Parish Council

The Parish Council normally meets on the fourth Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November every year.  Due to COVID-19 these dates may differ. 

The next meeting of Sudbourne Parish Council will be held virtually on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 at 7:00pm via Zoom - Agenda - , Draft minutes of Parish Council meeting held on 26.1.2021 -  Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting.  Please contact the Parish Clerk Jo Peters at sudbourneparishclerk@gmail for the meeting link.

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.

Members of the Council are:

Jenny Cooper

Suvi McCreadie

Jeremy Bodkin

Ginny Haynes

Bill Parker

There are currently 2 vacancies on the Parish Council.  If you would be interested in standing for the Parish Council please contact Jo Peters, Parish Clerk for further informaton at sudbourneparishclerk@gmail.com. 

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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'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.