Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] Essex County Council Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/category/council/essex-county-council/ Love where you live Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:38:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.residents4u.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-R4U-hand-512sq.gif?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] Essex County Council Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/category/council/essex-county-council/ 32 32 70608645 Only R4U can be trusted to deliver local results for Uttlesford residents https://www.residents4u.org/2026/04/25/only-r4u-can-be-trusted-to-deliver-local-results-for-uttlesford-residents/ https://www.residents4u.org/2026/04/25/only-r4u-can-be-trusted-to-deliver-local-results-for-uttlesford-residents/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:27:19 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=36078 Summary: ECC elections are on 7th May. In Uttlesford it is a two-horse race between Reform UK and R4U. National parties only want to be in power. We want to ...read more →

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]]> https://www.residents4u.org/2026/04/25/only-r4u-can-be-trusted-to-deliver-local-results-for-uttlesford-residents/feed/ 0 36078 Saffron Walden flooding on South Road finally being addressed https://www.residents4u.org/2023/12/11/saffron-walden-flooding-on-south-road-being-addressed/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:45:55 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=31405 After much local pressure from local Residents’ councillors and chasing by ECC,  BT Openreach is finally undertaking the work required on South Road in Saffron Walden to repair the drains ...read more →

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]]> 31405 Finally ECC take action on local accident blackspot and potholes https://www.residents4u.org/2023/12/04/finally-ecc-take-action-on-local-accident-blackspot-and-potholes/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:00:13 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=31399 R4U is happy to announce that councillor chasing of road problems is finally making some progress. Last week saw the partial resurfacing of the High St pavement in Saffron Walden ...read more →

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]]> 31399 Accidents rise as ECC Conservatives block Uttlesford highways improvement schemes https://www.residents4u.org/2023/07/03/accidents-rise-as-ecc-conservatives-block-uttlesford-highways-improvement-schemes/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:00:22 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=31323 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U)  sees accidents increase and residents’ frustration mount as local road improvement safety schemes, which were funded and should have been implemented by March this year, have ...read more →

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]]> 31323 Residents continue battle against ECC pothole failures https://www.residents4u.org/2023/06/05/residents-continue-battle-against-ecc-pothole-failures/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:00:06 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=31318 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) sees residents’ despair at the “dire” and “dismal” state of local roads and continues to fight Essex County Council’s “managed decline” of highway maintenance. R4U’s Cllr ...read more →

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]]> 31318 Long-running flooding issue for residents solved near Audley End Station https://www.residents4u.org/2023/04/11/latest-long-running-flooding-issue-for-residents-solved-near-audley-end-station/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:40:58 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=27217 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is delighted that its latest drains project, to solve the regular flooding on the B1383 / Station Approach at the entry to Wendens Ambo, has finally ...read more →

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]]> 27217 R4U councillors continue their pothole campaign against Essex County Council’s “managed decline” of our roads https://www.residents4u.org/2023/04/03/r4u-councillors-continue-their-pothole-campaign-against-essex-county-councils-managed-decline-of-our-roads/ Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:07:16 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=27187 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is continuing to campaign against Essex County Council’s “managed decline” of Uttlesford roads as potholes get much worse. R4U’s Cllr Paul Gadd, Essex County Councillor for ...read more →

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]]> 27187 ECC new Book-to-Bin system ‘not being properly evidenced’ as Herts CC seeks to ban Uttlesford residents in return https://www.residents4u.org/2023/03/20/ecc-new-book-to-bin-system-not-being-properly-evidenced-as-herts-cc-seeks-to-ban-uttlesford-residents-in-return/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:30:22 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=27182 The trial of the new pre-booking system which Essex County Council (ECC) has introduced at all of its recycling centres is a ‘sham’ and a ‘mess’ according to Residents for ...read more →

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]]> 27182 Survey results: 99% of residents oppose Essex County Council ‘Book-to-Bin’ system https://www.residents4u.org/2023/02/24/survey-results-99-of-residents-oppose-essex-county-council-book-to-bin-system/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:02:22 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=26091 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has now published sent Essex County Council (ECC) the results of its survey into ECC’s proposals to implement a pre-booking system at all of its recycling ...read more →

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]]> 26091 Survey: Should ECC require booking to use their Waste Recycling Centres? https://www.residents4u.org/2023/02/04/survey-should-ecc-require-booking-to-use-their-waste-recycling-centres/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 15:30:22 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=25871 Essex County Council has announced that they will introduce a new booking system at all of their Household Waste Recycling Centres from 13 March 2023. ECC say that from that ...read more →

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