LAXFIELD
Site run by the parish council
Site run by the parish council
Site run by the parish council
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Presentation from Richard Rout (Cabinet Member for Devolution, Local Government Reform and NSIPs) and Mark Ash (Executive Director Organisational Change and LGR, Suffolk County Council)
TP-presentation-October25-RR-MA.pdf
Question and answer highlights from Mid Suffolk Parishes Meeting on Local Government Reform at a communities level - held on 03/11/25
The Parish Council has carried out a hedge survey to support Laxfield’s Biodiversity Action Plan, which helps to improve our green spaces and promote a greater range of animal and plant habitats. The survey covered the hedge around the Church, bordering Church Villas and Church Walk. A plan has now been drawn up showing the main plants found in the hedge in pictorial form, along with a detailed written survey. From this, a five-year rolling plan of improvement has also been developed.
Churchyard-hedge-condition-survey.pdf
Your local Community Policing Teams (CPT) are holding the following street meets –
The Village Centre near The Ford
11am – 12 mid-day Wednesday 27th November
Street Meet Village Hall
6pm – 7pm Thursday 28th November
Co-op High Street
6pm – 7pm Friday 29th November
Click here to find future community engagement/street meets.
Please come along and meet the team or raise any concerns you may have.
Orwell Housing Association are marketing a resale shared ownership home at Church Close Wilby.
MSDC have provided info for waste collections over the festive period in our area.
There are free activities available during the Christmas period across Babergh and Mid Suffolk for children of families who are eligible for free school meals, pupil premium, or have an ide…
...are to provide local & community transport for the parishioners of the villages of Bedfield, Bedingfield, Kenton, Monk Soham, Redlingfield, Southolt, Tannington, & Worlingworth.
Mid Suffolk District Council has commenced a Community Governance Review in all parts of the District. The purpose of the review is to enable the Council to consider what changes are needed to parish arrangements.
Some of the standard streetlights maintained by Suffolk County Council in our area are set to be upgraded to more efficient and environmentally-friendly LED lanterns as part of a project being delivered during 2021/22.
Work in Laxfield is set to start within the next month. Black and yellow ‘Work Starts Here’ signs will appear on specific streets shortly before upgrades take place in that location. Please note that SCC 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.
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Works will begin on 28 February, and are expected to take two weeks, weather dependant.
All appointments will be blocked off in the bookings calendar during the period so the public will not be able to book at these times. In addition, there will be a member of staff at the site to redirect the public should they turn up in error or without booking.
The nearest alternative sites are Ipswich, Hadleigh or Bury St Edmunds.
We will reopen the site as soon as we can and apologise to our residents for any inconvenience caused.
We will be putting a notice up on site and putting information on our social media channels and web pages.
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"We wanted to make you aware of a free composting giveaway event being hosted in the district, to share with local residents and groups in your area.
We’re giving away bags of free compost all in the name of recycling, gardening and homegrown veg!
You can find the details below:
