Stebbing Neighbourhood Plan Review

Drop-In Event

St Mary’s Church

Saturday 21 November 2026: 1000 - 1400

Residents will perhaps recall reading our recent articles in Stebbing Scene, reporting that Stebbing Parish Council is reviewing its Neighbourhood Plan 2022.The Review is to be updated in accordance with the requirements of the new Uttlesford Local Plan 2021 – 2041, adopted in March 2026, as well as to be consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as revised in August 2026.

Stebbing is classified in the Local Plan as a “Large Village”, along with 8 other similar sized Parishes in the District, and they are required to allocate land for future housing as a contribution to national mandatory housing requirements. Stebbing’s requirement is to provide for a minimum of 98 dwellings.

The Neighbourhood Plan Review will have to allocate new sites to accommodate this housing requirement and will also include additional and updated policies to guide and manage future planning applications submitted in the Parish.

As part of the Review, we recently undertook a Survey asking residents for details about the makeup of their households and their views concerning future development and other aspirations for the Parish. Recently, we also conducted a Call for Sites exercise asking landowners and promoters to identify sites which they consider might be suitable for development in the future.

We are now inviting residents to learn about the results of the Survey and Call for Sites by attending a drop-in event which has been scheduled for Saturday 21^st November. We would also like to find out what vision residents have for Stebbing by 2041. Slides, display boards, information and maps will be available to view. Residents will be able to ask questions and comments will be welcomed.

We look forward to seeing as many residents as possible and shall be pleased to answer your questions.

St Mary’s Café will be open for refreshments and parking will be available in the Church Car Park.

Essex County Council community transport user survey

Essex County Council is carrying out a Community Transport User and Awareness Survey 2026, to better understand how people use Community Transport, how aware residents are of the services available, and what difference these services make to local communities.

Find out more and take part in the survey here: https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/iptu/community-transport-user-and-awareness-survey-2026/

ECC Food Recycling Project 2026

The Essex County Council (ECC) Behaviour Change Savings Programme is funding a countywide campaign to increase household food recycling. The campaign is based on WRAP best practice, previous ECC-funded projects and findings from a recent Essex-wide waste composition analysis. This analysis found that more than 30% of material in general rubbish bins in Essex is food waste (with Uttlesford being as high as 37%).

Approximately 400,000 households across nine participating districts will receive:

A ‘Keep this bin fresh’ sticker for their general waste bin
A ‘Power Up’ food recycling information leaflet
A free, one-off roll of 52 compostable food caddy liners

The physical materials will be supported by a countywide communications campaign delivered through Love Essex and participating Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs). D2D Distribution Ltd will deliver the three physical items to participating households: the leaflet, liners and bin sticker.

Participating councils:
The campaign will run in areas that have:

Wheeled general waste bins
Weekly food recycling collections
General waste collections at least fortnightly

The nine participating councils are:

Braintree
Chelmsford
ColchesterEpping Forest
Harlow
Maldon
Rochford
Tendring
Uttlesford

Timeline:
August 2026
Pre-campaign communications begin. You may have seen some Facebook posts go out already, and the website also has a dedicated section: Brown food recycling caddy - Uttlesford District Council

September–November 2026
Campaign materials delivered to households, alongside supporting communications activity.
Uttlesford deliveries will begin during the week commencing 14 September 2026.

November–December 2026
Non-participation letters may be sent to areas where low participation has been identified and where WCAs are able to support this. To be confirmed.

December 2026
Data collection, project review and completion of any remaining deliveries.

Measuring success:
ECC will assess the impact of the campaign by comparing food recycling tonnage from Waste Transfer Stations with:

Previous performance
Performance in non-participating authorities
Other indicators, such as an increase in requests for food recycling caddies

Useful information:
Find out more on here: https://www.loveessex.org/ideas/recycle/food-recycling

Caddy sticker:

Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas - Energy Efficiency - Your Planning Data Base

Cllr John Evans, and Portfolio Holder for the Environment & Climate Change, Cllr Neil Reeve, supported by UDC Heritage and Climate Change Officers, have undertaken work regarding guidance in respect of Energy Efficiency in Listed Buildings.

This has now been completed and has been published on UDC website here: https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/5772/Energy-efficiency-and-historic-buildings

Residents may find this useful for enquiries about the subject.

Weekend Garden Skip Collection

The weekend garden skip collection will commence in Stebbing on Sunday, 1st March. It will occur every Sunday between 9.45 and 10.45, off The Downs, Stebbing.