On Wednesday evening Councillor Peter Spiers came and spoke nabout The Mayland Plan.

He explained why a communityled Plan (Parish Plan) was needed for the village.

Put simply, without it there is no eveidence or direction of the communities requirements, so funding is not allocated accurately or a higher government body decides your parish needs and direction.

A Parish Plan is a published document, which is complied by local people actively involved in making decisions about the future of their community,enpowering them to play an active and sustainable role.It has Strategic links to the "Planning System."

Mayland Parish council cannot decide for the community alone but can have 2 councillors on the volunteer steering group comprising 5-9 persons, which is overseen by the Rural Community Council of Essex (RCEE) with grant aided finance. Consultation with the commuity through talks and worshops, gathers information of what the community's needs and aspirations are. They provide a snapshot of parish life and how people want their area to devolop in the future. The process from beginning to end takes 12 -18 months and requires volunteer We also recently visited The Little Baddow History Centre and church which was very interesting.

Our next meeting on April 9th is Kenneth Rose a castaway from the BBC series. Join us in St.Lukes at 8pm.

CHURCH

St Barnabas Pre Scholl raised £55 in their Easter Raffle and all prizes have been allocated.The rabbits name was Snowdrop and was won by Holly Finer.