Taking place on 20th July, this planning & development committee meeting, which is open to the public, will consider four planning applications affecting Bourne Road, Colchester Road (2), and Chapel Lane. It will also consider 2 consultations, Essex Development Management and Colchester Local Plan.
Formal Notice of Meeting
Meeting of the Planning & Development Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council in the John Lampon Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20th July 2016.
Colchester Borough Council’s Local Plan Committee is about to review its draft Local Plan and associated reports on 5th July. The village features in this draft plan as a ‘sustainable village’.
This village is fortunate to have a well organised, business-like Parish Council. This is one of the reasons why West Bergholt is such a pleasant village to live in. The Parish Council has taken the lead in creating three important documents. First, Continue reading “Borough Councillors Annual Report 2015”
The Neighbourhood Plan meeting that took place earlier this month resulted in much progress with an almost completed first draft plan. The picture on the right shows the Contents page to give some idea of what to expect when the final report is published (click on it for larger picture).
You will notice that a lot of the the section headings have blank ‘App Buttons’ and, since the plan will impact the children’s future, the NP group are running a competition for the pupils at Heathlands to design what the blanks should be filled in with.
There are 8 categories and these are listed below, there will be a winner and a prize selected for each App Button. The Categories are:
Example of what the ‘App Button’ could look like for Housing & Planning
Over the next two months from March to end of April the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group is holding an “issues and options” consultation which aims to present the issues and priorities for our community. This is an important stage as the next stage of the plan is to write a draft document and to submit this to the authorities for formal examination.
So please take part in way you can. Your choices are as follows:
Read the on-line pages and complete either a paper questionnaire (available in your March edition of the Village Bulletin or downloadable) or take the electronic survey.
Come to the parish annual meeting on 25th March (7:30pm) where you can hear about the consultation and have an opportunity to ask questions
Visit the exhibition which will be held at the Orpen Hall on two consecutive Saturdays in April (11th & 18th from 11am).
If you represent an organisation why not write to the Steering Group or better still invite them to onbe of your meetings to see how you might be affected and to allow you the chance to put forward your organisations’s priorities for the future.
Your Village Future is in Your Hands – Lets Take Control Together
West Bergholt’s future for the next 30 years is being shaped and developed using a National planning scheme known as the Neighbourhood Plan. For the first time in our history the people of West Bergholt have the opportunity to shape our village future in terms of what is most important to us as residents and includes –
New homes – acceptable numbers and preferred locations
Sport and recreational facilities that meet future needs and where these should be located
Village hall enhancements that meet future needs and are environmentally sustainable
Ensuring our pre-school and primary school are not constrained by space. Provide the right environment to develop our future generations
Children’s play area enhancements to match the best in Essex
Improved footways, cycle ways and traffic safety plans that reflect a vibrant and interesting place to life.
Business enhancements – shaping the development of our existing business parks to reflect job creation, local needs and sustainability.
All these points and more must form part of our Neighbourhood Plan before it can be accepted as the model for our village future. This is our opportunity to state what we want to avoid our village future being determined by housing developers and/or external government bodies.
2015 will see the completion of the Neighbourhood Plan prior it being subject to a village wide referendum before it can be adopted.
The plan outline findings and the vision for the future compiled from surveys and questionnaires will be on display and discussed on
WEDNESDAY 25th March 2015 at 7.30pm in the Orpen Hall
at the Annual Parish Meeting.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend – refreshments provided.
Two other exhibitions will also be held at the Orpen Hall on:- Saturday April 11th and Saturday April 18th, both from 11am. Choose which event will suit you best. Questionnaires will be available at all events for comment and to express your views for the final time on the future of West Bergholt.
Now is your unique opportunity to influence the development of the village over the next few decades.
CBC is in the process of creating a ‘Local plan’ and have started the consultation process, The Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group will be responding to this consultation as will the Parish Council. A separate consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan is planned for the end of February to mid April. For those interested in contributing directly the Borough Council recently issued the following notice:
Colchester Borough Council has started work on its new Local Plan for the Borough covering the period 2017-2032.
