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      The Fairfield Neighbourhood Plan is now law. A referendum held on Thursday, September 14, 2017 saw 97.3 per cent of voters (574) say “Yes” to agreeing to the plan with just 16 against. The poll turnout was 31 per cent, just higher than the norm for a local bi-election. The plan was then ‘named’ by […]

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      Design Statement

      The overwhelming view following the Parish and Neighbourhood Plan questionnaires was that the unique look of Fairfield should be maintained. The Design statement re-affirms the main principles of the Fairfield Masterplan that set out in detail the look and feel of Fairfield. A low resolution copy of the document can be downloaded here in Pdf […]

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      Green Infrastructure Plan

      The overwhelming view following the Parish and Neighbourhood Plan questionnaires was that the green spaces at Fairfield should be maintained. The Green Infrastructure re-affirms this and sets out the arguments for the proposal and details the philosophies used. The document can be downloaded here in Pdf format that can be read on computers or in […]

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Latest News

  • Covid-19 Snake on the move!
  • Ultra Fast Fibre Broadband for Fairfield
  • Article 4 Direction – The whys and wherefores
  • Appointment of the new Parish Councillor
  • Proposed change 2-tier Education System
  • Anti-Social Behaviour – How you Could help?

Latest News

Covid-19 Snake on the move!

The Covid-19 snake that has been weaving it’s way round the Urban Park is on the move to a new home. The snake is moving to the two Farfield Park Lower Schools and part one of it’s journey to pastures new is beginning. Unfortunately some of the rocks that form the snake were taken by […]

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Ultra Fast Fibre Broadband for Fairfield

Yes, it’s on it’s way! BT Openreach engineers have descended on Fairfield today and started to install the cabling which will give us Ultra Fast Broadband in about a couple of months. Currently, Fairfield has what’s known as FTTC – or fibre to the cabinet with the remaining journey to your home by copper wire. […]

Article 4 Direction – The whys and wherefores

You will have received (or will be receiving) an official letter from Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) regarding our Article 4 application to remove permitted development rights from Fairfield (PDR). The CBC letter goes into the legalities of our application but does not explain why we have felt compelled to do it. By the end of […]

Appointment of the new Parish Councillor

Proposed change 2-tier Education System

Local Plan

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Update and New Consultation on CBC Local Plan

A fixed boundary point for development has been agreed by Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), Fairfield Parish Council (FPC), and Axiom, the applicant developer of the 2,000 proposed homes in the East of Arlesey development in the CBC Local Plan. We have agreed that no development will be allowed on the Fairfield side of the High […]

  • CBC Revised Draft Map June 2020
  • Inspectors Fears over CBC East of Arlesey Proposals
  • FPC Responses to Questions raised by Inspector
  • East of Arlesey Proposals in full
  • Fairfield – More a Case of What’s Missing
  • CBC Local Plan – It’s aims and contents
  • Area 3 Proposals – Biggleswade
Annul Report 2019-20

Annual Report 2019-20

Chairmans Report 2019-20

The year started with the four-yearly election for the seven seats on the Council and ended with Covid-19 (more about this later). We welcomed four new Councillors – Nick Andrews, Simon Little, Nick Reynolds and Shawn Reader. This followed the decision by Chris Bidwell, Nathan Hanks, Sharon Jones and Tom Milliken not to stand for […]

CBC Councillors Annual Report 2019- 2020

We start the report for this year with the elections in May. Steve Dixon and Brian Saunders were re-elected and we welcomed the new councillor Nicola Harris who replaced John Saunders a local councillor for many years. At the council AGM in May the responsibilities for us were approved, Cllr Dixon is Executive Member for […]

Financial Report 2019-20

Fairfield Parish Council employs the Parish Clerk as its Responsible Financial Officer. The budget was set by Councillors in January for the following financial year and it is at this time that Councillors consider financing future and ongoing projects.  The annual accounts were agreed at the parish council meeting held on 14th May 2020 after […]

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Fitness for All

Currently we are looking into options for either an outdoor gym or trim trail (or both) for the many joggers, keen runners and keep fit merchants that regularly pound our streets and boundaries. The council is more than keen to know your thoughts. Later there will be a full consultation on the subject.

Nature Trail for the Orchards

Three years of hard graft by experts and volunteers has seen our treasured Orchards go from an overgrown and unkempt wilderness to well managed sites that are getting admiration from experts in the field One of the main aims in the restoration was to make them educational, not just for children but for adults as […]

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COVID-19 outbreak in Stotfold, Arlesey and Shefford area

Latest daily COVID19 data is showing an increase in cases in the Stotfold, Arlesey and Shefford area and this seems to be particularly people aged 20-29. In the week starting 9 August there have been 20 positive cases across the whole of Central Bedfordshire and half of these (10) are in the Stotfold, Arlesey and […]

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Let’s All Walk

Fairfield’s outer shelter belt has never been so well trodden!  We are lucky to live in such a lovely place which makes it so easy to walk.  You can start this walk anywhere, but if you aren’t sure, start at the roundabout at the entrance to the Park and just stick to the footpath until […]

Local Traders

Vital Local Tradesman

Keeping our local traders alive is vital during this period!   The main milk delivery company for Fairfield, Marlow Dairy from Hitchin, also deliver a lot of groceries and other dairy products including eggs could be useful in time of emergency. However, demand is so great they have had to restrict this to milk for […]

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End of Road Worls

Hitchin Road Night Works Now Complete

Hitchin Road Traffic Update

Important Traffic Information from Monday, December 3

Traffic Works Cancelled

Anglian Water trace the Noise Problem!

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The new odour control unit

Anglian Water Video on New Works

New Odour Control System Now In Operation

Anglian Water name monitoring points on Fairfield

New smell to blight us! Plus latest from Anglian Water

Anglian water Update and latest newsletter

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PLANNING AN EXTENSION?

If you are planning an extension or a conservatory and need advice on planning procedures, please check this CBC link first. If it does not answer your question then email CBC using this link.

 

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