Wivenhoe Green Party

The Green Party is pleased to be able to announce that Colchester Borough Council has adopted the Wivenhoe Town Plan as an official planning policy guidance note.

CBC have published the Wivenhoe Conservation Area Appraisal with a view to adopting it. The Green Party supports policies which will help to maintain the distinctive character of Wivenhoe, including this proposed extension to the Wivenhoe Conservation Area.

The relevant documents on the Conservation Area Appraisal can be found at
http://www.colchester.gov.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?art_id=5095

The new Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy is an over-arching planning policy for Colchester Borough. It has now been through all stages of public consultation (including Public Examination) and the final version has been produced. The next steps are for subsidiary policies be developed and adopted covering more specific issues such as Development Policies and Site Allocations which will go through the same stages of public consultation.

In Town, Without My Car! is an established event whereby on the 22nd of September each year, town centre streets across Europe close to traffic, and open up solely for people to enjoy walking, cycling, street theatre, live music, dancing, public art and children's play areas.

It is a year since the new management plan for the Old Cemetery was adopted by Wivenhoe Town Council. This plan was developed by Cllr Fox with help from fellow councillors, and following the advice from the Diocean Advisory Committee and others.

Welcome to the new Wivenhoe Green Party Website. Please bear with us while we import all the material from our old website. The old site will remain available, but will not be updated. Note that some links on the old website may not function correctly following its relocation.

You can join the national Green Party online or by post. All the necessary forms and information are on the national Green Party website. Members of the national party automatically become members of their local party.

Contact us if you wish to learn about our proposed local party membership scheme.

Your Green Party town councillors are Chris Fox and Maria Iacovou.

We rely on membership fees and donations for our income. If you would like to make a donation, send a cheque made out to Colchester and District Green Party to Wivenhoe Green Party, c/o 45 Park Road, Wivenhoe CO7 9LS.