Winstred Hundred Parish Council

06/10/2026

DRAFT LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION
I am sorry that this is long and complicated but it is important.

The draft Local Plan has moved forward from its Regulation 18 phase to the Regulation 19 phase.

There was a Regulation 18 public consultation earlier in the year to which the Parish Council and many residents submitted views on the draft plan as it then was. As a result of that consultation Colchester City Council opted to withdraw the St Ives Road site (identified in Regulation 18 as site 10621) as their preferred site for Peldon’s allocation of 25 houses and to replace it with two sites which they had rejected previously. The reasons they gave for removing the St Ives Road site were related to losing green space from the village and affecting Peldon’s character. They now prefer 25 houses on a site South of Mersea Road (known in Regulation 19 as PP49a) and 5 houses on a site West of Malting Road (known in Regulation 19 as PP49b).

The Regulation 18 phase was the last opportunity for CCC to make changes to the draft plan before, in the Regulation 19 phase, it is examined by an independent Inspector who will assess the plan as to its legality, compliance with planning law and general soundness i.e. its ability to be delivered.

There is a new Regulation 19 public consultation which ends at 16:00 on 13th October. The parish council has submitted its comments and you may again submit your personal opinions.

You can see the version of the draft Local Plan which will go to the Inspector on the Colchester City Council’s website at Colchester City Council - Colchester Submission Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 Consultation 2026 . Here also you will find the official instructions of how to submit any comments you may have.

The Parish Council’s submissions can be seen on the Parish Council website Winstred Hundred Parish Council in the News section. There are three of them – one general one and one for each of the two new preferred sites. In the same place you will find a guide we have written to help you through the process of submitting your own comments should you wish to do so. All four of these documents are contained in Responding to the Regulation 19 Local Plan Consultation.

Jinny Gale

16/08/2026

Planning application re St Ives Road, Peldon
A Permission in Principle (PIP) application has been made for nine houses on the cleared site off St Ives Road. This is the site selected by Colchester City Council as the preferred site for 25 houses in its draft Local Plan and objected to by the Parish Council and a number of individual residents. The Draft Local Plan is still winding through its many stages and we expect to next hear about its progress later in the year. This nine-house application is independent of the Plan, but the Council’s reaction to it may influence their Plan thinking and we should not assume that a request for nine houses will not subsequently develop into an application for a larger development.

The Parish Council urges you to look at this application on the City Council’s website and if you feel so moved to submit your comments. The application number is 261373.

A PIP application is intended to establish whether a site is suitable for development in principle. At this stage, the decision is limited to three issues: the location of development, the proposed land use, and the amount of development. Detailed matters such as the exact layout, house designs, landscaping and boundary treatments are considered later, if PIP is granted, so bear those factors in mind if you choose to comment.

The Parish Council has objected to development on this site throughout the progress of the Draft Local Plan and will continue to do so. It has already lodged an objection to this PIP application.

Jinny Gale
Chairman, 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