District News: COVID updates statement -inc latest on business grants; Vision Zero: No more deaths on Essex roads, Local planning enforcement action

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The latest COVID updates statement from the Council for 20.11.2020

The latest COVID updates statement from Rochford District Council is now available here.

This includes detail regarding how the Government has made available four types of business grants which the Council will be administering.

All information on applying for these schemes will be published on the following link as soon as it becomes available.

https://www.rochford.gov.uk/business-rates-support-during-covid-19

Council to discuss future of its leisure services provision

Clements Hall Leisure Centre, Hawkwell

Clements Hall Leisure Centre

The future of Rochford District Council’s contract with its leisure services provider, Fusion Lifestyle, will be discussed by Councillors next month.

The proposals, to be considered by the Council’s Executive on the 2nd of December, seek to extend the contract for three years (taking it to 31st March 2025). Find out more here. 

Vision Zero: No more deaths on Essex roads

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How many people dying on the roads in Essex every year do you think is acceptable? …….. 5? 20? 42? (42 is the actual number of people that died on our roads last year).

What if some of them were your family, your friends, neighbours, colleagues? When you think of it like this, isn’t one person killed one too many? Human beings make mistakes, but is it right that, sometimes, even a small mistake means that someone will not be going home?

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Council sends a clear message; non-compliance will not be tolerated.

Planning enforcement had two enforcement investigations at Fairways Garden Centre which led to two enforcement notices being issued and served.

The cases refer to use of the garden centre for the operation of a paving company and for the stationing of caravans for residential use, the enforcement notices for each investigation were served in 2010 and 2017 respectively.

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