Regeneration

Regeneration (Councillor Chapman) Town Centre - The town centre walls took a bit of a bashing over the Christmas period.  First the wall around the war memorial was hit by a car, then the pole in the fountain gardens was hit taking down the town centre lights and the...

Late night street fair The feedback has all been really positive  from last Friday.  It would not have been possible to put on without the support of the Council, Carnival and the Councils grounds men who put up all the lights around the town. Thank you also to Mick...

Regeneration (Councillor Chapman) Plans for the late night street fair are coming together well. There is a road closure for the evening with stalls along the road and a fun fair being set up near the gardens and Victoria Place. I have spoken to a building company to...

Applied for a grant from Community Reach for a Billy Goat road sweeper and cleaner, unfortunately we were not successful with the statement coming back to us that this should be purchased and paid for by County and District Councils. We felt that if the County and...

Looking at various grant options for the Town Centre Scheme, and also for the purchase of a ‘Billy Goat’ leaf and litter vacuum.

A new fountain has been fitted in the town centre gardens but due to an electrical problem the pump on the fountain will not work, this has also caused the street lights not to work in this area. Essex County Council has been informed as the fault seems to be in the...