In July local councillors Kay Rush and Janet Whitehouse accompanied council officers on their regular visit to Parsonage Farm golf course. For three hours they and representatives of the golf course walked the site inspecting the height of the mounds and the depth of the holes.
Following repeated destruction of the fence at the corner of Theydon Road and Great Gregories Lane in Theydon Bois former county councillor Janet Whitehouse arranged for a week long assessment of traffic speed. Some residents wanted speed calming measures such as chicanes but county council officers say only lines and signs are permissible because the road is part of the county council's strategic road network.
Our local district council no longer looks after Epping Forest's roads and pavements. Essex County Council has taken direct control of road maintenance and highways schemes.
The sale of Wansfell College has fallen through at the last stage on several occasions, reports former Theydon Bois county councillor Janet Whitehouse. This time, however, it is certain. Contracts were exchanged on 19 August and completion is due 28 days later.
Epping Forest residents will soon be able to recycle plastic bottles alongside their paper. The clear sack paper and can recycling service will be expanded to cover plastic bottles too. And the district's many gardeners will get a green waste service all year round.
Following being elected as district council Vice-Chair, hard-working Councillor Ann Haigh, who has represented Buckhurst Hill West on the district council since 1996 and was a county councillor from 2001 to 2005, reports on her first three months in the role.
