!
Last updated 9 December 2009
At last, recycling starts to make more sense, with the new "mixed plastics" collection. You can now put ready meal and food trays, yoghurt pots, fruit & vegetable punnets, and even carrier bags, into the plastic recycling bag. Full details are in the leaflet recently delivered to your home.
Please make sure the plastic items are clean, to help ensure thorough recycling.
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Planting bulbs for a brighter village
Last updated 31 October 2009
A little band of willing volunteers spent Saturday morning planting daffodil and crocus bulbs around the village, thanks to an initiative by the Borough Council's Neighbourhood Environmental Action Team.
Patches of land were intensely planted - by the river at Winckford Close, and on the verges on both sides of The Street at its northern end.
Hopefully, next spring we'll enjoy some beautiful displays of flowers!
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Saturday Manned Refuse Collections
Last updated 25 October 2009
The manned refuse cart will be visiting on Saturday 13 March 2010. It will be in Chatham Green from 10.05am to 11.05am, and in the Memorial Hall Car Park from 11.15am to 12.15pm.
Borough Council opposes gravel pits proposals
Last updated 25 October 2009
At the Borough Council's Development Policy Committee meeting on 15 October, your Parish Council joined local residents in objecting to the Alsteads Farm Proposal.
The committee supported the strong objections to new gravel pits in the area, and will be making representations to Essex County Council.
You can read the minutes of the committee meeting by clicking on the PDF logo below.
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