JULY 2010 - CHELMSFORD PARISH & TOWN COUNCILS' CHARTER
Danbury signs up!
Along with several other local councils in the Chelmsford Borough, Danbury Parish Council recently signed a Declaration of Commitment to this new Charter in a ceremony at the Civic Centre.

Read a fuller report here.

JULY 2010:
SARAH-JANE JOINS THE COUNCIL
At its July meeting Danbury Parish Council co-opted a new member, Mrs Sarah-Jane Court. We welcome Mrs Court to the Council.
Mrs Court's appointment means that the Council now has its full complement of 15 councillors. Elections to the Parish Council and Chelmsford Borough Council will take place in May 2011.

JULY 2010: PHILIP WATTS

The Parish Council was saddened to learn of Philip's death on Monday 26th July 2010.

Philip was a long-serving Committee member of the Danbury Society, and for several years represented the Society on the Parish Council's Planning Committee. He attended a meeting of the Planning Committee only a week before his death, when he informed members that he had recently celebrated his 88th birthday!

Philip will be much missed in Danbury, and the Council extends its sympathy to his family.

APRIL to JUNE 2010: "20/20 VISION FOR DANBURY" QUESTIONNAIRE

PARISH PLAN REVIEW

In Spring 2010, the Steering Group for the Danbury Parish Plan Review invited all residents to give their views on matters of importance to the village by means of a questionnaire. The questionnaire and information about the consultation and the Parish Plan Review were circulated with the Spring 2010 edition of Danbury Times, along with a post-free return envelope. The questionnaire could also be completed online on this website, and many people took the opportunity to comment by this means.

The Steering Group is led by Cllr Arthur Pemberton (pictured here) but is largely composed of residents and business people in the village.

The consultation concluded at the end of June, and the Review Steering Group are now analysing the returns. Watch out for the Autumn edition of Danbury Times, due to be published in November 2010, when the results of this analysis will be published.

Update 2011: Read the full Review Report here.

24 APRIL 2010: ANNUAL CLEAN UP DANBURY DAY

The annual litter-picking morning took place on Saturday 24 April.
Around 30 people spent two or three hours scouring the village and removing bags-full of litter from our streets and verges. Refreshments were available at the Parish Office.

Read our report here.

21 APRIL 2010
The Parish Council's ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

This year the Parish Council's annual meeting for the village took place in the Sports & Social Centre on the evening of Wednesday 21 April, with over 70 residents present along with Councillors and invited guests.

The guest speaker was Martin Pearce of EDF Energy, and a number of presentations were made by the Chairman of the Parish Council, Stuart Berlyn, in his report on the past year.

See the full report here.

MARCH 2010: WELCOME TO TWO NEW PARISH COUNCILLORS!

At the meeting of the Council on 31 March 2010 Mrs April Chapman and Mrs Yvonne Burton were co-opted as members. We welcome April and Yvonne to the Council.

At the Parish Council meeting on 5 May 2010, April was appointed to serve on the Environment and Planning Committees and Yvonne on the Facilities and Planning Committees. Both also joined some of the Parish Council's working groups.

See details of all Danbury Parish Councillors.

FEBRUARY 2010: POND CLEAN-UP AT EVES CORNER
Volunteers in the mud! On two freezing days in February an intrepid group of villagers, led by a team from British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), set to work to clear some of the overgrowth of weeds from the village pond.

See our report and pictures.

21 FEBRUARY 2010: COUNCILLOR DERICK HAWKINS, RIP

It is with great sadness that the Parish Council has to report the death, on 21 February 2010, of Cllr Derick Hawkins. Derick was a long-standing member of the Council, and served for several years as Chairman of the Facilities Committee.

Members and staff of the Parish Council extend their deepest sympathy to Derick's family at this time.