Please note the road closure in place on The Street in Pebmarsh
Planning Permission for Phone Mast
Many of you will have heard that the planning permission for the mast at Oak farm, has been rejected by Braintree District Council. This decision is very welcomed by the Parish Council, but unfortunately this is not the end of this matter.
The Parish Council has been in contact with the telecoms company to discuss their next steps and they confirm that at present they are still evaluating the refusal; however, either an appeal or a new application for a different site are both equally likely.
In order to prepare for either eventuality, the Parish Council need to put forward an alternative site (or sites) for the phone mast. We understand that the perfect site does not exist, but would like to find a location that has a minimal effect on the village.
To help with this, the Parish Council would like to kindly ask any resident who might have a suitable site to come forward; we will then collate a list of options for the telecoms company. If we do not find a suitable alternative site an alternative will be forced upon us in a location that will more than likely not be suitable.
If you feel that you might have a suitable site please contact one of the Parish Councillors or the Parish Council at pebmarshparishclerk@gmail.com (contact details and names of councillors can be found the contact page of our website on or on the Parish Council notice board).
FRAUD EMAIL ALERT!
There is a fraud email circulating and using the names of email contacts.
An email comes from what appears to be a contact of yours saying “are you free right now?”
you respond and get this reply…
“I am in a conference meeting right now as I would be working
till late midnight but need you to get me some gift cards.Could you
pick a few iTunes gift cards for me, i tried purchasing online but no
luck. When I’m done with the meeting I will reimburse you.
Kind Regards,
*your contact name here*
Coronavirus Update
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July – August Paris News
Braintree District Council Updates
Dear Residents,
The regular updates from BDC are now too frequent to ensure that all updates are posted on the website, however, the information is important, so if you would like to sign up to these updates via email please follow the link here to sign up to the newsletter:
Coronavirus Update 28th May 2020
Yesterday the Health & Social Care Secretary announced that the NHS Test and Trace service will launch today (Thursday 28th May).
Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and will need to share information about their recent interactions. This could include household members, people with whom they have been in direct contact, or within 2 metres for more than 15 minutes.
People identified as having been in close contact with someone who has a positive test must stay at home for 14 days, even if they do not have symptoms, to stop unknowingly spreading the virus.
Full details are available here.
Latest information and guidance
- Coronavirus FAQ’s: What you can and cannot do
- Latest information on coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
- NHS information on coronavirus: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/
coronavirus-covid-19/ - The latest travel advice can be found here:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/
travel-advice-novel- coronavirus
BDC Re-Opening of Town Centres
Re-opening of our town centres
Earlier this week the Prime Minister set out a timeline for retail to reopen in June. Outdoor markets and car showrooms will be able to reopen from 1 June, as soon as they are able to meet the COVID-19 secure guidelines to protect shoppers and workers.
All other non-essential retail including shops selling clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, books, and electronics, plus tailors, auction houses, photography studios, and indoor markets, will be expected to be able to reopen from 15 June if the Government’s five tests are met and they follow the COVID-19 secure guidelines, giving them three weeks to prepare.
We are currently working on safety measures to support our town centres for both businesses and shoppers and will share these details with you once they are finalised.
- In the meantime we would appreciate you sharing the government guidance for shops and branches with local businesses in your area:Â https://www.gov.uk/
guidance/working-safely- during-coronavirus-covid-19/ shops-and-branches - 5 steps to working safely for businesses
- You can also download resources to use on your social media channels and share the link with businesses.
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The working safely webinar for shops and retail today has been recorded and businesses can watch via this link later today.
BDC Heroes Campaign
Our heroes campaign
Since we launched our heroes campaign, it’s received a great response on our social media channels by highlight individuals and groups across our district doing amazing things for others during the coronavirus outbreak.
Since we launched on 20th April to 4th May 2020, we shared over 40 individual stories, resulting in 24,000 engagements and have been seen by over 279,420 people across our channels.
We are still keen to highlight those doing fantastic things, so if you know of anyone, please do get in touch with us by:
- Emailing marketing@braintree.
gov.uk - Messaging us on Facebook
BDC Virtual Street Market
As our way of supporting our local traders and businesses during these difficult times, we have decided to host our very first virtual street market this Saturday 30th May to connect residents and visitors with local businesses and to keep our street market community spirit alive.
We want to recreate a market-like atmosphere, to support our local businesses and makers – an online quarter to promote the best of our traders.
Anyone can join in via our Facebook event page on the day to keep updated with what our traders are up to at the moment, what they’re selling and how they can support them. Some traders will also be offering exclusive discounts especially for this event.
We’re encouraging people to spread the word, take part on the day by posting positive feedback and interacting with our traders, getting friends & family involved and having a bit of fun.
We would really appreciate your support by sharing on your channels. You can also share our posts on Facebook and Twitter.