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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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Holy Trinity Church Easter Service
The Easter Celebration of Holy Communion, led by Heike, will take place on Easter Sunday at 4.00 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church, Bradwell. All are welcome to this festival service.
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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
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.
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Name of Candidate |
Home Address |
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DUNN Tony |
Ballaglass Cottage, 133-134 Coggeshall Road, Stisted, Braintree, CM77 8AB |
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HARDING Antony |
Hylands House, Church Road, Bradwell, CM77 8EP |
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KINDER Lesley Juliet |
1 Rectory Meadow, Bradwell Village, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8EX |
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LOCKEY Glenn Andrew |
Bradwell Trout Farm, The Slades, Cut Hedge Lane, Bradwell, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8FR |
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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
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