Winstred Hundred Parish Council

06/07/2026

Bin news

Nothing major this week but just make sure your rubbish is out and ready for collection by 6am.

https://www.new.colchester.gov.uk/recycling-and-rubbish/severe-weather-update

17/06/2026

Road works news for anyone who used the A12, junction 26.

National Highways have informed us that they plan to carry out a traffic light repair on the A12 southbound junction 26 exit slip road. Once complete, drivers will benefit remain in a safe and serviceable condition.

31/05/2026

CHANGES TO KERBSIDE RUBBISH AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS
Starting this week there are changes to our collections. These are part of Colchester City Council’s transition to the use of wheelie bins. The bins will be phased in throughout the year but we shall not be getting ours until later in the year. We will advise you when we have further information nearer the time
Meanwhile collections are moving from Tuesday to Thursday starting this week so there will be no collections on Tuesday 2nd June 2026.
The other immediate change is that you may now mix some recycling items (paper, card, tins and plastics) in the same container – clear plastic bags at present. Continue to put glass items separately in the green box. The garden waste service continues unchanged, except for moving to alternate Thursdays. The existing booking arrangement with Essex Textiles about fabric items and old clothes is unchanged.
On Thursday 4th June food waste and black bag rubbish will be collected
On Thursday 11th June food waste, mixed recycling, glass and garden waste will be collected.
This fortnightly pattern will then continue.
The link below will let you check the details for your postcode at any time.
https://www.new.colchester.gov.uk/recycling-and-rubbish
The communications about these changes have not been well handled by the City Council. Please help people get it right by checking that friends and neighbours are aware of the changes.

Manage your recycling and rubbish collections, view your recycling calendar, order containers and find out what goes in each bin.

26/05/2026

In case you aren't aware "bin day" is changing.

If you were aware and checked this morning, things have changed with regards to what is being collected in the first week of the new system.

Our best advice is to check here before you put your bins out.

Note: Cans now go with the paper and plastic and not in a green box.

Note #2 We aren't getting wheelie bins straight away. The full roll out is scheduled to finish by March 2027

13/04/2026

Statement of Persons Nominate for the Election of Parish Councils.

The number of candidates is equal to the number of positions so there won't be an election.

12/01/2026

WHPC's Official Response to the Draft Local Plan

The response submitted by the Parish Council to the local Draft Plan survey consists of four items:
- The main representation
- A 100 word summary
- Two pictures of St Ives’ Road showing its nature and the junction at the top
-T he Housing Needs survey conducted in 2024.
All of these can be seen now in a temporary location at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GMR0aqd5dGaesw_nmR9qGbTR3k30uMBJ

Shortly they will be copied to the Parish Council website winstred100.org

07/01/2026

If you haven't yet submitted your thoughts on the draft Local Plan you still have time, as the public survey doesn't close until 14th January.

If you are a little unsure about how to do it here is a summary of the various methods you can use and advice to help you get to grips with whichever one you choose.

Remember that the greatest chance of influencing the Plan at this stage is the number of responses received from local residents so it's worth making the effort. If you still need help the Parish Council can provide it as detailed below.

Below are pictures of the guide we have made. Facebook doesn't allow us to upload documents to a page. Clare has kindly uploaded the word document to her google drive. You can access it using this link.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rqL9zO59x0SF9_v-HtG6qfm3oUFlxl5s/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116350621359103172807&rtpof=true&sd=true