Priti raises quarrying plan concerns
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with local residents in Copford Village Hall concerned about proposals for new quarrying sites in the Colchester area and around the A12. As part of a review of Essex County Council’s Minerals Plan, a consultation is taking place where local communities and residents are …
Priti shows ECC dangerous road outside school
Priti Patel MP for Witham has returned to New Rickstones Academy alongside Cllr Mark Platt – Deputy Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport to see first hand the situation outside of the school gates at 3pm where students need to cross Conrad Road to start their journey home. …
Tolleshunt Major Parish Council meet with Priti to discuss local road safety issues
Local MP Priti Patel met with Tolleshunt Major Parish Council to discuss the concerns they share regarding the destruction of Bennet Island at the junction of Tolleshunt D’Arcy Road and Witham Road. Priti shares the frustration and concerns of the Parish Council and village residents about the dangers posed by …
Priti backs Council’s call for more funding
Witham MP Priti Patel was one of more than 40 MPs to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to press the Government to make more funding available to local councils. Councils providing social care services, including Essex County Council, have faced …
Witham MP opens new building at Copford Primary School
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, joined guests at Copford Church of England Primary School on Friday 19th May to officially open its new state of the art building. As the MP for Witham, Priti made a number of representations to local authority bodies on behalf of the School …
Priti welcomes Beaulieu Park Station plans
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has welcomed Essex County Council’s plans to approve funding and other agreements to deliver the new Beaulieu Park Station. The new station, situated between Hatfield Peverel and Chelmsford, will provide additional capacity for passengers, support local housing growth and with three platforms will help to …
Priti Patel supports Copford Primary School’s efforts to find funding for classroom upgrades
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has today (28.02.20) visited Copford Church of England Primary School, to see for herself the problems the school is having in regard to the deteriorating condition of four of its classrooms. Priti met Headteacher David Bome, who explained how leaking roofs, damp, …
Priti Patel MP backs campaign to save Coggeshall Library
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with members of the Coggeshall Library Working Group to discuss plans to save the village’s library from the risk of closure, under proposals from Essex County Council. Priti has been pressing Essex County Council to reconsider their plans and to support and empower those …
Key stakeholders meet to plan A120 campaign for £2.2bn economic boost
The campaign to secure investment to dual the A120 has been reignited at a major stakeholder meeting at County Hall, Chelmsford (31 May), headed by Witham MP Priti Patel and Essex County Council Deputy Leader Kevin Bentley. With the Government set to make key decisions in the autumn on future …
Priti Patel MP delighted by Rivenhall Incinerator refusal
The MP for Witham, Priti Patel, has welcomed the decision by Essex County Council’s Development and Regulation Committee to refuse two planning applications relating to the Rivenhall Incinerator. The proposals included increasing the chimney stack height and the Council’s planning officers had recommended the applications for refusal. The grounds for …