ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
OF 
STAPLEFORD TAWNEY PARISH COUNCIL
Tuesday 7th May 2019

Clerk’s Report for the year ending 31st March 2019

In addition to the Annual Parish Meeting and Parish Council Meeting held on 8th May 2018, four ordinary meetings were held on 18th September, 13th November 2018, 15th January and 19th March 2019.

Attendances as follows:-
Stuart Galloway 5/6, David Davenport 6/6, Peter Moring 6/6, Duncan Padfield 6/6 and Maurice Padfield 6/6.
We had guests to our meeting in January; John Glover, the Chair of Stanford Rivers Parish Council and Nick Agnew from Epping Ongar Railway. 

The parish account has a healthy year end balance of £3430.54.

Planning applications have once again increased this year with both further development to houses and also conversions of stables/ garages to dwelling houses. 

The Mole Trap Pub closed in January 2019 much to the dismay of local residents and customers from further afield. The community in general are hoping that there will be some positive news regarding its future.

Fly tipping continues to be a major problem in the parish. Those responsible committing their crimes relentlessly and becoming more brazen with ever increasing amounts and depositing lorry loads deep into agricultural fields.

The website is running without complications and the email is being used by EFDC and the general public.

Tawney Watch, a WhatsApp group, has been created for use of parishioners to notify users of significant occurrences within the parish.

Thank you Stuart, David, Peter, Duncan and Maurice for supporting me through another busy year as clerk.

Juliet Burr