Bradwell with Pattiswick Parish Council

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September 2024

A120 Braintree to Marks Tey – Proposed speed limit reduction
Please see the attached letter from National Highways regarding their plans to undertake speed limit reductions on the A120 between Braintree (Marks Farm Roundabout) and Marks Tey.

These proposals are still in a formative stage, and National Highways would like to encourage any organisations, businesses or individuals affected to communicate their views on these proposals.  You will be pleased to see that Section 1 refers to "part of the road between Bradwell and the existing 50mph speed limit on the Coggeshall bypass (a distance of approximately 3.9 km): Reduction of the existing National Speed Limit (60mph) sections to 50mph".

We know that many residents will welcome this review and you are encouraged to respond to this expressing your views and concerns.  You can respond to the consultation via email or post, using the subject line “PROPOSED SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION ON THE A120 BRAINTREE TO MARKS TEY”: 

Email: eastproactivecomms@nationalhighways.co.uk 
Post:  Road Safety East  
National Highways 
Woodlands 
Manton Lane 
Bedford 
MK41 7LW 

Responses must reach National Highways by Friday 20 September 2024. 

 

SAVE THE DATE!!!

The next village litter pick takes place on Saturday 14 September 2024.  Volunteers will be invited to meet at 9am outside the Bradwell Village Hall, to lend a hand with the “community clean- up”.  It’s a great way of keeping our village neat and tidy, as well as giving you the opportunity of meeting other residents and finishing with refreshments in the hall! Please do try to come along and help if you can.

The amenity vehicle will also be available to residents free of charge, for two hours from 10 am, giving you the opportunity to have a spring clean at home! 

 

Please be aware that NO TRADE OR BUILDERS’ RUBBLE IS PERMITTED (i.e. cement, cement bonded asbestos, asbestos, building rubble, bricks, plasterboard) and that the following items cannot be taken:

*White Goods   *Paints   *Oil   *Gas canisters   *Large branches   *Tyres   *Soft Furnishings (inc. Sofas, sofa beds, armchairs, kitchen/dining room table & chairs, any upholstered furniture)   *Patio Doors   *Large Tubed Televisions   *Refrigerators/Freezers   *Electrical items   *Garage doors   *Green waste   

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August 2024

Braintree Local Plan - Identified Sites within Bradwell with Pattiswick 

The Parish Council would like to thank all those residents who attended the Extraordinary meeting on 5 August and who provided comments and views to support the Parish Council's response to Braintree District Council and the potential sites identified for future development.  The Parish Council will form its response, which will be posted on the website once it has been finalised. 

For those unable to attend (and as a reminder for those who did) there is a Facebook page, "Braintree District Better Together", which is a support group for residents of the district with an interest in planning & the environment. It currently has 900 members, and continues to grow, and they have prepared an articulate and concise "response to Braintree District Council (BDC)’s request for input on topics including ‘housing, employment, green spaces, transportation, infrastructure or any other aspect of the community’ during its review of the local plan".  At the Extraordinary meeting, the Parish Council agreed to adopt this document and will be using it when forming its response. 

A copy of this document can be found here, and the Parish Council will update residents with information as and when it becomes available. 

Your Village Needs You!!! 

Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting - "Call for Sites" 

The Parish Council will be holding an Extraordinary meeting on Monday 5 August at 7.30pm in the Bradwell Village Hall and would like to encourage as many residents as possible to attend.  Residents may already be aware that Braintree District Council are undertaking a review of its Local Plan, part of which has tried to identify what additional land is potentially available across the district for a range of uses including Housing (incs. Affordable Housing), Care Home, Residential, Mixed use and Biodiversity Net Gain. 

