• Stansted Airport and UDC - The Public Deserves Transparency!
    By Alan Dean in https://alandean.mycouncillor.org.uk/2018/05/07/stansted-airport-and-uttlesford-district-council-public-in-need-of-transparency/#page-content

    Something is wrong at the heart of Uttlesford District Council as it struggles to complete two major exercises that are important not only for this district.

    The first is a critically important Local Plan for the future of the district. If UDC does not publish an updated plan in June, local control over planning may be lost to faceless bureaucrats sent in by the Westminster government. That would have enormous consequences by way of another planning free-for-all for developers in all our towns and villages.

    Article: May 7, 2018 Read More
  • Step up to the mark on Stansted Expansion, Uttlesford - Says Lib Dem Leader
    Uttlesford's Liberal Democrat group leader, Cllr Alan Dean, says "Uttlesford must step up to the mark over airport expansion at Stansted. Its approach so far has been too laid back and opaque. UDC has given the impression that the airport's application to have 43 million passengers a year is a deal already done. The proposed uplift is almost as big as the last one 12 years ago."
    Article: Mar 24, 2018 Read More
  • Police
    INCREASED FUNDING FOR POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS
    By Melvin Caton

    Liberal Democrats in Uttlesford have welcomed a decision to fund additional Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) from the district council's budget for 2018/19. They consider it is a vindication of their campaign for more visible policing. Community Safety rated highly in the district council's public consultation for the budget year that begins in April. With rising crime rates, the Lib Dems say that the council's decision last year to budget for only two PCSOs was not enough.

    Article: Mar 15, 2018 Read More
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