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Kelvedon Parish Council Magazine Kelvedon News Issue 5 • Quarterly News and events from your Parish Council KPC05 Artwork A5.indd 1 22/05/2015 17:08 Please talk to your local agent for more details. Kelved Call 01787 223 903 P WHICH? BELIEVE for a quote or pop in NFU Mutual Office, WE’RE THE Units 4-6 Atlas Works, Foundry Lane, Welcome... Earls Colne, CO6 2TE W BEST time of change. INSURANCE Fir SERVICES as the new editor of the magazine, which will allow the Clerk to pick up additional work in PROVIDER other ar Neighbourhood Plan begins to take shape. IN THE UK This will be a major undertaking that could What a great company Agent of The National Farmers Union Mutual affect all of our lives unless we take effective to do business with Insurance Society Limited. steps to shape and contr is allowed within the village. Secondly just been advised that ten candidates stood for the eleven P thus all applicants will be appointed by Br read this the new Councillor and the council will consist of Cr Jean Ander Buttery DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER WHOPPER®, CHICKEN ROYALE,* £ .49 2 CHICKEN £ .49 FREE WHEN YOU BUY ONE FRIES AND A DRINK 6 ROYALE* MEALS 8 The view for the ac distr Ad pursuan not t 2 KPC05 Artwork A5.indd 2-3 Your edition of Kelvedon Parish Council Magazine Welcome... elcome to edition number Five of the WParish magazine, which appears at a Contents time of change. Letter from Chairman 6 Firstly, we welcome Councillor Rob Lancashire Kelvedon & Feering Scout Group 10 as the new editor of the magazine, which will Neighbourhood Plan Update 13 allow the Clerk to pick up additional work in other areas as for example the new Kelvedon Meet the New Council 14 Neighbourhood Plan begins to take shape. Moore Brothers This will be a major undertaking that could Bicentenary Celebration 22 affect all of our lives unless we take effective Kelvedon Dance 27 steps to shape and control what development Events Diary 29 is allowed within the village. Kelvedon Community Festival 32 Secondly, at the point of writing we have Kelvedon Churches Worship 34 just been advised that ten candidates stood for the eleven Parish Councillor posts and thus all applicants will be appointed by Braintree District Council. By the time you read this the new Councillors will be in post and the council will consist of Craig Martin, Jean Anderson, Anne Blackwell, Louise This magazine has been produced at Buttery, Terry Dixon, Des Holmes, Jamie h no cost to the Parish Council. PLEASE SUppORT LOCAL BUSINESSES A big thank you goes out to all the local businesses that have advertised and supported the Kelvedon Parish Council Magazine. Please support local businesses and mention the To advertise please call Mary on Kelvedon Parish Magazine when responding to advertisers tel: 01843 295371 Published by Community Ad Web Ltd 01843 834160 email [email protected] web www.communityad.co.uk The views expressed in any published content are solely those of the contributors. The Publishers and Kelvedon Parish Council accept no responsibility for the accuracy of any information contained in the publication. The contents of this magazine including images may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, downloaded or displayed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Kelvedon Parish Council and/or Community Ad Web Ltd. Unless otherwise specified, the authors of the literary and artistic works in the pages in this magazine have asserted their moral right pursuant to Section 77 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of those works. The Publishers reserve the right not to publish a submission or part of a submission that they consider defamatory or otherwise inappropriate for publication. Kelvedon Parish Council Magazine 3 22/05/2015 17:08 Hooper, Rob Lancashire, Mike Pilbeam and comment on village planning matters, so we pr Richard Minns who is our new councillor. now have the situation where if the Parish any offences ar Thus over a third of your Parish Councillors Council objects to a planning application eyes and ear will have joined the Parish Council in the it has to be heard by the full Planning concerns that you may have. Descriptions and last six months. Committee of BDC. We have won this initial car r In some quarters there was concern at the battle but have to keep an eye on where the to our local police and camer small number of candidates coming forward process goes in the future. also pr an offence occurring please ring 999 as r from the community but Facebook posts Work has commenced on our Neighbourhood crimes have involved smashing a way into suggested that residents were happy with the Plan and we are pleased to provide a more homes via patio door service and work that the Parish Council did to detailed update later in the magazine. As protect, support and enhance our community. always we need more volunteers so if you W The Parish Council will also acknowledge want to have a hand in shaping the future of now but please r (elsewhere) the substantial workload that the village please come and join us. when going out and to shut and lock all appr has been undertaken by our two retiring The Parish Council is working with police not have an easy r councillors Leslie Hill and Jane Coates, who to try and reduce local low level offending, have together given 68 years of service to possessions. Having said all of this K in particular drinking and drug use on the remains a low crime ar the Parish Council as well as the work they Recreation Ground, and some arrests and have undertaken within other organisations. villains can cause a spike in offending and we progress has been made in this area. The door- need to keep an eye out for them. 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Solution: The internal mechanism could be faulty and need replacing. 01206 575 355 pe & beyond Kelvedon Parish Council Magazine 5 22/05/2015 17:08 The Chairman At this stage, I wish to welcome on to the Council Richar to stand for election in May Letter from the of challenges ahead (mor but I am confident that the council will rise Chairman to meet those challenges.