Since the last “News” the Community Council has been very busy. The Duck Race on the 17th April was as popular as ever and, this year, we had plenty of water to make the racing really exciting…thanks to the team for their efforts – hope Mel is fully dried out now! Richard Whymark’s visit was […]
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Chairman’s Report to Annual Parish Meeting
Introduction: It has been another busy year for the Parish Council which consists of nine members. Doug Read joined us as Clerk and regrettably was not able to attend last year’s meeting. However, he has now completed his first year of service and we thank him for his tremendous input Also we decided to […]
Parish Council April Report & May APM
The Parish Council met on Thursday 28th April 2016 Whilst there has been no response from Suffolk Police regarding speeding concerns in the village, the Clerk noted that we now have a new PCSO (Laura Mansell) who will be responsible for Cockfield among a group of other villages. He reported that he has referred the […]
Cake Competition
Decorate a cake to share Why not bake and decorate a cake to be shared at the Cockfield Street Party? Entries should be presented on a 10″ paper plate and can be any shape, sponge or fruit to a maximum size of 10″ There will be two classes: ‘16s and under’ and ‘Over 16s’ The […]
Parish Council Meeting May 26th – Agenda
Agenda for the meeting of the Parish Council which will be held in the Village Hall on Thursday 26 May 2016 at 7.30 p.m. […]
Parish Council April Meeting Report
The Parish Council met on Thursday 31st March 2016. Our County Councillor, Jenny Antill gave a brief report on the topic of devolution of government powers to Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and the creation of an elected Mayor for this area. Discussions are at a very early stage and there is currently no agreed position […]
Community Council May News
As you’ll see from Rodney Williams’ report this month, the children’s party we held in March was a great success. Both children and parents had a most enjoyable afternoon and we are pleased, once again, that the Community Council has been able to demonstrate its ambition to provide something for everyone in the village – […]
Commuity Council April News
Cockfield Community Council News We hope you liked the ‘Meet your Community Council Trustees’ feature in last month’s Green Links. As well as letting you see how lovely a bunch of people we are it had a serious purpose. We are all Trustees because we believe that the Community Council does a really good job […]
Parish Council February Meeting Report
The Parish Council met on Thursday 25th February 2016. Our District Councillor, Clive Arthey provided a response to a question from a resident regarding the Gt Blakenham power from waste plant. He advised that the incinerator is currently operating 24 hours/day, 7 days/week and that it has only suffered one significant shutdown since coming on […]
Greenest Community Project Supported by Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Application by the Earl’s Meadow Project 2016 Suffolk’s Creating the Greenest County Awards are an annual event that highlight the excellent environmental achievements that are being carried out across the county. The Awards are now in their 9th year, this was our second application, last year finishing in the top 5 out of 19 applications […]
