Parish Council

Westleton Parish Council

Westleton Parish Council normally meets at 7.30pm on the last Monday of each month with the exception of August and December when there is no meeting, or if that date is a Bank Holiday. The Parish Meeting in April and the AGM in May start at 7.00pm.

Statutory Information

To read the Parish Council's statutory documents and policies follow the links on the Governance page.

Dates of meetings in 2022.

Meetings are due to be held on:-

The dates highlighted in yellow have replaced dates notified previously.

31 January 2022
28 February 2022
4 April 2022
25 April 2022 (Annual Parish Residents Meeting)
30 May 2022 (Annual Meeting Elections)
27 June 2022
25 July 2022
12 September 2022
24 October 2022
28 November 2022

Details of any additional meetings will be posted on the village notice board.

The meetings are held in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Members of the public and press are welcome to attend, there is normally the opportunity to raise queries or matters of concern at the beginning of the meeting.

Agenda and Minutes for Council Meetings

The agenda for meetings of Westleton Parish Council is normally available a week before the next meeting is due.

Westleton Parish Council will meet on Monday 30 May 2022 at 7-30 pm in Westleton Village Hall.

Read the Parish Council meeting agenda .

The minutes of meetings can be read in the box on the left of this page.

The Westleton Parish Council Annual report for 2021/2022 is available to read.

UPGRADING OF STREET LIGHTS

Westleton Parish Council has been notified about the upgrading of streetlights by Suffolk County Council.

Follow the links for further information.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: PATTISON, Jade jade.pattison@bouygues-es.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 at 10:38
Subject: Westleton works notification: Suffolk LED upgrade 2021/22

Dear parish council clerk, Cllr Smith, Cllr Brooks and local MP Therese Coffey,

Some of the standard streetlights maintained by Suffolk County Council in your local area are set to be upgraded to more efficient and environmentally friendly LED lanterns as part of a project being delivered during 2021/22 by Bouygues.

Work in Westleton is set to start within the next few months. Black and yellow ‘Work Starts Here’ signs will appear on specific streets shortly before upgrades take place in that location. Please note that we will not be replacing all streetlighting lanterns, as some have already had LED units fitted and some areas will be upgraded separately as part of dedicated improvement schemes.

These upgrade works are generally progressing from west to east across the county between September 2021 and autumn 2022 (by which time around 43,000 of Suffolk’s streetlights will have been upgraded as part of this programme). Please be assured that any current heritage lanterns have been identified to ensure that a similar lantern is installed and due to procurement timescales heritage works will take place towards the end of the programme in 2022.

To find out more about Suffolk’s LED upgrade project, please visit: Council news | Suffolk County Council
To help answer any queries, we have created a dedicated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page on the Suffolk County Council website at LED Streetlighting upgrade project | Suffolk County Council
Find out more about Bouygues Energies and Services Ltd, at: Welcome to Bouygues Energies & Services (bouygues-es.co.uk)

Please feel free to share information about the above works locally to raise awareness of this taking place, also linking to the FAQ page link above on the Suffolk County Council website for further information. Please direct any public enquiries about this project to email: customer.services@suffolk.gov.uk or call 0345 606 6171 (phone lines are open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm).

If you have parish-council owned streetlighting that you wish to upgrade to LED’s, please let us know by replying to this email so that we can review and quote this for you (to benefit from economies of scale with approved contractors). Mal Garwood, LED Project Manager at Suffolk County Council will be happy to come back to you with further details or visit a parish council meeting to present further information if desired.

Kind regards

Jade Pattison

Administrator

Annual Financial Returns

The Financial Returns and Internal Audit report for the year 2020/2021 are available on the Financial Information page.

Westleton Parish Councillors

Paul Holmes (Chairman)

3 Heath View, Blythburgh Road, Westleton, IP17 3AT Tel: 01728 648473

Email: prholmes60@yahoo.com

Ian Johnson (Vice Chairman)

Westleton Post Office, The White House, The Street, Westleton, IP17 3AD

Tel: 01728 648216 Email: ian.johnson191069@yahoo.co.uk

Julian Alexander

Friends Cottage, The Street, Westleton, IP17 3AD Tel: 01728 648762

Email: jbaatfriends@btinternet.com

Barry Banks

Suffolk Punch Cottage, Bakers Lane, Westleton, IP17 3AZ Tel: 07970050330

Email: barrybanks10@icloud.com

Antony Clough

Bracken Cottage, The Street, Westleton, IP17 3AY Tel: 01728 648597

Email: jenniferantony64@gmail.com

Colin Fisher

Roosters, Blythburgh Road, Westleton, IP17 3AS Tel: 01728 648413

Email: fishercp@btinternet.com

Amanda Freeman

Christama, Reckford Road, Westleton, IP17 3BE Tel: 01728 648472

Email: amandafreeman030459@hotmail.co.uk

Chris Freeman

Christama, Reckford Road, Westleton, IP17 3BE Tel: 01728 648472

Email: cjfreeman472@hotmail.com

Andrew Paige

2 Brick Kiln Cottages, Blythburgh Road, Westleton, IP17 3EE Tel: 01728 648556

Email: andrewpaige@gmail.com

Nick Shearme

Garden End, Bakers Lane, Westleton, IP17 3AZ Tel: 01728 648279

Email: nick@gardenend.co.uk

Andrew Turner

The Barn, The Hill, Westleton, IP17 3AN Tel: 01728 648330

Email: turner141@btinternet.com

Ian Haines (Parish Clerk)

6 Cooper Close, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1EX Tel: 07958655831

westletonclerk@gmail.com

Updated 24/7/20

The Register of Members' Interests is available from East Suffolk Council.

Advisory Group Members

(a) Community Field – Cllr C Freeman (Chair) & Cllrs, J. Alexander, P. Holmes, A. Freeman, N. Shearme.

Co-opted Roy Swindell, Jonathon Alexander

(b) Bonfire – Cllr N. Shearme (Chair) & Cllrs A. Clough, C.Fisher, C. Freeman, P. Holmes, J. Alexander.

Co-opted Kevin Smith, Kevin Berry, Craig Alexander, Jonathon Alexander

Co-opted David Rous, John Bebbington, Roy Jones, Joyce Burtenshaw.

(d) Planning – Cllr A.Turner (Chair) & Cllrs J. Alexander, C.Fisher, C. Freeman, P.Holmes, Ian Johnson.

(e) Housing Needs – Cllr A.Turner (Chair) & Cllrs C. Fisher, P. Holmes, I. Johnson, J.Alexander, B. Banks.

SIZEWELL C CONSULTATION

The Parish Council have submitted their response to EDF's stage 5 consultation. Read Westleton Parish Council response to EDF's stage 5 consultation.

The Parish Council made representations at the online Planning Inspectorate Open Floor Hearing. Read Westleton Parish Council's oral evidence to the Planning Inspectorate Hearing. The Parish Council also sent its written evidence to the Planning Inspectorate which is also available to read.

Andrew Turner, on behalf of Westleton Parish Council, has submitted a Transport Submission response to the Planning Inspectorate which is available to read here.

Minutes of Meetings