Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] ECC Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/tag/ecc/ Love where you live Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:18:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 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] ECC Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/tag/ecc/ 32 32 70608645 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 R4U and UDC condemn Essex County Council proposal not to pay library staff https://www.residents4u.org/2019/08/06/r4u-and-udc-condemn-essex-county-council-proposal-not-to-pay-library-staff/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:48:43 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=17118 Under Residents for Uttlesford leadership Uttlesford District Council has approved a cross-party motion that condemns Essex County Council’s new library strategy to use unpaid staff. Cllr Dr Barbara Light, Uttlesford ...read more →

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]]> 17118 Essex County Council U-turns library closings but still must be held to account https://www.residents4u.org/2019/07/09/essex-county-council-u-turns-library-closings-but-still-must-be-held-to-account/ Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:18:39 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=16518 In 2018 Essex County Council announced that they intended to close a large number of the libraries in the county, including half of the ones in Uttlesford. After months of ...read more →

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]]> 16518 Potholes more than doubled to 6,700 in two years https://www.residents4u.org/2019/04/03/potholes-more-than-doubled-to-6700-in-two-years/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:32:14 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=13633 R4U’s analysis it has undertaken on data obtained from Essex County Council shows that the authority is failing to keep on top of the pothole problem in Uttlesford after problems have ...read more →

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]]> 13633 Councillors unite to back resident and parish council campaigns to save Thaxted and Stansted libraries https://www.residents4u.org/2018/11/27/councillors-unite-to-back-resident-and-parish-council-campaigns-to-save-thaxted-and-stansted-libraries/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:50:05 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=10956 R4U is backing resident, parish council and district councillor campaigns to keep community hub libraries open in Thaxted and Stansted Mountfitchet after ECC has announced plans to close 2 of the 4 libraries in the district. ...read more →

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]]> 10956 Work starts on new Saffron Walden Common path as next part of R4U programme to improve resident access and safety https://www.residents4u.org/2018/11/06/work-starts-on-new-saffron-walden-common-path-as-next-part-of-r4u-programme-to-improve-resident-access-and-safety/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:46:24 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=10839 Work has started on a new pedestrian path down the west side of Saffron Walden Common as part of R4U’s ongoing programme at Saffron Walden Town Council to improve access ...read more →

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]]> 10839 Refusal of school transport by Essex – call for evidence by the Department for Education https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/04/refusal-school-transport-essex-call-evidence-department-education/ https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/04/refusal-school-transport-essex-call-evidence-department-education/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:51:53 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8954 The Department for Education (DfE) are continuing to investigate Essex County Council’s school transport policy following a referral by R4U. The policy is to refuse free school transport unless going ...read more →

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]]> https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/04/refusal-school-transport-essex-call-evidence-department-education/feed/ 4 8954 Uttlesford Strife? Taxpayers fund political messages… https://www.residents4u.org/2016/12/13/uttlesford-strife-taxpayers-fund-political-messages/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:00:32 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8887 How do Gnomies? Here I was this week, busy wrapping presents and sampling the best local mince pies, when the latest edition of UDC’s glossy ‘Uttlesford Life’ rattled through the ...read more →

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]]> 8887 ECC objects to UDC’s large-scale home-building proposals on east of Saffron Walden due to poor road network https://www.residents4u.org/2016/12/07/ecc-objects-udcs-large-scale-home-building-proposals-east-saffron-walden-due-poor-road-network/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:11:56 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8855 R4U believes that a recently published highways study by Essex County Council  derails Uttlesford District Council’s proposals to build 1350 new homes on the east of Saffron Walden. Heather Asker, one ...read more →

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]]> 8855 More changes to school bus schedules announced by ECC https://www.residents4u.org/2016/10/11/more-changes-to-bus-schedules-announced-click-for-updates/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:43:57 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8738 Following problems since alterations at the beginning of term, there are changes to school bus schedule starting Monday 17th October. The issues with the grossly overloaded 322 Old Harlow to ...read more →

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