Welcome to Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook is one of the parishes of West Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council
Hello, you may already have seen a post about the West Suffolk Local Plan Consultation on Preferred Options, which opened on 26th May, and runs until 26th July…
Until 26th July, residents across West Suffolk can now have their say and shape the future of where new homes can be built and where employment growth may take place…
For your information, we are planning to carry out pre surface dressing road repairs, surface dressing and the re-installation of road markings and road studs, along A143 Bury Road, Depden and A143 Bury Road, Wickhambrook (from Bury Road, Depden to Giffords Lane, Wickhambrook)…
West Suffolk Council is running an online virtual exhibition, open to anyone to join and read through information, ask the project team questions and provide feedback via an online form…
Hello, I’m so pleased to tell you that when Fenland Leisure were carrying out work in the play park at Cemetery Road last Friday, they were able to make repairs to BuzzyBee Springer and he is now back in use…
West Suffolk have published recommendations as part of their Community Governance Review, which include a change to the parish boundary at Wickham Street…
The Homes for Ukraine Scheme Homes for Ukraine – Homes for Ukraine – Local Sponsorship Scheme for Ukraine (campaign.gov.uk) was launched on Monday 14 March to allow individuals, charities, community groups and businesses in the UK to bring Ukrainians to safety – including those with no family ties to the UK…
The Festival of Suffolk Torch Relay arrives in Wickhambrook today!! We are really proud to announce that Julie Little, who last year was awarded the Alf Hicks Memorial Biscuit Barrel for her contribution to the community, has been nominated to bear the Torch through Wickhambrook…
Hello, many of you will have seen that Fenland Leisure were at the Children’s Play Park on Friday 6th to undertake some maintenance work to the swings and replace the surface at one of the self closing gates. Unfortunately, we’ve had to say good bye to BusyBee and the Twister, as they were both beyond economic repair…
There was a really good response to both the Housing Needs Survey and Household Questionnaire which took place in February. The NP Working Group is now examining the responses in depth and preparing to publish results…
I wanted to update you on the work taking place to administer the Council Tax Rebate Grant to eligible West Suffolk residents and how you can help…
A recent inspection has identified some remedial work necessary to the handles on BuzzyBee. A notice will be placed on it today, but please don’t use Buzzy Bee for the time being…
Thanks go out to Mary Jolland, our Estates Committee member who ran a very successful Litter Pick on Tuesday 19th April…
The West Suffolk Local Plan covers the period up to 2040 and will eventually become a legal planning document. It allocates and guides where land is protected and where opportunities for development might take place, such as for new housing or land for employment…
West Suffolk Council have advised that the paper banks will soon be removed from the community centre as they have become uneconomical to empty…
Logan Homes have advised us that they have now completed the planned footpath linking the Meadows to Nunnery Green…
Ever thought of becoming a councillor? We have a vacancy on the Parish Council…
I’m really pleased to tell you that Suffolk County Council have now reinstated the hedge bounding the cemetery, installed a new bus stop and levelled and added planings to the footpath leading off Cemetery Road down to Footpath 25…
Warm Homes Suffolk wants to help the people of Suffolk live in homes that cost less to heat, so they can reduce their energy usage and enjoy lower bills…
Hello, thank you for being so understanding about us having to postpone the event scheduled in the half term week…
We’ve had a really good response so far, with nearly 250 Questionnaires completed. We’ve decided to keep the on-line questionnaire open whilst we input all your responses…
Responses to the Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire are coming in – on paper and online. It is very good to see village residents making their views known…
The Government has allocated £4.05million of COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) to West Suffolk Council….
I thought you would all be interested in a recent High Court judgement which found in favour of Thurston Parish Council, whose Neighbourhood Plan was adopted in 2019…
Wickhambrook Parish Council needs a new team member. If you are over 18 years of age and would like to become part of the team contact the Clerk…
It has been a busy two months for all of us at the parish council, with work on all our on-going projects, our regular Parish Council meeting in January and both an Extraordinary meeting and the Estates Committee in early February…
After a delay over the Christmas and New Year (which seems a long while ago now!), the fencing to the old MUGA space next to the Skate Park has now been completed. This is the first phase in bringing the space back into use for outdoor fitness, and a consultation on the proposals will be starting shortly…
I’m really very sorry and disappointed to have to post this notice, but having reviewed the likely weather over the weekend, we’ve had to take the decision to postpone both events – with the high winds expected over the weekend into Monday, we do not think it prudent or safe to go ahead and have taken the decision now to give everyone as much notice as possible…
The Met Office have issued an Amber Weather Warning for high winds with effect from 5am to 9pm Friday 18th February 2022 which has the potential to cause significant disruption with gusts up to 60-70mph or even up to 80mph on rare occasions…
Stephensons have a contract for school buses which includes a route through Wickhambrook. Recently they have been experiencing some significant delays (which have resulted in children getting to school late) due to oil deliveries in the village of Wickhambrook and its surrounding greens…