Welcome to Elsenham Parish Council website.
On this website you will find contact details of council members.
Agendas for forthcoming meetings and minutes of meetings are also available and may be downloaded.
You can also find other information about the Parish Council and Elsenham.
LATEST NEWS
Annual Parish Meeting
The annual Parish Meeting will be held on Monday, 23rd April at 8.00pm in the Memorial Hall on the Playing Field. Parish Meetings are quite distinct from meetings of the Parish Council, although the two are often confused.
The confusion arises for several reasons:-
- if present, the Chairman of the Parish Council must chair the Parish Meeting;
- the Clerk to the Parish Council organises and takes the minutes of the Parish Meeting;
- the Annual Parish Meeting often takes place on the same evening as the AGM of the Parish Council.
Some of the differences are as follows.
- Any person on the Electoral Register of the Parish is entitled to speak at a Parish Meeting, at a meeting of the Parish Council members of the Public may speak only at the Chairman’s discretion.
- With the exception of the Chairman, Councillors rank the same as other members of the Electorate.
- Agendas for Parish Council meetings must be published three days ahead of the meeting, for Parish Meetings a skeleton Agenda is usually published ahead of the meeting, but often items are added up to and even during the meeting.
- Only Councillors may request items to be placed on the Agenda of a Parish Council Meeting whereas any member of the Electorate may do so at a Parish Meeting.
- Any matter pertinent to the parish may be discussed at a Parish Meeting, whereas at a Parish Council meeting subjects for discussion should be limited to those matter on which the Council has the power to act (conferred by various Acts of Parliament).
- The Press and general public have a right to attend Parish Meetings, but anyone not on the Electoral Register of the Parish is “stranger” and does not have the right to vote.
In a summary:
A Parish Meeting is a meeting of the people of the parish. A Parish Council Meeting is a meeting of the Parish Councillors.
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New Housing Proposal - The Crown Estate (Latest Update)
The Crown Estate has now submitted its planning application to Uttlesford District Council's Planning Dept. for residential development at Stansted Road comprising of 155 dwellings, 55 extra care units, land for the provision of a multi-use community building and associated on and off site infrastructure provision, following demolition and clearance of Essex Autospray and associated residential property.
The planning application number is UTT/0142/12/OP and the relevant drawings and documents are now available for viewing and download on the Uttlesford website planning portal.
For further information regarding The Crown Estate go to its web site http//www.stanstedroad.co.uk
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Village Inspections
Members of the Parish Council carry out an inspection of the Village periodically in order to identify problems and faults which require attention and repair and this information is passed on the the relevant authority responsible - e.g. Essex County Council Highways Dept., Uttlesford District Council, or the relevant public utilities company.
However, if members if the public do spot a problem, the problem can be reported directly to the relevant authority, or if unsure of who to talk to the Parish Clerk (or one of the Parish Councillors).
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