Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] Essex County Council Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/tag/essex-county-council/ Love where you live Fri, 08 May 2026 07:55:15 +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] Essex County Council Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/tag/essex-county-council/ 32 32 70608645 R4U led Uttlesford District Council Backs New Five-Authority Plan for devolved Essex https://www.residents4u.org/2025/10/01/r4u-led-uttlesford-district-council-backs-new-five-authority-plan-for-devolved-essex/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:51:54 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=34934 UDC has joined ten local authorities across Essex in supporting the creation of five new unitary councils to replace the current two-tier system. The proposal has strong cross-party support at ...read more →

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]]> 34934 Cllr Paul Gadd https://www.residents4u.org/uttlesford-district-councillors-and-candidates/paul-gadd/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:01:59 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?page_id=26283 The post Cllr Paul Gadd appeared first on Residents for Uttlesford.

]]> 26283 Concerned about road safety as Essex County Council cuts highways maintenance funding https://www.residents4u.org/2022/12/21/concerned-about-road-safety-as-essex-county-council-cuts-highways-maintenance-funding/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:30:18 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=25448 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) opposes Essex County Council’s axing of the Highway Rangers service as part of a new round of cuts in ECC’s self-described programme of ‘managed decline’ of ...read more →

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]]> 25448 Call for details of flooding on Sunday so we can take it up with ECC https://www.residents4u.org/2021/07/25/call-for-details-of-flooding-on-sunday-so-we-can-hold-ecc-to-account/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 21:03:10 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=20666 The rain on Sunday was torrential in many parts of Uttlesford – almost 40mm in less than 2 hours. ECC are responsible for drains and flood protection. Let us know if you were affected so we can hold them to account. ...read more →

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]]> 20666 R4U gains ground at Essex County Council and solidifies other council positions in Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/2021/05/08/r4u-gains-ground-at-essex-county-council-and-solidifies-other-council-positions-in-uttlesford/ Sat, 08 May 2021 14:00:34 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=19940 At the 6th May 2021 local elections, Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has gained ground at Essex County Council from the Conservative Party and solidified its positions at Uttlesford District Council ...read more →

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]]> 19940 Cllr Martin Foley https://www.residents4u.org/uttlesford-district-councillors-and-candidates/martin-foley/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:18:33 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?page_id=19137 The post Cllr Martin Foley appeared first on Residents for Uttlesford.

]]> 19137 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 R4U forces ECC to disclose axing Thaxted & Stansted libraries saves only £13k year. Are the cuts politically motivated? https://www.residents4u.org/2019/01/22/r4u-forces-ecc-to-disclose-gbp13k-year/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:08:46 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=12268 Through a Freedom-of-Information (FOI) request Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has uncovered that planned closures of libraries in Uttlesford by Essex County Council only saves £13,000 a year and so believes ...read more →

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]]> 12268 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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