Weeknotes 02025 Q1 W6

Over the weekend we received the disappointing news from Essex County Council that they were unwilling to let the Burnham Library Orchard project go ahead, with some not very detailed reasons about ‘infrastructure’ which seem to pertain to the library building itself which would have been unaffected by the proposal.

Burnham-on-Crouch Library

Tuesday. The Dengie Hundred Bus Users Group (DHBUG) monthly meeting. Hints that the D1 bus might be under threat of being withdrawn now, another hit to Dengie services.

Wednesday – I signed some documents as part of the process of formally registering eMpower Maldon as a Community Benefit Society. John Philpot’s done most of the admin work getting us to this point. We should be registered before the Community Led Energy Planning meeting in Maldon town in March.

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Park It

Maldon District Council (MDC) is considering charging for the car parks in Burnham-on-Crouch. Some people are annoyed and have started a petition against charging, including friends and people I know. The Town Council has posted a notice promoting the petition on its official noticeboards and some councillors have announced their support for the petition. I take a different position.

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The Reformation

Thursday 5th December was the deadline for electors to request a ballot to fill the empty seats on Burnham-on-Crouch Town Council (BTC). I’ve seen a couple of people online saying they would be requesting one for the sake of democracy and to avoid the remaining councillors co-opting whoever they please. There’s still no news about the result and whether elections will be forthcoming. I suspect enough folk will have asked for an election to get one, but not enough people will stand for there to be a contest—certainly in the North Ward.

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