A beacon lighting ceremony to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day will take place on The Common on Thursday 6 June 2024 at 9.15pm. Eight decades ago, Operation Overlord saw over 4,000 ships and landing craft deliver more than 125,000 Allied troops on five beaches in Normandy in northern France in an action that would […]
Stock Parish Council held its Annual Council Meeting at Stock Cricket Club on Tuesday 14 May, when Paul Fenwick was elected Chair for the coming year, with Mark Rolph elected Vice-Chair. The Parish Council has a number of village works and projects which were discussed, with progress made across a number of areas. The first […]
Stock Parish Council has received the results of three traffic surveys regarding the High Street and Stock Road (B1007) from Essex Highways. One was a pedestrian/vehicle conflict survey (PV2) commissioned for the High Street, while the other two were to survey the speed of vehicles, the first in the High Street and the second on […]
Norwichto Tilbury National Grid owns and manages the high voltage electricity network in England and Wales, which connects homes and businesses to the energy they need. The network was built in the 1960s, and now needs some work to reinforce the network and connect new sources of energy. National Grid wants to build a 400kV […]
With regard to works to Stock Common and Common Road verge and the gabion baskets which have been installed, Stock Parish Council have been requested by Chelmsford City Council to submit a Non-Material Minor Amendment to the planning application to rectify the problem encountered by the height of the tree roots. The unknown height of […]
Stock Parish Council will hold a Village Litter Pick on Saturday 13 April. Villagers who would like to take part should meet at 10am in the Common Car Park (Stock Cricket Club), where gloves, litter pickers and rubbish collection bags will be supplied. We will then disperse along the High Street, Swan Lane, Back Lane, […]
Stock Parish Council has issued an update regarding the ongoing works to improve historic flooding issues and to improve and extend the car park on The Common and build up the roadside along Common Road following the collapse of the verge. The wet weather experienced during the early months of the year meant works were […]
Stock Parish Council would like to wish villagers a happy Easter! The Three Churches in Stock will all be marking the Easter weekend with services and events. On Good Friday, worshippers from All Saints’ Church, Christ Church and Our Lady and St Joseph will join for the Walk of Witness. This will depart Our Lady […]
National Highways have informed Stock Parish Council and village residents that the A12 northbound carriageway will be closed between junctions 12 (A1023/B1002 at Mountnessing) and 15 (A414/B1002 at Webb’s Farm) from 9pm on Friday 5 April to 5am on Monday 8 April. A fully signed diversion route will be in place during the closure period. Northbound […]
Thank you to everybody who attended Saturday’s ‘Stock Against Speeding’ campaign, in particular the family and friends of Freddie Coleman. Hundreds of villagers turned out in support of the campaign, walking from the Village Hall to the centre of Stock, stopping at the village sign for a photo, across the Zebra crossing and along the other […]
