from Hatfield Peverel Parish Council
TENNIS COURTS
The Rules and Regulations for use of the tennis courts is as follows (click on the image below or visit Tennis Courts Rules Regulations 2025)
To view the results of Braintree District Council's Air Quality Survey please visit Braintree_Report_2024_AirQualitySurvey
As the colder months set in, Braintree District Council is offering means-tested grants to help residents with essential hot water and heating repairs or installations.
If you’re a homeowner or leaseholder and your home is your main residence, you may be eligible.
🔗 More info: visit braintree.gov.uk/housing/major-housing-grants
For wider cost of living support, visit https://www.braintree.gov.uk/homepage/341/cost-of-living
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As the rising cost of living continues to affect many people across our communities in different ways, Braintree District Council want to know how this impacts you. They have developed an anonymous Cost of Living Survey to identify residents' biggest challenges. In filling out the survey you’ll help BDC
To fill in the survey, visit https://www.braintree.gov.uk/xfp/form/727 If you would prefer a paper version of the survey please request one at the Parish Council office at the Village Hall. For more information visit https://www.braintree.gov.uk/costofliving |
Mid and North East Essex Mind are bringing a series of free mental health training sessions to the Braintree District.
These community-based courses are designed to help individuals strengthen their mental wellbeing, understand their emotions and strengthen resilience.
The training sessions have been fully funded by Braintree District Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, making it free for all participants.
For more information visit
https://mnessexmind.org/training/
Braintree District Council have a new section on their website dedicated to Anti-social behaviour. They have issued this leaflet explaining what constitutes anti-social behaviour. Please click on the cover below or visit Antisocial behaviour leaflet to read more about it.
Click on the image below to access the booklet from Braintree District Council giving helpful advice and contacts for those on means tested support for:
- Utilities & broadband
- School holidays, meals & transport
- Childcare, Funeral and pet costs
- Housing & mortgage help
- NHS & maternity costs
- Access to work & learning
- Pension help
- Legal costs & advice
Discover the rewilding areas around Hatfield Peverel this year from our map below (kindly provided by Donna Goddard, Wildlife Champion)
For information on the Longfield Solar Farm plans in Boreham visit https://www.longfieldsolarfarm.co.uk/#about
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🌍💧 Save Water and Lower Your Bills with Help from Your Parish Council! 💧🌍 Exciting news for our community! The Parish Council has partnered with Anglian Water to provide free water-saving appliances to help you conserve water and potentially reduce your water meter bills. These items include:
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Stocks are limited, so each household can collect one of each item while supplies last.
📍 Collection Details:
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Pick up your water-saving appliances at the Parish Council office at the Village Hall.
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Available on weekday mornings only.
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The last collection day before Christmas is 20th December.
Start saving water—and money—today! Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to make a positive impact on your wallet and the environment. 🌱💦
AGE WELL EAST - New service in Braintree District supporting people living in later life.
Age Well East is an established charity (formally Age Concern Colchester and Tendring) We have been empowering people in later years since 1950 and we provide excellent support services which are free and easily available.
Age Well East Advice service is now available to support residents living in later life in the Braintree District area (aged 60 plus). In particular we are able to visit people to assist with benefits checks and applications for disability benefits such as Attendance Allowance. Our advice service is delivered by experienced and knowledgeable advisors who provide free independent advice and welfare support. At a time when many people living in later life may be concerned about the cost of living and winter energy bills we are happy to offer free benefits checks to make sure that people are claiming the relevant support.
There is more information about our advice service on our website:
Advice and welfare - Age Well East
Call on 0800 373 3333 or email us at enquiries@agewelleast.org.uk
There is also an online referral form for self-referrals:
BUS FARE INFORMATION
From 1 January 2025 through to the end of December 2025, a new single fare cap at £3 will begin to ensure millions of people can access affordable bus fares and better opportunities all over the country. This will particularly benefit passengers in rural communities and towns and will save passengers up to 80% on some routes.
The cap means no single bus fare on routes included in the scheme will exceed £3 and routes where fares are less than £3 will only be allowed to increase by inflation in the normal way so that some fares will remain below £3. The fare cap will help millions access better opportunities and promote greater use by passengers.
Click on the photo below for Braintree District Council's Winter Allowance Guide
If you wish to advertise in the Village Voice, please email Janice Fitzpatrick, Comms Officer at communications@hatfieldpeverelpc.com for details.
We are pleased to advise that Braintree District Council adopted the reviewed Hatfield Peverel Neighbourhood Development Plan at its meeting on Monday 23rd September 2024. Click the link below to see the final adopted version.
The reviewed Plan will now replace the old version and will be used by Braintree District Council and Hatfield Peverel Parish Council to determine planning applications within the area covered by the Plan.
Thank you again to everyone who took the time to give your views, attend and participate in the various consultations to ensure that the Plan was up to date and enhanced, and crucially took part by getting out and voting in the successful referendum without which the reviewed Plan could not have been adopted.
TO REPORT A HIGHWAYS-RELATED FAULT REFER TO THE VISUAL BELOW AND CLICK ON IT TO ACCESS THE LINK TO THE ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL REPORTING LINK
Our Wildlife Champion, Donna Goddard, has provided this useful map of the village to show local dog waste bins, playgrounds and other amenities (click the top right broken square to enlarge):
The Government has set out plans to reduce carbon on our roads by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. Alongside this, Essex County Council has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 to help tackle climate change. In Essex, around half of all CO2e emissions are from transport and a shift towards electric vehicles is an important part of achieving the net zero goal and improving air quality, alongside the continued work to encourage more sustainable transport options. Essex has already seen a significant increase in the ownership of plug-in vehicles in recent years and there are over 300 registered public charging points. However, as we continue to make this shift, we need to go further, and it is predicted we will need up to 6,000 public charge points across the county by 2030. Essex can lead the way in shifting to safer, greener, healthier travel, but to do so, residents, businesses and visitors need access to a reliable, convenient, accessible and fairly priced network of electric vehicle charging points. Essex County Council’s Electric Vehicle Charge Point Strategy is the first step in making this happen, setting out a simple vision – the Right Charger in the Right Place. Your views on the draft strategy are important and your feedback will help further shape the strategy before it is formally launched. To find out more and have your say, please visit: www.essexhighways.org/ev-strategy.
Please click on this link for contact details of your local Community Hub Hospital Discharge Community Information
Click on the link to read the A12 widening scheme statutory consultation response from the Parish Council.
Essex Police has issued an alert over hare coursing.