Works on the car park on Stock Common will commence on Monday 27 January 2025, subject to weather conditions. These works were commissioned by Stock Parish Council and granted planning permission by Chelmsford City Council. The Planning Application and Non Material Amendment 23/00220/FUL can be viewed on Chelmsford City Council’s website. Works will see the […]
Stock Parish Council held its first monthly meeting of 2025, at which parking, road safety and village security were all discussed, on Tuesday 21 January. The meeting began with a presentation from S-Type Security, which provides comprehensive mobile security services to the Parish Council. S-Type explained how, with car thefts and burglaries prevalent, high-visibility patrol […]
Stock Parish Council commissioned works to remove potentially dangerous branches from four dead trees on Stock Common. The work was carried out to remove the trees by a qualified arborist on Saturday 18 January, following contact from concerned villagers that dead branches had fallen into Common Road during recent high winds. As the Parish Council […]
A section of the High Street/Stock Road will be closed to motor vehicles between 8am-6pm on Sunday 19 January 2025 for new service connection works to be carried out by UK Power Networks. The High Street/Stock Road will be closed from 20 metres south west of its junction with Common Road for a distance of […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Stock Parish Council’s monthly meeting scheduled for Tuesday 14 January at 7.30pm has been postponed.The meeting has been rearranged for Tuesday 21 January at 7.30pm at Stock Cricket Club pavilion.The Parish Council apologises for the short notice and any inconvenience caused, and looks forward to welcoming villagers to the rerranged meeting.
Phase Two of a scheme to upgrade LED street lighting on the A12 near Stock is taking place over the next three weeks. Sections of the A12 will be closed overnight for a number of nights in January for LED street lighting upgrades to be carried out. The work will be carried out between Junctions […]
Stock Parish Council held its monthly meeting on Tuesday 10 December 2024, at which a number of topics were discussed, including road safety, parking, maintenance and the village environment. Before the meeting began, the Parish Council paid tribute to long-serving former councillor and Chair Sally Johnson, who has sadly passed away, with a minute’s silence […]
Entry and exit slip roads on the A12 will be closed overnight for four nights in December for LED street lighting upgrades to be carried out. The work will be carried out between Junctions 11 and 16 over two phases as part of a National Highways project to reduce carbon emissions from roadside lighting. LED […]
Stock Parish Council has been informed that Essex Police’s Basildon Division visited the village on Friday 6 December. Speed Enforcement Officers recorded seven speeding motorists in Stock Road, where the speed limit is 30mph, with a maximum recorded speed of 41mph detected. Essex Police stated: “Speeding is totally unacceptable. It puts you and everyone around […]
Stock Parish Council held its latest monthly meeting on 12 November 2024, where a detailed update was given regarding road safety measures the Council would like to introduce in the village. Councillors and Jason Coleman, the father of Freddie Coleman, the 15-year-old schoolboy who died in a road traffic incident on his way to school […]