The Planning Policy team will be running the Issues and Options Consultation from the 16 January 2015 until 27 February 2015 at the following locations:
Tiptree Community Centre – Saturday 7 February 2015 (10am-2pm)
Mersea Centre (MICA) – Wednesday 11 February 2015 (4pm-8pm)
Wivenhoe Scout & Guide Hut – Saturday 14 February 2015 (10am-2pm)
Hythe Community Centre – Monday 16 February 2015 (12 noon – 8pm)
Great Horkesley Village Hall – Saturday 31 January 2015 (10am – 2pm)
Marks Tey Village Hall – Saturday 21 February 2015 (10am-2pm)
In addition to the above drop in sessions there will also be additional consultation drop is sessions at Colchester Library (Saturday 17 January 2015 10am-2pm & Tuesday 27 January 2015 2pm-6pm) and at Asda (on 24 January 2015 10am-2pm).
For those interested in attending you might want to access some of the project teams documentation inn advance, if so please visit the Colchester Borough Council website.
Meeting of the Planning & Development Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council in the John Lampon Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th October 2014. The public and press are welcome to attend.
How Decisions are taken
For applications included on the published agenda the Committee is authorised by the Parish Council to take decisions. These will be submitted by the Clerk onto the Borough Council’s website.
If there is a Planning Application or correspondence received which post-dates the publishing of the agenda, and which cannot await the next meeting of the Committee, then such matters will be discussed at the meeting; where this occurs the committee will not take a decision but will make a recommendation to be considered by the next advertised appropriate meeting, which is likely to be the full Parish Council meeting. If this is the case the Planning applications concerned will appear on the Parish Council published agenda.
AGENDA – Matters to be taken in public
To receive any pre-application representations regarding proposed Planning Applications
Meeting of the Planning & Development Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council in the John Lampon Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20th August 2014. The public and press are welcome to attend.
If in the opinion of the Chairman there is a Planning Application or correspondence received which post-dates the publishing of the agenda, and which cannot await the next meeting, then such matters will be discussed at the meeting.
AGENDA – Matters to be taken in public
1. To receive any pre-application representations regarding proposed Planning Applications.
9 Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt Colchester CO6 3JW
2 September 2014
3. Other Matters: CBC consultation on Local Plan. Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (The SA Scoping Report). Comments needed by end of August.
4. CBC Local Plan Call for Sites: Do you know of any land that you think may be suitable for development? (CBC Pro Forma). Ideas and suggestions needed by 5 October.
Meeting of the Planning & Development Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council in the John Lampon Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18th June 2014. The public and press are welcome to attend.
If in the opinion of the Chairman there is a Planning Application or correspondence received which post-dates the publishing of the agenda and which cannot await the next meeting, then such matters will be discussed at the meeting.
AGENDA – Matters to be taken in public
1. To receive any pre-application representations regarding proposed Planning Applications
Last summer the Parish Council adopted a Traffic Safety Plan which has its origins in the Parish Plan and has as its aim an enhancement of levels of safety in the village. This plan has been developed by the Environment and Highways Committee of the Parish Council as a result of the ongoing and increasing concerns of village residents.
A principal objective of the traffic plan is to improve all aspects of safety in the region of Heathlands School and the surrounding feeder roads. To achieve this measures are needed that will help to slow traffic, restrict parking that is irresponsible in dangerous areas and at the same time provide alternative parking for parents that find it necessary to use a car to transport their children to school.
The plan contains a number of proposals for relatively minor structural work in New Church Road and School Lane. These include parking restrictions at the junctions at each end of New Church Road, better signage to improve awareness of the school and a build out from the footpath from Mumford Close. These plans have now been considered for implementation by the Local Highways Panel and it is good to report that all have been approved. It is pleasing to know that if ideas that come forward from the village are put into a plan and discussed with the authorities concerned they can be developed into realistic projects. As yet there is no news of when the work will take place but the village will be kept informed.
For its part the Parish Council has considered ways of providing alternative parking. The Orpen Hall car park will be resurfaced and facilities improved. The works mentioned above will enhance safety for the walk from the car park to school. The Treble Tile has agreed that, subject to certain conditions, its car park can be used at school drop off and pick up times. To make safe the walk from here to school a new footpath parallel to School Lane is being installed along the edge of Poors Land.
Throughout this process the Parish Council is in dialogue with the school to ensure that as these modifications are put into place maximum advantage for all concerned is achieved by them. A full copy of The Safety Plan can be obtained by E-mail from The Parish Clerk or Harry Stone at [email protected] or alternatively it can be viewed on this website.
