Travis Perkins Site Flats Oppossed

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has said the recent Storm Eunice, which took place on Friday 18th February, was an ‘exceptional day’ for the Service. Between 10am and 9pm, the control room and crews dealt with around 500 calls, with up to 100 calls an hour during the peak of Storm Eunice. Area Manager Neil Fenwick said: “It was an exceptional day for our Service. On an average day we receive between 40 and 50 calls - yesterday we dealt with around 500. We were well prepared and our teams did an excellent job to keep our residents safe. I would like to say a huge thank you to all our firefighters and staff, our emergency service, local authority and utility company partners as well as the people of Essex, who listened to our advice and messages. It was a real team effort and shows once again how Essex unites when faced with challenges.” Crews and control room staff dealt with a wide range of incidents including collapsed and damaged buildings, large fallen trees, damage to power cables and small fires. Neil added: “We were well prepared. We had our resources and specialist equipment in the right place and our teams were ready to respond.” Source: Essex County Fire & Rescue Service

Travis Perkins site flats opposed

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Proposals to build 20 flats and a retail unit on the former Travis Perkins site off Epping High Street are being opposed by Epping Town Council. While the planning and general purposes committee welcomes the redevelopment of the industrial site, it believes the proposals are an over-development. A council spokesman said: "The development would sit much further forward than the existing buildings, create a tunnelling effect and have an overbearing and dominant effect on the street scene." The town council adds that the development would also be out of keeping with the mix of properties on Hemnall Street. The spokesman added: "Hemnall Street has a mixture of dwelling types which are characteristic of Epping and this particular development would be detrimental to the character of the surrounding area. "There are two-storey and three-storey properties which border the site and the residential part of this proposal would cause direct loss of amenity including overlooking, loss of privacy and sunlight." Concern has also been expressed over the amount of parking proposed with councillors fearing additional vehicles would put additional pressure on the surrounding roads. "The increased traffic resulting from the additional flats would be detrimental to highway safety, given that Hemnall Street is a very narrow road and not wide enough for additional traffic." The committee added Hemnall Street is already used as a cut through for traffic when the High Street gets congested.