16TH December 2009
This also makes very interesting reading !!!! [Link to EFDC 5 year assessment]
EFDC are currently consulting on a range of issues which will form the future development of Epping Forest District. Please take ten minutes to complete and submit the online form and you may even win £100 worth of shopping vouchers, by 15th November.
Your views will influence and inform the way that “One Epping Forest” prioritises issues and plans
for the needs of all people across the District. This long term plan will be published in a document called “Sustainable Community Strategy” and will drive future action to make our District a better place to live, work, study and do business.
For more information and to complete the survey check out ; www.oneeppingforest.org.uk and click on the link “your voice matters click here” or ring 01992 564454
Questions range from “Protection of the green belt and the unique character of the district” to “Initiatives to provide more affordable housing” “- where do you think news homes should be built?” and “what do you think should be the preferred approach?”
Please take the survey @
www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/consultation/lsp_core_strategy.asp
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This is an ongoing process, an initial ‘Call for Sites’ list was shown to members of EFDC in October 2008. Although the list was not published it was not classified.
“In the last edition of the Forester Magazine, the Leader of Epping Forest District Council, Councillor Diana Collins commented, about the Gypsy and Traveller Consultation, that “The difficulty we Councillors faced was to strike a balance between putting everything into the public arena while not necessarily alarming or upsetting people. In my judgment, it is better to be up front and open with people from the start.” During the summer EFDC had a ‘Call for Sites. Developers from the area could submit areas of land that they wished to suggest could be appropriate for development and/or potential sites for Gypsies and Travellers. Submissions had to be in by July 18, a list of potential sites was compiled and Members were informed in late October. The Call for Sites list should be published on the EFDC website. If not perhaps residents should call Forward Planning on 01992 564517 and ask for a copy under the Freedom of Information Act, it makes for very interesting reading!