Little Dunmow - a community since 1086
Welcome to the community website for Little Dunmow and the surrounding area. The purpose of this site is to provide and share information relevant to the area and to serve as an effective communication tool for the benefit of all the residents.
We look forward to the ongoing development of this site and would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants. The value of this site relies on community participation – your contributions are actively encouraged. We look forward to hearing from you.
Latest News ::
New Enodis proposals for completion of Oakwood Park
Enodis are launching a revised master plan for public consultation on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd November.
There will be a public exhibition at the southern entrance to Oakwood Park 2pm to 8pm on the Friday and 10am to 4pm on the Saturday. Enodis Flyer
Some potential questions and concerns, identified through emails the Parish Council have received from Enodis, relate to:
- A statement that housing would only be built on brownfield area and that the shop and surgery would move to near village hall. So does this mean that the shop, surgery and houses will be built where we expected the playing fields to be, and the playing fields move to green belt in Felsted?
- No longer any reference to the provision of a public house.
- Only a shop, not shops are mentioned.
- Are Enodis proposing to upgrade sewage works so that they can build houses within cordon sanitaire?
- Due to the current housing market situation, will plans be predominately for housing association/social housing which will be paid for by central government? If so, this will have an effect on the structure of the community and disaffect residents who have purchased houses and impact on their value.
Government proposals threaten the John Tasker House surgery’s ability to dispense medicines
Please see attached letter that the doctors’ surgery in Great Dunmow have issued.
For those of us living outside of Great Dunmow, the ability to have our prescriptions dispensed from the doctors’ surgery is obviously something that we do not want to loose.
If you would like to respond to this proposal please follow directions on the attached link: Letter from John Tasker House
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Events ::
14 new trees have been planted around the picnic tables on the western side of the village recreation ground. Funding of the trees was kindly provided by Little Dunmow Parish Council and volunteers spent a very sunny and pleasant Sunday morning’s planting.
Pictures can be found in the Tree Planting Gallery.
Happy picnics!
Nature Watch ::
Little Dunmow is rich in wildlife which is one of the reasons why it is so special, so please let us have your contributions to help us launch this section of the web site.