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Broomfield TIMES Issue 55 | Autumn 2018 News & events from your Parish Council E AT . DRINK . CELEBRATE Two Courses : £19.95 SUNDAY Three Courses : £22.95 and chocolate s LUNCH? PRINT LOGO - PRIMARY Our Sunday Lunch Menu includes traditional home . Fresh homemade dishes cooked roasts such as Roast Scotch Sirloin of Beef, Rack of Pork and Chicken Breast, each served with . Locally sourced ingredients all the trimmings! . Beautiful restaurant views To book your table call: 01245 440 005 www.channelsestate.co.uk CHANNE LS CHANNELS Channels, Pratts Farm Lane East Little Waltham, Chelmsford CM3 3PT Bar & Brasserie We pride ourselves on our professional, Broomfield TIMES friendly and reliable taxi service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Welcome to this latest issue of the Broomfield Times. Both Chelmsford Girl Guides and Broomfield Scouts are celebrating 100 years this autumn and you can read a potted history of the latter, courtesy of Roger Cole, on page 37. 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Karen Hurrell Assistant Cleck (Planning) Please note that the Parish Council do not rec- Wendy Martin Assistant Clerk (Village Amenities) ommend or vet advertisers. Parish Office, 158 Main Road, Broomfield, CM1 7AH ) 01245 441660* [email protected] Contributions Parish Councillors can be contacted through the Parish Office Mon, Weds & Fri 10.30am - 12.30pm (answer Contributions to future editions are welcome, machine available out of office hours) please email [email protected] City Councillors or send a hard copy to the Editor c/o Barry Knight ) 01245 420045 The Parish Office, 158 Main Road, Broomfield, * [email protected] CM1 7AH Sandra Pontin ) 01245 440447 * 01245 441660 * [email protected] Articles accompanied by photographs are par- James Raven ) 07889 650339 ticularly welcome. Please send either professional * [email protected] prints or email full-size JPG files. County Councillors Copy Dates John Aldridge 33 East View, Writtle, CM1 3NN ) 01245 421524 • Copy for the Winter issue to be sent by * [email protected] 19th October. MP General Notes Kemi Badenoch, Conservative www.kemibadenoch.org.uk • Free dog waste bags, graffiti removal kits Many problems can be dealt with over the phone or by email. plus further supplies of plastic bottle bags Due to the size of the constituency, the next surgery appoint- and cardboard and paper sacks are available ment may not be at a convenient location. If you have an urgent from the Parish Office. issue, or do not need a face-to-face appointment please contact my office immediately so we can start working on your case as soon as possible. • Please refer any play area problems or inci- dents to the Parish Office. 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Any future use of this site will be considered with this in mind.” Broomfield Place It has always been the Parish Council’s position So, thanks to the determined stand that our that the land behind Broomfield Place should not Planning Committee took and thanks to support be developed without a new school being part of from Cllr Aldridge, we got there in the end! Not the plan: ‘No New School, No New Housing’. only have we seen off the threat of a large devel- opment, we’ve also opened up the possibility of We were simply sticking to the original pro- the land being used for the community instead. posal in 2008. This said that a growing village needed a larger school, so the school would The Parish Council is now forming a small move to this new site (south or west of Broom- team of residents and councillors to consider field Place); the existing school site would be how the land can be used creatively for the redeveloped for housing, to help fund the community, now that large scale residential move. However, after 10 years of discussions housing has been ruled out. If this does include between the County Council and developers, some form of construction, we expect it to be nothing definite had been achieved. During something of benefit to the community; also, the last year, the idea of moving the school was that some of the land will be retained as open abandoned and it was agreed to extend the space, for the use of the wider community. If school on its existing site instead. you would like to be a part of this discussion that shapes the future of Broomfield Place, Then, about 4 months ago, just when we please let Parish Office know of your interest. thought it was all over, we were all surprised to learn that ECC had agreed to sell the land south Adventure Cycle Way and west of Broomfield Place to a developer, Probably the most exciting decision made at who wanted to get permission to build on it.