Welcome to the first Wednesday reporting for our bustling villages. Whilst I try to gauge the correct cadence for these newsletters, I hope you’ll find a bi-weekly post both useful & insightful.
🌬️ Blustery Winds
Storm Floris bought unsettled, windy and wet weather to Danbury and our surrounding villages on Monday. The week ahead looks settled, dry and mild.
🚧 Road closures, diversions and roadworks in Bicknacre and Cold Norton
Leighams Road will be closed from 4th-7th August at 6pm
Road closure by UK Power Networks and Essex & Suffolk water on Bicknacre Road. Diversion in place (see more: Essex Highways)
Cold Norton Road between Cold Norton at Latchingdon will have two way signals on August 8th
Delays expected. Essex County Council / Essex Highways (see more: Essex Highways)
🔥 Wallasea wildfire
Firefighters battled a 10 hectare field fire on Wallasey Island on Tuesday 5th August (Essex County Fire and Rescue)
This follows the wildfire in Maldon in mid-July which destroyed 2.4 acres of the Blackwater Nature Reserve.
🔮 Future Notice: Boots, Eves Corner (temporary closure)
On 11th August, Boots at Eves Corner will be closed while UK Power Networks cuts back trees in the area that have grown close to overhead cables. The closure is expected to be no more than two hours from 9-11am.
⚠️ Planning application re-submitted by Pigeon Investment Management
Earlier this year, developers Pigeon Investment Management had their plans for a large industrial estate rejected. The application was deemed unsustainable, unjustified and damaging to local communities and the environment.
However, a new planning application has been submitted to Chelmsford City Council, which you can view here: Chelmsford Council Planning Applications
🐛 Summer Holidays: Wild Wednesdays
It’s August, which can only mean one thing. Wild Wednesdays!
Meet on the meadow at Danbury Country Park for some free child-led free play in the great outdoors, run by the Essex Country Parks Outdoor Learning Team. (Explore Essex)
👀 This weekend (9-10 August)
The Bell in Danbury re-opens (Facebook) Best friends Nina and Tracy have worked hard to give The Bell a fresh new look and invite everyone to raise a glass with them this weekend.
Waterside Market at The Jolly Sailor, Heybridge Basin (Facebook)
🎶 Jazz at the Church
St John’s Church
Lunches available from 11.45am
Concert starts at 12.15pm
Cool jazz vibes, featuring Jeffrey Wilson on sax and Chris Weston on Piano.
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