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Parish Council News
A note from your clerk: Loft Insulation discount for everyone in Suffolk!
Loft Insulation Offer gives Suffolk residents 50% off eco-friendly insulation…
A Note from your clerk – Property Flood Resilience (PFR) grant scheme
Suffolk County Council have asked that we share this information with those you that were affected during the flooding of Storm Babet last year…
A Note from your clerk -Work to parish trees
Our tree surgeon will be carrying out work to parish trees over this week and next (weather dependant)…
A note from your clerk – reduction in local bus services
West Suffolk Council have invited parish councils affected by recent losses in local transport services to submit information setting out their concerns. Wickhambrook Parish Council is considering its response at an Extra-ordinary meeting on Thursday 14th November (6:00pm)…
A Note from your clerk – Looking for Change? – West Suffolk’s Housing, Homelessness Reduction and Rough Sleeping Strategy
Next week will see West Suffolk Council meet to discuss our new Housing, Homelessness Reduction and Rough Sleeping Strategy…
A note from your clerk – Thank you everyone
Thanks go out to our parish volunteers who came along to the last Wednesday volunteer morning of 2024 last week, and welcome to a new volunteer, David Conway…
October 2024 Report from SC Cllr Bobby Bennett
Report from SC Cllr Bobby Bennett…
A Note from your Clerk -Supporting Each Other: Focus on Winter
You may have heard Winter Fuel Payments being discussed in the news recently. They used to be paid to everyone over State Pension age, regardless of their income. This has now changed. Only people who get Pension Credit will receive the one off Winter Fuel Payment this year…
A Note from your clerk – November Litterpick
Thank you to everyone who turned up to our litterpicks on Wednesday last week and Sunday. A total of 13 bags of rubbish and a large piece of foam across the two litter picks…
A Note from your clerk – Keep the Heat
Hello, we’ve received information about an event run by Green Ixworth on November the 16th 2024 at Ixworth Village Hall…
A note from your clerk – Reporting urgent and dangerous highways issues
It is important that any issue that is deemed to be dangerous to either private property, the highway or any of its users is telephoned through on 0345 606 6171 so that they can be immediately assessed, and action taken quickly…
A Note from your clerk: Local Transport Plan for Suffolk
Sufolk County Council have invited the parish to participate in its public consultation on the next Local Transport Plan to 2040 and is encouraging feedback and comments via its online surveys…
A note from your clerk – New EV Chargers at Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds
New electric vehicle (EV) chargers are due to be fitted at The Guineas Shopping Centre car park in Newmarket and Parkway car park in Bury St Edmunds over October…
A note from your clerk – Thank you again!
Thanks go out to Cllrs Kevin and Andrea Grimes who look after Bury Road Play area….
A Note from your clerk – Police Public Meetings
The PCC Tim Passmore and Chief Constable Rachel Kearton are hosting a series of public meetings across the county…
A note from your clerk – thank you for your help on Wednesday!
We had a busy morning on Wednesday with a great team of Councillors, Lay Members and Residents…
A Note from your Clerk – work taking place in play areas on Saturday 31st August
On Saturday we’ll be having a team in to make some repairs to the Children’s play areas at Cemetery and Bury Road…
A note from your clerk – Diversion Order for Footpath 10
West Suffolk Council have made a Public Path Diversion Order for part of Footpath No 10…
A Note from your clerk: Consultation on Specification for 2025/26 Grounds Contract
It seems a long way away, but the parish council has already been looking at the specification for its grounds contract for 2025/26…
A Note from your clerk – Recruiting Volunteers for Community Speedwatch
One of the issues raised by many residents throughout the preparation of our Draft Neighbourhood Plan has been Traffic Management and making Wickhambrook’s roads and lanes safer for all users…
August Newsletter from Cllr Bobby Bennett
Read the August Newsletter from Cllr Bobby Bennett…
A Note from your clerk – August bank holiday bin collection changes
Please take a look at the August Bank Holiday bin collection changes…
A note from your Clerk – litter pick thank you
Thank you to everyone who turned up for the litter pick on Sunday (and also those who litter picked at Bury Road on Wednesday 24th)…
A Note from Your Clerk – Please be careful on Footpath 24 (from Coltsfoot Green to Cloak Lane)
Hello, there is now some additional fencing at the top of the ditch running alongside Footpath 24 (this runs from Coltsfoot Green to Cloak Lane, starting at Coltsfoot Close). Please be very careful when walking the section of the path which follows the ditch – the bank is very steep (the drop is around 2 metres) and in some places the stream seems to be undercutting the bank…
Parish Clerk July/August 2024 Newsletter
Parish Clerk July/August 2024 Newsletter
A Note from your Clerk – Work to Memorials in Cemetery on Monday 24th June
We have stonemasons working in the cemetery on Monday carrying out repairs to some of the Memorials which were staked and banded to make safe following testing last summer…
A note from your Clerk – Proposed Part Diversion of Footpath 10 around conservation lake
You may remember that back in January Babergh/Mid Suffolk, acting for West Suffolk, consulted on a proposed diversion of part of Footpath 10 to allow for the construction of a conservation lake…
A Note from your clerk – Register to Vote
With the General Election taking place on Thursday 4th July, don’t forget to check that you are registered to vote…
A Note from your clerk: Connecting Communities – Volunteer Drivers Needed
The Voluntary Network was established in 2000, providing Community Transport and a Befriending Service across West Suffolk and neighbouring Cambridgeshire. Connecting Communities provides transport for those who would otherwise be rather isolated. They have an increasing number struggling to access medical appointments and are therefore looking to increase their volunteer team…