UDC Planning Committee: R4U Councillors step up scrutiny

When the planning application at Hartford End Brewery came to planning committee it was recommended for approval by officers and supported by all members except the 3 R4U members who …read more →

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 →

Clavering residents have an early Christmas present.

Christmas has certainly come early this year for the good people of Clavering. Their strong and well justified opposition to the proposed Gladman development has been rewarded. The Inspector dismissed …read more →

Disgraceful Tory smear to cover Town Hall decay

The Town Council need to prepare a budget for next year. The Town Clerk has prepared a first draft, and first gave it to councillors last Thursday. As the Tories …read more →

Working hard to improve our streets.

We’ve just launched an R4U survey to get residents’ views on how Saffron Walden’s streets can be improved to help residents – see >>HERE! I’ve been spending a couple of hours …read more →

Future developments in Saffron Walden escape education contributions…

Following the abandonment of the crucial Katherine Semar School upgrade, the education situation in Saffron Walden continues to deteriorate. In a forthcoming application for a major housing development in the …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 →

Resolving neighbourhood disputes as a community.

As a Councillor it is disappointing and frustrating to take on a case on behalf of a resident and find a satisfactory resolution very difficult to achieve. Perhaps you can …read more →

A taste of traffic chaos to come? Unless we stop it.

Saffron Walden is this week being treated to a demonstration of what traffic congestion would be like if Uttlesford District Council ever implemented the awful plans they published last year …read more →