The following sites in the Bradwell with Pattiswick parish have been identified and the Parish Council would be very interested to hear your comments and/or concerns, so please do try to come along! (links to the sites are also attached):

Ref:	Proposed Use	Address
BRAD2044	Housing/Affordable Housing/Care Home/ Employment/Biodiversity Net Gain	Land at Withies Green Farm, Cressing
BRAD2045	Housing	Commercial Workshop and Yard, Rectory Meadow, Bradwell
BRAD2046	Housing	Commercial Workshop and Yard, Rectory Meadow, Bradwell
BRAD2047	Housing	Land at Church Road, Bradwell
BRAD2048	Housing	Commercial Yard and Rectory Meadow, Bradwell
BRAD2049	Mixed Use	Pattiswick Hall Farms, Holfield Grange, Coggeshall
CRESS2108	Mixed Use	Gateway Park Urban Extension
SILV2271	Residential	Land East of Silver End
SILV2279	Housing & Mixed	Land East of Silver End
STIS2289	Housing	Land North of Coggeshall Road, Stisted

 

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July 2024 

Braintree District Council Local Plan Review - A chance to have your say!

Braintree District Council are currently reviewing their Local Plan, a document that serves as a strategic framework guiding where businesses and homes will be located in the district, and protection of the green environment and heritage.

BDC state that "growth is essential and as a council we created the Local Plan to make sure development is properly planned. The plan does not just focus on more homes but is also about creating jobs alongside new homes being built, infrastructure, open spaces, community facilities and protecting our environment."

Sign up to their dedicated planning e-newsletter if you’re not already to get the latest news and updates on the review and opportunities to have your say.

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June 2024

Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR)

Following the Internal Audit of the Parish Council's accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024, notice of public rights and publication of the AGAR, is given here. 

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May 2024 

Bradwell with Pattiswick Annual Parish Assembly Meeting
Monday 13 May 2024, 7pm, Bradwell Village Hall

The Annual Parish Assembly Meeting is the yearly public meeting, chaired by the Parish Council, where residents are invited to come along to find out more about the work of community groups as well as the work of the Parish Council. 

This year the following groups will be in attendance:

• PC James Draper, Braintree Community Safety & Engagement Officer

• Kelly Bleasdale, Senior Manager, Essex Dementia Care, The Dementia Society

• Michael Turner, Bradwell Village Hall Committee

• Tony Dunn, Chair of Bradwell with Pattiswick Parish Council. Tony will be providing residents with an update on the Neighbourhood Plan re-fresh taking place later this year.

This meeting will be followed by the Bradwell with Pattiswick Parish Council Annual Meeting at 7.30pm*, and the monthly Bradwell with Pattiswick Parish Council Meeting at 8pm*             

We look forward to seeing you all there! 

 

*These timings may be subject to change

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April 2024 

Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review - 2025-2040 - Deadline Extended

The consultation deadline for the Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review has been extended to 9 April 2024.  If you have not done so already, you are encouraged to respond to Essex County Council, via the following link. 

At the meeting on 11 March, Councillors agreed the Parish Council's responses to both the Local Plan as well as the proposed sites affecting the parish.  These cn be viewed in the links below:

Parish Council's reponse to the Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review

Parish Council's response to the proposed sites affecting the parish

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Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review - 2025-2040

Parish Council's draft response

The Parish Council has drafted a response to Essex County Council's consultation to the Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review.  This will be discussed, agreed and finalised at the next Parish Council meeting on 11 March.  A copy of the draft is available for residents to view here.  If you have any comments or points you would like to make on this ahead of the Parish Council meeting, please send them to Cllr. Dunn at tdconsulting@btinternet.com, copied to the Clerk at clerktobppc@outlook.com.  

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Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review - 2025-2040

"SAVE THE STISTED THREE" - STISTED AGAINST GRAVEL EXTRACTION (SAGE 2024)

With reference to the Replacement Minerals Local Plan Consultation that is currently underway, Stisted Parish Council are inviting all residents in the parish to an open drop-in meeting on 21 February 2024 in Stisted Village Hall from 7.30pm. 

