Great Waltham Parish

 Great Waltham Parish Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Project Consultation and Precept Increase Survey – November 2023

 

Average Speed Camera Scheme in Ford End

 

This consultation relates to a proposal to install an average speed camera (ASC) system on the B1008 in Ford End village to enforce the 30mph speed limit. An ASC would measure the average speed of all vehicles when they travel the full length of the road through Ford End and will result in fines and driving licence penalty points for those exceeding the limit. Unlike fixed speed cameras, ASCs are effective in lowering speeds over an entire length of road.

 

Data available to the Parish Council indicates that over 9,000 vehicles (of which 18% are buses, trucks or HGVs) use this stretch of the B1008 each weekday and over 70% of all vehicles do so exceeding the 30mph speed limit. Previously, before the bypass was built, these vehicles would also have travelled through Great Waltham village and Howe Street.

 

An ASC system is the one traffic calming measure which Highways will currently authorise. The Council is looking to raise half the costs and seek match funding. This would mean it taking out a loan for c.£50,000 and looking to pay it back over five years by making an annual Council Tax parish precept increase equivalent to an extra 25p per week, or £13 per year, for a Band D property type. (The precept is that part of parish households’ Council Tax allocated to the Parish Council – for 2023/24 it represented 4.3% of each total Council Tax bill and currently is £89.64 for a Band D property). Without Parish Council part funding the scheme is unlikely to progress.

 

It should be noted that match funding would still need to be secured, and the precise precept increase would depend on the exact amount of the loan and the interest rate applied. Also, it is understood that the non-mandatory 20mph signs at the school would need to be removed as Highways are concerned about the possibility of motorists citing confusion to avoid conviction. However, the wig-wags lights can still operate at school times.

 

This consultation is being conducted to seek your views on the proposal to install such a system.

 

Question 1

Are you in FAVOUR of the Parish Council going ahead with the Average Speed Camera Scheme?

 

Question 2

Are you in FAVOUR of the Parish Council going ahead with the Average Speed Camera Scheme if it includes a Council Tax parish precept increase equivalent to 25p per week/£13 annually (for a Band D property type) for five years for the purpose of repaying the loan?

 

 

In accordance with our Data Privacy Policy we will only retain personal information collected from responses for the period it is needed to draw overall conclusions from the consultation. Your details and specific responses will always remain confidential.

 

Please fully complete and send this survey questionnaire to the Parish Council by:

 

Thursday 30^th November 2023

 

Any survey forms received after the deadline will be disregarded. The form can be sent by post or by email as a pdf attachment. You can also respond online by going to this address: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CSXKZJN

 

 

 

 

Ford End Recreation update

Early in 2020 the Parish Council asked Ford End residents what improvements they would like to see at the village

recreation ground. 

You may have responded to the questionnaire or come along to the village hall to share your ideas. Twelve

months on we thought you would like to know what we have achieved in the last year and the plans for the

future.

The update can be viewd by clicking on: Ford_End_Rec_Update.pdf

 

 Useful numbers and websites:

Chelmsford City Council Recycling – 01245 615800 (this includes Option 1 if you didn’t get plastics/food waste bags) or https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/order-a-new-bin-box-or-sack/

Large Items for Collection and disposal – 01245 615800 or https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/special-collections/

Potholes / Blocked Road -  0345 6037631 or https://www.essexhighways.org/transport-and-roads/tell-us/report-all-issues.aspx

Reporting Fly Tipping – 01245 615800 or https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/environment/report-a-street-problem/report-fly-tipping/

Report a crime or anti-social behaviour - https://www.essex.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/

Or contact the Clerk at GWPC if in doubt - clerk@greatwalthamparishcouncil.co.uk

 Allotments

The Parish Council has two allotment sites in Great Waltham Village. There are several allotment plots available for rent. There are a variety of sizes and these plots can be sub divided to suit . Costs are as low as £10 per year. There is water available on both sites - Brook Mead (behind the shop) and Bury lane (at the end of Barrack Lane /Mashbury Road).

Contact the clerk on clerk@greatwalthamparishcouncil.co.uk if your interested in taking on a plot.

  

Local Medical Information for the Parish of Great Waltham:
Little Waltham	01245 360253	Little Waltham Surgery, 30 Brook Hill, Little Waltham, CM3 3LL	Site Link
Great Notley	01376 341511	Great Notley Surgery, Notley Green, Braintree, CM77 7GS	Site Link
Great Dunmow - Angel Lane	01371 872122	Angel Lane Surgery, Angel Lane, Great Dunmow, CM6 1AQ	Site Link
Great Dunmow - John Tasker House	01371 872121	Dr T Myint, 56 New Street, Great Dunmow, CM6 1BH	Site Link
Felsted - Surgery	01371 820410	Felsted Surgery, Braintree Road, Felsted, CM6 3DL	Site Link