R4U Committed to Local Business Development

R4U welcomes an exciting business networking event being held at the start of next month -The #SWXPO16 in Saffron Walden’s Town Hall. Local business’s will have the opportunity to promote …read more →

See this! Video launched to promote Saffron Walden

The Saffron Walden Town Team in conjunction with the Town Council and Saffron Walden Initiative have just released a new promotional video to help drive tourists to Saffron Walden. Saffron …read more →

Takeley’s Natalie Sullivan finally gets some trees!

  In October 2014, Countryside Properties hacked down part of a hedgerow on a public footpath running beside their Friars Place Takeley site. They had no right to remove these …read more →

Watch the BBC News feature from Saffron Walden that highlights the new housing challenges facing many parts of Britain

As part of its Housing Britain series, the BBC News at 6 and 10 visited Saffron Walden where rapid development and a lack of infrastructure are causing friction. The correspondent …read more →

Circling for parking? Nowhere for your bike? Pavements too narrow? Take our ‘getting around Saffron Walden’ survey.

Essex County Council has a small amount of money to be spent by communities to improve roads and pavements. It isn’t enough to make major changes to roads, so for …read more →

A new Parish Councillor for Takeley!

We are delighted to announce that one of key campaigners in the R4U team, Natalie Sullivan-Smith is now a Parish Councillor for Takeley. Natalie joined the team earlier in the …read more →

Dangerous pavements in the south of district causing serious injuries…

Increased reports of the kind highlighted in last week’s Dunmow Broadcast (see below) are reaching the R4U team, along with mounting frustration that little seems to be happening in order …read more →

Just 10 votes away from a seat, but continuing the campaign in Takeley!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who voted for me in the local election. It was such a humbling experience to see how many people thought that I was the …read more →

“Just what we need – politics out of Local Government”

I have had a wonderful time canvassing with the folks from Duddenhoe End, Littlebury Green, Catmere End and Strethall. The people I spoke to were well informed, articulate, and very …read more →

Bridlepath Battle in Takeley leads to election campaign

For the past year I have been negotiating (doing battle) with the planning department of Uttlesford District Council, who gave planning permission for Countryside Properties to build a development of …read more →