Residents will be aware that there are six proposed sites which either lie within, or border, the Parish of Bradwell with Pattiswick (including Stisted).  If approved, this will have a major impact on all residents, and the Parish Council encourages as many of you as possible to attend this meeting to hear what is being proposed and to have your say.   

"SAVE THE STISTED THREE" OPEN MEETING INVITE

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Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review - 2025-2040 

Cllr. Tony Dunn has prepared a summary of the Replacement Minerals Local Plan review, with his thoughts on how the Parish of Bradwell with Pattiswick, as well as the adjoining community, will specifically be affected should the plans be approved. 

This paper was presented to Councillors for their consideration at the Parish Council meeting on 12 February, and comments as to how the Parish Council should respond will be discussed and decided at the next meeting, due to take place in the Village Hall on 11 March at 7.30pm.

A copy of this summary document can be found here.  Should you have any comments or points you would like to make to the Parish Council, please send them to Cllr. Dunn at tdconsulting@btinternet.com, copied to the Clerk at clerktobppc@outlook.com . 

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Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review - 2025-2040 

PUBLIC CONSULTATION FROM 6 FEBRUARY TO 19 MARCH 2024

Essex County Council have begun the next stage of the Replacement Minerals Local Plan Review and are undertaking a six-week public consultation during which time they are inviting comments from both residents and Parish Councils potentially affected by the Plan.  

Please express your comments and make your feelings known by attending the next Parish Council meeting on 12 February and also by taking the time to respond to Essex County Council here, which contains all the related documents as well as details of how to respond.

 

SAVE THE DATE!!!

The next village litter pick takes place on Saturday 13 April 2024.  Volunteers will be invited to meet at 9am outside the Bradwell Village Hall, to lend a hand with the “community clean- up”.  It’s a great way of keeping our village neat and tidy, as well as giving you the opportunity of meeting other residents and finishing with refreshments in the hall! 

The amenity vehicle will also be available to residents free of charge, for two hours from 10 am, giving you the opportunity to have a spring clean at home! 

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March 2024 

Spring Litter Pick

The Bradwell with Pattiswick Spring litter pick takes place on Saturday 13 April 2024.  Volunteers are encouraged to meet outside the Bradwell Village Hall for a 9am start.  All equipment, including litter pickers, gloves, hi-viz and bags will be provided.  

The Parish Council has also arranged for the amenity vehicle to be in attendance for the use of residents.  This will be located outside the Village Hall for two hours from 10am until midday. 

Please be aware that NO TRADE OR BUILDERS’ RUBBLE IS PERMITTED and that the following items cannot be taken:

*White Goods   *Paints   *Oil   *Large branches   *Tyres   *Soft Furnishings (inc. Sofas, sofa beds, armchairs, kitchen/dining room table & chairs, any upholstered furniture)   *Patio Doors   *Large Tubed Televisions   *Refrigerators

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February 2024 

LETTER REGARDING ABNORMAL LOADS THROUGH THE VILLAGE 

Residents will be aware that there were a number of abnormal loads that went through the village during February.  Cllr. Ross Playle and a number of residents raised concerns about this, and which had been due to a number of international contractors who had followed their sat navs and not appreciated the importance of following the designated zone.  As as result, John Tatton, Managing Director at Invader Rivenhall Ltd, has written to Cllr. Tony Dunn to pass on his apologies to both the Parish Council and its residents.  A copy of his letter can be found here.

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January 2024

Street Cleaning 

Braintree District Council has published its street sweeper schedule for 2024/25 and has a programmed route concentrating on main highways where there are kerbs.  The next road sweep for Bradwell and Pattiswick is 8 July and, where possible, residents are encouraged to park elsewhere on this date (and the dates shown below) so that sweepers have clear access to the road channels.

Bradwell Street Sweeps for 2024/25:

4 April, 8 July, 8 October and 10 January.

Please click on the link below to view the latest street sweeping schedule.

www.braintree.gov.uk/parishsweeps

Reminder: garden waste collections start from 4 March

If you have subscribed to Braintree District Council's new garden waste collection service, your collections will start from next week. Please remember to attach your sticker and check your online collections calendar for the exact collection date.

