This page will be used to report on issues or council decisions that will have an impact on the village or surrounding area. Information will be added regularly, in line with reports in the Bramford Community News.

Rather than fill the page with text there is, where appropriate, a short note below on each subject and a link to allow you to view any appropriate document.

Chairman's Annual Report 2009

The following links will take you to the full report, accounts and presentation 

Report

Income and expenditure

Balance sheet
 

Boundary Committe report update 18-06-09:

The Boundary Committee have now made their second report.  The outcome is very similar to the original report, but Lowestoft now remains in Suffolk and the two options are given equal recommendation.  The Parish Council met on 20 April to agree on its response to this document. This response is at Boundary committee II We understand that implementation is likely to be April 2011.

MSDC Land bids - update 18-06-09:

MSDC are now going ahead with the Stowmarket bids and it will be sometime next year before our area is tackled. Even this could be overtaken by events when we move toward unitary status. Bramford PC does not intend to get involved with the Stowmarket issues. 
To see the full text of our response please click on the following link: Land bid response

 

Bramford Lawn Cemetery:

Ther council have approved work to start on repairing the grass edges that have been damaged by rabbits.  Over the next few weeks the contractor will be putting in place wooden edging along the line of the gravestones and reseeding damaged areas outside of this.

This is expensive, but considered necessary to preserve the nature of the lawn cemetery.  Any graves where the flowers or other ornaments extend beyond the allowable limits will have these items removed and stored so please make sure that you clear any grave for which you are responsible.

The council is also considering extending the cemetery to meet demands beyond 2011.  The first stage of this will be to employ a suitable landscape architect to advise on the possible layouts.

A Quality Council:

Bramford Parish Council announced some time ago its intention to apply for “Quality Parish Council” status. This has now risen to the top of our agenda since the parish clerk gained her Local Council Administration certificate. We believe that the exercise will make us more aware of the needs of parishioners as well as improve our own performance by streamlining procedures, setting challenging targets and getting essential training for all councillors so that they know better how to work for the parish.

The work on this is nearly completed and we hope to apply for certification in July or August.