Opening the Playgrounds

We are pleased to announce the reopening of the playgrounds and outdoor gym in Great Baddow Recreation Ground as from Tuesday 7^th July 2020.

Please note the equipment will be sprayed with sanitizer once a week therefore using the equipment is at your own risk. Anyone using the equipment should observe general hygiene practices of sanitizing hands prior to using the play area and washing or sanitizing them as soon as possible after leaving.

Thank you Great Baddow Parish Council

PLAY IN THE PARK IS BACK!

We have arranged for Play in the Park to take place in the Recreation Ground this summer on Wednesday 5th and Wednesday 12th August 10am to 12pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

Free multi-activity sessions for children aged 3 to 11 years.

Pre-booking is essential via the Chelmsford City Council website:

www.chelmsford.gov.uk/play

Welcome to Great Baddow Parish Council's Website

Great Baddow Parish Council represents a population of around 16,000 people and provides many facilities, including meeting places, sports and recreation facilities, allotments and cemeteries. Established in 1894 the parish council has 13 councillors, all of whom live in Great Baddow, working to make sure the residents have a voice on all local matters. Despite Great Baddow being classified as part of urban Chelmsford, residents still identify strongly with it as a village and one of the Council’s main aims is to foster our village identity and community spirit.

News and Events

Dear Residents 

The Parish Council has made the following objection to the Scope Application no. 20/00840/SCOPE Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment scoping opinion for:
up to 205 dwellings (Parcels 3c and 3d); up to 8,500 sq m of commercial use (3b) , and safeguarded land for Sandon Park and Ride.

Great Baddow Parish Council objects to this application and calls for Chelmsford City Council to reject the application and instruct Redrow to withdraw the document and resubmit in line with and limiting it to the land covered by the Local Plan and appropriate number of houses. At present much of the document covers a far greater area than allowed for in the Local Plan, with Sites 1 and 2 extending the area far beyond 3c and referring to a vastly increased number of dwellings.

Details of the implications of assumptions included contain the following:

• The housing proposal in the Local Plan for Site 3c, the area beyond Molrams Lane, is for about 150 new homes only. 
• The adjoining Local Plan site 3a (Manor Farm), which is not a Redrow site, is described in the Plan as being for up to 250 dwellings. However, Redrow’s application claims that pre-application discussions for that site are centred on a scheme for around 300 dwellings.
• Redrow’s description of their planned sites proposes around 700-800 dwellings, far in excess of the 150 allowed for in the Local Plan. Taken together with the Manor Farm site (contrasting the Local Plan proposal with Redrow’s claim) this would increase the number of dwellings proposed for the area around Great Baddow from about 400 to 1000-1100 dwellings.

Great Baddow Parish Council Councillors

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