Stansted Parish Council

12/06/2026

👩‍🦯SMPC Chair Maureen Caton last Friday cut the ribbon to mark the opening of a new children's sensory garden at Spangles Children's Centre, off St John Road.

The garden was partly funded by a £1,217 Parish Council community grant awarded to Barnardo's, which helps run services for families from the hub in St John's Road. The charity used the money towards the garden project.

The Parish Council has set aside over £12,000 in its budget to support organisations, charities and sports associations that provide services to Stansted's residents.

You can find out how to apply for a community grant at our website:
👉https://stanstedmountfitchet-pc.gov.uk/community-grants

12/06/2026

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UTTLESFORD BIG GREEN FESTIVAL

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Saturday 13 June, 10.30am to 3.30pm – St Theresa’s Church Hall, Stansted

Discover how to switch to green energy, see live demonstrations from local installers and get your questions answered by experts.

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Sustainable Uttlesford
Stansted Parish Council
Sustainable Stansted

10/06/2026

📣🏠The planning committee at Uttlesford District Council has unanimously decided to REFUSE City & Country's planning application to build 300 homes on land near Forest Hall School. In reaching their decision the committee reasoned that the proposed site would have been built on Metropolitan Green Belt land.

The developer and the district council’s own planning officer viewed the parcel of land as falling in Grey Belt, and so open to such a development.

Thank you to everyone who sent in their views on the application and particularly to those who were able to attend today's meeting to speak to the planning committee.🙏

09/06/2026

📣🏠Tomorrow, the Planning Committee at Uttlesford District Council will decide whether to approve plans from City & Country for over 300 homes on land previously designated as Metropolitan Green Belt — land that is intended to be protected from development.

👉SMPC will be attending the meeting to strongly set out our position, shared by many Stansted residents, that this application should not be approved.

ℹ️You can find out more about this application, our opposition to it, and what action we’ve taken here:
https://stanstedmountfitchet-pc.gov.uk/key-planning-meeting-for-city-country-housing-development

🕙The meeting starts at 10am and can be watched live here:
https://www.civico.net/uttlesford/23928-Planning-Committee

08/06/2026

📣Last week representatives from Alpha Vesta, Essex Police - Uttlesford District, Uttlesford District Council and the domestic abuse awareness initiative J9 visited the Parish Council offices to present certificates to staff and councillors who have completed a domestic-abuse awareness course.

👉As a result, the Parish Council offices at the Mountfitchet Exchange are now officially recognised as a safe space.

Anyone experiencing domestic abuse, or who may be unsure whether behaviour within a close relationship could amount to domestic abuse, can visit the offices where staff and councillors can help direct people to specialist organisations and services that can provide help.

New signage at the Mountfitchet Exchange has been put up to highlight the scheme and make support easier to find for those who may need it.

For more information, see our website:
https://tinyurl.com/2s4xkrfm

08/06/2026

📣5 nights of surface repairs to the Lower Street car park will see parts of it closed to users from 22 June
🚧 The repairs by Uttlesford District Council will be completed in stages across different areas of the car park. Please check all signage and site maps before parking and avoid leaving vehicles in designated work areas overnight.

👉Working Hours: 8pm-6am; noisy work 9-11pm.

👉Work will take place on the access road on the Monday night, which may result in temporary restrictions to entry and exit from the car park.

💻For further information, call 01799 510510 or email [email protected]

08/06/2026

📣🚧Chapel Hill is now unlikely to reopen until Wednesday, 10 June.

Citing ongoing difficulties with the works, Affinity Water has applied to Essex County Council for an extension to its road closure permit, needed to complete water infrastructure improvements. The closure was due to end today (June 8).

For further information, please contact Affinity Water on 0345 357 2428.

07/06/2026

Council Diary: 8-14 June
🤝Monday: Stansted Stroke Support Group meets at 10am in the Library. At TouchPoint there will a police community engagement event from 10am.
It's Girls Night at the Youth Club - two hours of free activities from 6.30pm
🥊 Tuesday: There's a youth boxing session followed by Girls/Boys Activities at the Peter Kirk Centre.
🤝Wednesday: There's Girls/Boys Activities at the Peter Kirk Centre. The scheduled Full Council meeting has been cancelled. SMPC will be sending a representative to the UDC planning committee meeting to decide on City & Country's plans to build on Green Belt land south of Forest Hall School.
🗳️ Thursday: Dave from Peabody will be at the Exchange from 11am-3pm. Later at 5pm the Police will be holding a community catch up in the Library.
♻Friday: It’s your black and brown bins that need to be out this week.
🚧For information on village roadworks: https://www.essexhighways.org/future-roadworks-map

03/06/2026

💐🌷GWB Horticulture Ltd on Monday set about putting up over 100 hanging baskets around the village on behalf of the Parish Council.

The recent dry weather delayed the work, as GWB wanted to protect the plants from the heat. The displays will now be watered twice a week throughout the summer.

With baskets and planters in place, we're hoping they'll catch your eye as you are out and about -- as well as impressing the Anglia in Bloom judges when they visit in July! 🌸

03/06/2026

📣You can read the draft minutes (with the Chair's report) for this meeting of the Full Council committee on our website:
https://stanstedmountfitchet-pc.gov.uk/documents/full-council-agenda-planning-applications-27th-may-2026/