Category: Meetings and Minutes

Details of forthcomig meetings and minutes arising

Parish Council business will not take place until after the National period of mourning ends. The meeting due to take place on 14th September will be rescheduled for October.

Parish Council Christmas Tree

The Parish Council would like to wish the village of Pebmarsh Merry Christmas! We are pleased to announce that we have successfully put up a Christmas Tree along with fairy lights (opposite the pub) for the village to enjoy!

Essex set to build back bigger through major infrastructure funding

Major capital projects averaging £300m per annum included as part of the County Council’s Autumn Budget Statement

A new railway station for Chelmsford, along with new schools and roads are among infrastructure schemes averaging £300 million a year which will be initiated by the County Council over the next four years.

The announcement was made 12 October by Councillor Chris Whitbread, Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Corporate Affairs as part of the Council’s first Autumn Budget Statement.

Cllr Whitbread said: “I am pleased to be presenting our Autumn Budget Statement and how this will facilitate the ambition and drive of the new vision.

“Annually we spend in the region of £1.4bn, and our focus is to make sure that this money has a real positive impact on the lives of Essex residents and the local economy.”

Cllr Whitbread acknowledged the challenges posed to the local economy by Coronavirus over the past 18 months adding: “Despite these challenges, I am proud to say that since May 2021, we have been able to deliver over £30m directly through thousands of individual grants to support residents, businesses and community groups – helping them through the crisis. We provided over £10m of support for Essex businesses during the pandemic.”

Cllr Whitbread also addressed the uncertainty facing the local authority’s finances in the future: “The current inflation rate in the UK is 2.5%. It is expected to rise further – potentially up to 4% in the short term. This volatility impacts our financial planning, as we try to anticipate the effect on our day-to-day spending, from social care to waste disposal.”

He added: “The growing and aging population of the UK continues to place considerable pressure on councils and demand for our services. Over the next four years the Essex population over the age of 65 is forecast to increase by over 9%, compared to an increase of 4% of the total population of Essex.”

The capital projects planned for the next four years include major infrastructure schemes such as the work developing Beaulieu Park Train Station, Chelmsford North East Bypass, the A120-A133 Link Road as well as school expansion and maintenance programmes.

 

Cllr Peter Schwier | Deputy Cabinet Member to the Leader / Climate Csar

Hedingham Division, Essex County Council

Renewal, Equality and Ambition

 

For advice on Essex County Council’s response to the current Coronavirus situation please visit www.essex.gov.uk/coronavirus or our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/essexcoronavirusactionsupport/

 

T: 01787 460473

E: cllr.peter.schwier@essex.gov.uk

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@SchwierPeter

Everyone’s Essex: Our plan for levelling up the county is launched

Commitments on the Economy, Environment, Health and Family which will shape Essex for generations to come have been given the green light by Essex County Council.

Ambitious plans which promise to shape Essex for years to come have been approved by Essex County Council.

Everyone’s Essex is the Council’s plan for levelling up the county from now until 2025.

The new Cabinet at Essex County Council has placed levelling up at the heart of its agenda as the county recovers from the pandemic and builds for the future.

Everyone’s Essex sets out twenty commitments which aim to deliver this agenda and improve the lives of the people of Essex.

The plan develops the themes and key pillars of activity the Leader of Essex County Council, Cllr Kevin Bentley, set out during the first 100 days of office: Economy, Environment, Health and Family.

These include addressing unemployment in Essex, which is the highest it’s been for 30 years, by building people’s skills as well as working closer with Essex businesses to reduce the barriers for disadvantaged groups.

Health inequalities will also be tackled by addressing the conditions that create poor health such as inadequate housing, poverty, economic insecurity, and low skills.

Another goal is halving Essex’s greenhouse gas emissions over the next ten years, meaning the County can become carbon neutral by 2050, through speeding up the shift to greener housing, transport and energy.

Cllr Bentley said: “We have come through the most extraordinary eighteen months. We’ve been tested to the limit but have risen to the challenge. We’ve seen just what we’re capable of achieving if collectively we work together to support one another.

“The next challenges are clear – we must be bold in our ambition to renew parts of the county that have suffered through the pandemic, and ensure that no-one is left behind by being rigorous in our commitment to equality.

“I am determined that in Essex we can build a better future. The task is huge – but we shouldn’t be daunted by its scale. We are Essex, and we will build back better.”

 

 

Cllr Peter Schwier | Deputy Cabinet Member to the Leader / Climate Csar

Hedingham Division, Essex County Council

Renewal, Equality and Ambition

 

For advice on Essex County Council’s response to the current Coronavirus situation please visit www.essex.gov.uk/coronavirus or our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/essexcoronavirusactionsupport/

 

T: 01787 460473

E: cllr.peter.schwier@essex.gov.uk

W: www.essex.gov.uk

@SchwierPeter