Parish Council

The next meeting of Sudbourne Parish Council will be held on Tuesday 26th Julu 2023 at 7:00pm in Sudbourne Village Hall - Agenda - Click Here

Members of the public and the press are cordially invited to be present at any or all of the meetings.  Meetings may be filmed, photographed, recorded or reported about.  Agendas for all the meetings can be found on the Council website and village noticeboards at least three clear working days before the meeting.

Please see the link to the Sealink and Eurolink consultations here 

Sudbourne NEWSLETTER - Read Here - Newsletter

Members of the Council are:

Suvi McCreadie (Chairman)

Ginny Haynes

Natasha Hodge

Hannah Backhouse (Vice Chairman)

Mike Morris

List of Portfolio Holders

Cllr McCreadie – Chairman, Planning Applications, Emergency Plan, Finances, Forestry Commission

Cllr Hodge – Planning Applications, Training, Village Hall Liaison

Cllr Backhouse – Vice Chairman, Planning Applications, Play Area, Road Traffic Signs, Vehicle Activated Speed Sign

Cllr Haynes – Planning Applications, Bus Shelter and Defibrilator

Parish Clerk/RFO

Joanne Peters

Neutral Farm House

Mill Lane

Butley

Woodbridge

Suffolk. IP12 3PA

Tel: 01394 459400

E-mail: sudbourneparishclerk@gmail.com

The Parish Council is able to provide small donations to organisations that benefit our community.  Please find attached our Donations Policy here - Click Here

The Parish Council's responsibilities include:

• Finance - The Parish Council are responsible for the approval and monitoring of Council expenditure, annually analysing future funding requirements and recommending the precept to be raised. also arranging insurance of parish property. The Council finances go through both an Internal and External Audit annually.

• Parish Property - The Parish Council are responsible for the Play Area at The Close, The Village Sign, Bus Shelter and the 2 Notice-boards.

• Planning - The Parish Council receives and considers consultation copies of all Planning Applications relating to the Parish. Recommendations from the Council either in support of the application or as objections, are passed to East Suffolk Council who, as the local Planning Authority, may take note of these comments in their determination of the application. A full list of planning applications considered by the Parish Council can be viewed on East Suffolk Council's website.

• Highways - The Parish Council liaises with the local highway authority on matters such as road condition and cleaning, signposting etc.