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Herongate & Ingrave Parish Council

Clerk: Mrs Stephanie Robinson
The Dower House, 135-139 Billericay Road, Herongate, CM13 3SD
M: 07512 078975
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Volunteers wanted for St. Nicholas Church, Ingrave Churchyard upkeep – call Rev Paul on 01277 812452.
Following the resignation of Cllr. Mark Kelly, Herongate & Ingrave Parish Council now have a vacancy for the position of Parish Councillor. Please see the Staff/Councillor vacancy page for details.
POST OFFICE CLOSURE – the Post Office has now closed permanently. The shop continues to operate as usual.
FREE REFLECTIVE HOUSE NUMBERS. If you would like free reflective house numbers for your property please contact Mrs Amanda Burton by email: ahburtie@yahoo.co.uk
South Essex Golf Course – development planning application for 30 homes. Comments deadline update please see news page. Please see link for details.
Community Agents Essex – an innovative new partnership supporting older people and their informal carers. For more information see Services.
South Essex Golf Course – an appeal has been launched against the refusal of the first application. There will be a public Inquiry – we will update you when we are informed of the date. please see attached link

Welcome to the home page of Herongate and Ingrave Parish Council

OUR VILLAGES

Herongate and Ingrave have a population of approximately 2156 residents and is set within a rural area surrounded by farm land and Thorndon Country Park North and South with colourful woodlands, birdlife, open parkland, fishing and family attractions.  At its furthest the Parish is about 4 miles outside Brentwood Town centre.  We have many beautiful walks and residents have the benefit of two Churches, St. Nicholas Church, Ingrave with an impressive 6 bells and Bell Ringing Group and the St. Andrews, Church, Herongate which is home to the Herongate War Memorial.  For the children there is a small school, Ingrave Johnstone C of E Primary in Ingrave which is adjacent to the local Playing Field with a playground and MUGA.  There are also excellent senior schools only a short distance away in Hutton, Shenfield and Brentwood.  For the sports enthusiast we have two Golf Courses and various exercise groups meet regularly at the Church Halls.  For socialising there are three Pubs which serve food. Herongate also boasts a village shop, a Dentist Surgery and a farm shop.

Herongate Parish Council is a civil local authority and is the lowest, or first, tier of local government. The Parish Council is made up of 9 Councillors (currently 7 elected and 2 co-opted) and one member of paid staff; the Clerk who is also the Responsible Financial Officer.  The Parish Council meets 10 times a year to discuss current issues and projects. All residents are invited to attend meetings and have an opportunity to speak at the Public Participation Session.  Members are always interested to hear the views and suggestions of residents.

We hope you find our website interesting and informative.  If you should find any broken links or out of date information please do not hesitate to email the Clerk using the option at the top of the page.