Members of the public are invited to have their say on the potential options for the Ipswich Northern Route when the consultation officially begins on 5 July 2019. The public are being asked to comment on three proposed routes for the new road to the north of Ipswich. The consultation is being jointly developed by […]
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Summary Report of the Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting held 05 June 2019
With the scheduling of meetings around the election and the recent Annual Parish meeting, we called an extraordinary meeting to progress some urgent matters that required action prior to the next ordinary meeting 27th June. Consequently, the summary of items discussed is relatively short. The County and District Councillors were not in attendance for this […]
Parish Council Chairman’s Report to the Annual Parish Meeting, May 2019
Introduction: It has been another busy year for the Parish Council with the work load and administration process forever expanding. Our Clerk Steve Ball manages to keep his sanity with the flurry of emails that land every day from District and Country councils. In April we expressed our thanks to Barbara Ruffell and Rod Portwood […]
Community Council Chairman’s Report to the Annual Parish Meeting, May 2019
Another year of people working well with one another for the well being of this community. New faces have joined the board of trustees and others have stood down from their trusteeship. Here I must pay tribute to Mr Paul Brinkley who, after about fifty years of wiling service, has left the Community Council due […]
Village Recorder Report to the Annual Parish Meeting, May 2019
The Village Recorder, as the name suggests, keeps a note of events and changes from year to year in their village. The most comprehensive record of month by month activity in Cockfield is printed in Green Links, our village magazine. I have kept my copies since 2003 but if anyone has any earlier editions they […]
Emergency Coordinator – Volunteer Sought
Cockfield Parish Council Cockfield Emergency Plan, Emergency Coordinator The Emergency Plan is in place and is intended to prepare the community for emergencies in a way that complements and supports the emergency services. We are looking for someone in the village to be the Emergency Coordinator – a person who would liaise with the emergency […]
Update on Housing Development at Mackenzie Place, Cockfield
I’m pleased to be writing again to provide you with a further update on progress of the housing development at Mackenzie Place. The land transfer from Suffolk County Council completed at the end of March and Orwell Housing Association are now the owners of the land on which the properties and road will be constructed. […]
Annual Parish Council Meeting Report,May 9th
The meeting was the first of the 4 year electoral cycle and the chairman welcomed councilors returned unopposed and new member Ian Levett. A significant amount of time was spent on administrative, procedural matters, regulations, risk register and asset schedule. This included the election of the chairman Derek Southgate and the agreement on assigning roles […]
Easter Duck Race – On The Spot Report
I believe that this is about the eighth year that we have done the Earl’s Meadow Easter Duck Race but this year the event was both one of the best and one of the worst, The best because it was such a beautiful day coupled with the fact that so many children parents and grandparents […]
Parish Council Meeting Report, March 2019
Summary report – Parish Council Meeting, 28 March 2019 Public Participation Session: Suffolk County Cllr Lindsay highlighted issues from his report (previously circulated), including Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission’s concerns about SCC’s Special Needs Service failing children’s needs and his call for an Independent Review, SCC’s approval of a motion to cut carbon emissions […]
