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Message to all residents

The parish council is fully aware of the different opinions residents have on how the play areas are proposed to be improved by FPRA so they are more inclusive for all children. Naturally, people feel quite strongly about some of these proposals (some in favour and some against) and everyone has the right to have […]

Death of Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh

The Councillors and Clerk of Fairfield Parish Council are deeply saddened at the news of the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Our thoughts are with The Royal Family at this time. The official announcement from Buckingham Palace can be seen on the Palace website. Details about any arrangements have […]

Become a Fairfield Womble

Would you like to become a Fairfield Womble and help pick up litter? Many families have already taken part in a scheme where you can borrow and collect litter pickers and a black bin bag from the Fairfield Community Hall and do litter picking around Fairfield. Previously we have held an annual litter picking day […]

New Benches for Cricket Club

Nick Andrews appointed as the new Chair for FPC

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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Hitchin Road Night Works Now Complete

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