Ufford
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On Wednesday 20th November 2024, the Draft Ufford Neighbourhood Plan was submitted to East Suffolk Council for review.
If you struggle to remember which Wheelie Bin to put out, fear not, the Parish Council Clerk has produced a handy A4 size Calendar to assist you. All you need to work out is if you are on Collection 1 or Collection 2
Please note that the full minutes of the ESC Planning Committee (South) meetings, held on 22nd August, when this application was discussed, can be found here
Read more on DC/22/4985/FUL - Hungarian Lodge, High Street, Ufford, IP13 6EL
In October this year we begun the enormous task of getting our Neighbourhood Plan Household Survey agreed and plans in place for distribution to every household in Ufford, plus a few businesses by the end of the month. In the first week in November we began to see returns roll in to the post box at the Community Hall and into the on-line system.
Ufford's Neighbourhood Plan is coming to life. We had had a successful launch and volunteers for the Steering Group met at the inception meeting on 24 June 2022. Assisted by our consultants, the members of the Group considered the What's and How's of gathering information for: Assessing how the village has evolved over the centuries, compiling a character appraisal of the built environment, involving the community, producing the plan and the things we have to do to have a 'made' plan. Visit the 'Neighbourhood Plan' pages on this website to keep in touch with our progress and to see what is happening.
The 2022 Ufford Spring Clean will take place on Saturday 12th March, between 10.00am and 12.00pm. Please meet at the Community Hall Car Park (anytime between 9.30am and 10.00am) to collect bags and gloves. There will be a limited number of ‘Grab Sticks’ so please bring your own if you have one.
As you will have read on PUNCHLine, the launch meetings for the Ufford Neighbourhood Plan, scheduled for 12th and 13th January, were cancelled, due to Covid. The provisional date for their rescheduling is 6th and 7th April, however there will be full details in the April PUNCH.
It will not surprise you that the issue of dog mess being left in public places is one of the most reported issues to a Parish Council. We thought it would be helpful to set out what are the responsibilities of the individual and the two Councils:
Read more on Dog Mess – What are individual’s and Council’s responsibilities?
Following the resignation, or more appropriately retirement, of Cllr John Skinner, a vacant seat on UPC has arisen. East Suffolk Council have given permission for UPC to co-opt a Councillor and we hope to achieve this at our November meeting.