Please also ensure that you put your garden waste bin out for collection no later than 7am on your collection day. This is especially important with the new service, as the crews' routes may change as they receive new subscriptions.  

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Garden waste subscription service update - Permit Required

More than 30,000 households subscribed to the Braintree District Council's garden waste collections from March this year. 

If you have subscribed to the service, you should have received an envelope in the post with a sticker which is intended to be attached to your green garden waste bin. Please write your house number inside the square on the sticker, preferably using a permanent marker pen.

Garden waste collections will be starting again from week commencing 4 March 2024 – check your collections calendar online for your exact date.

If you have subscribed and have not received your sticker by Friday 16 February, please get in touch at recycling@braintree.gov.uk

 

If you have not subscribed and would like to, or if you want to know more, please click here.

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December 2023

Biodiversity Policy Statement & Action Plan 

The UK Government has introduced a biodiversity duty that requires public authorities in England to consider what they can do to conserve and enhance biodiversity by 2024.  At the December 2023 meeting, the Parish Council agreed to adopt their Biodiversity Policy Statement and Action Plan which can be viewed here.  

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A120 Panners Interchange to Marks Farm Roundabout - Phase 2

National Highways will be undertaking essential improvement work on the A120 between Panners Interchange and Galleys Corner Roundabout.  

Work will involve replacing the safety barrier on the A120 across the railway bridge. This will ensure the A120 remains in a safe and serviceable condition.  They plan to complete this work over approx. 4 weeks between Monday 5 February 2024 and 6 March 2024. We will be working weeknights only between 8pm and 6am, weather permitting, please see map below: 

Closures and diversions

To carry out the work safely, we will need to close the A120, one direction at a time, and divert traffic as detailed below: 

Closure	Date/Time	Diversion
A120 Galleys Corner Roundabout to Panners Interchange – westbound only.	Monday 5 to Tuesday 6 February. Friday 16 February to Monday 4 March.	A120 westbound traffic will be diverted via the A12 southbound at junction 25 to exit at junction 19 and follow the A130 and A131 before re-joining the A120 at Panners Interchange to continue their journey.
A120 Panners Interchange to Galleys Corner Roundabout – eastbound only.	Tuesday 6 to Thursday 15 February. Tuesday 7 to Wednesday 7 March	A120 eastbound traffic will be diverted via Panners Interchange onto the A131 and A130 before joining the A12 at junction 19 and exit at junction 25 before rejoining the A120.

 

Please note: Properties and businesses located in the vicinity of the A120 between Panners Interchange and Galleys Corner Roundabout may experience construction noise during the work from Monday 5 February. Additionally, layby’s will be closed from 4 February.  National Highways will ensure that measures are taken to keep noise levels to a minimum and aim to complete the noisier tasks earlier in the night, where possible. 

How to find out more

To find out more about road improvements National Highways are undertaking across the East of England, please visit their website at https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/east/.  or contact them on 0300 123 5000, or by e-mail at info@nationalhighways.co.uk  

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November 2023

Rivenhall Low Carbon Greenhouse Proposal 

Ed Moorhouse, Business Development Manager at Oasthouse Ventures gave a presentation to the Parish Council and a number of residents at the 13 November 2023 Parish Council meeting.  At the meeting he introduced their plans to develop a low-carbon greenhouse at Bradwell Quarry.  A copy of the brochure is available here for those residents unable to attend the meeting or the subsequent presentations at Coggeshall and Silver End.

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October 2023

Links Solar Farm

At the 1 October 2023 Parish Council meeting, Zac Reid (Community & Stakeholder Liaisons Manager) from Low Carbon gave a presentation on the proposals for Links Solar Farm.   A copy of the presentation is available for you to view here. 

Details of the Braintree diversion footpath for the solar farm can be seen on the following map:

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January - October 2023 

East Anglia GREEN project update from National Grid (pylons across the countryside)

We are continuing work to support the delivery of new sources of renewable energy to homes and businesses across East Anglia and the UK.

To make it clear that this work is part of The Great Grid Upgrade, we are changing the project name from East Anglia GREEN to ‘Norwich to Tilbury’. All National Grid projects that are part of The Great Grid Upgrade will include specific locations in their names to make it easier for people to understand where we are proposing to build new grid infrastructure. 

Norwich to Tilbury is one of a number of projects being developed as part of The Great Grid Upgrade – the largest overhaul of the grid in generations.

Public consultation summer 2023

While we are still at an early stage of developing our proposals, we have made good progress since our consultation last year. We have reviewed all the feedback received and carried out surveys and assessments, alongside holding discussions with various stakeholders. We have made a number of changes and we will soon publish our proposed preferred draft alignment, which will show potential positions for overhead lines and underground cables.

To help reduce uncertainty for local communities, we will hold a second stage of public consultation. This will provide an opportunity for local communities to comment on our proposals in more detail and we will be able to explain how feedback from last year has influenced our work.

Today we are updating our project website with more information about the name change and the progress we have made, as well as producing a short video here. We will shortly be writing to local residents along the route with more information and to invite them to attend one of our public events and webinars to find out more about consultation.

Recently, the Electricity Systems Operator (ESO)  announced that it would launch a ‘Study’ to assess objectively the options for Norwich to Tilbury and other proposed network reinforcements across East Anglia. We understand the Study will consider the costs and deliverability of the different options.

I want to reassure you that, in this second stage of consultation, we are not pre-empting the outcome of the ESO Study. This stage of consultation is both necessary and important so that we can continue to hear local views whilst we work to an ambitious programme to deliver this new connection by the end of this decade, in line with the Government’s commitment to connect up to 50 GW of offshore wind by 2030. If the recommendations from the ESO Study should indicate alternative infrastructure options, we will of course review and engage with the impacted communities appropriately.

After this consultation and following the completion of the ESO Study there will be a further stage of consultation next year, where we hope to show finalised proposals informed by both local feedback and the outcomes of the Study.

Following the name change we have also updated our project contact details which you can now use to get in touch with us here:

• contact@n-t.nationalgrid.com
• FREEPOST N TO T
• www.nationalgrid.com/norwich-to-tilbury

 Donna Burnell, Regional External Affairs Manager, Norwich to Tilbury

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NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION

 

Election of Parish Councillors for Bradwell on Thursday 4 May 2023

 

I, Dan Gascoyne, being the Returning Officer for the Parish of BRADWELL report that the latest time for delivery of notices of withdrawal of candidature, namely Tuesday 4 April 2023, having passed, the persons whose names appear in the accompanying list stood validly nominated and therefore duly elected without a contest.

 

Name of Candidate	Home Address	Description (if any)
DUNN Tony	Ballaglass Cottage, 133-134 Coggeshall Road, Stisted, Braintree, CM77 8AB
HARDING Antony	Hylands House, Church Road, Bradwell, CM77 8EP
KINDER Lesley Juliet	1 Rectory Meadow, Bradwell Village, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8EX
LOCKEY Glenn Andrew	Bradwell Trout Farm, The Slades, Cut Hedge Lane, Bradwell, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8FR
TURNER Michael Fenton	Rainbows End, Sheepcotes Lane, Bradwell, Essex, CM77 8ER

 

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2021-22 FINANCIAL REPORT

The Annual Governance and Accountability Return for 2021/22 has been signed and published.  In accordance with the Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015 and the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities, the AGAR and relevant documents are: (please click on each title to see the document)

 Certificate of Exemption and AGAR 2021-22

Internal Audit report

Analysis of variances

Bank reconciliation

Notice of the period of public rights

The dates set for the period for the exercise of public rights are Monday 13tJune 2022  to Friday 22nJuly 2022