Here you will find details concerning :-
(a) the role of the parish council in the community,
(b) the current membership of the parish council,
(c) the parish council clerk,
(d) contact telephone numbers for the District and County Councils and their respective Councillor representatives,

We trust you will find this information useful.

Bures St Mary Parish Council - About us

As well as being members of Bures St Mary Parish Council, the members serve on the Joint Cemetery Authority which maintains the cemetery, the Joint Sportsground Committee and the Village Hall Committee.

The Parish Council partly maintains the parish footpath cleansing via a grant from the District Council. It also pays for the upkeep of the parish owned street lamps.

The Parish Council has the right of representation on planning matters, which included all planning applications and strategic plan proposals.

Council meetings:

Meetings are normally held on a Thursday, bimonthly in the Village Hall with a Public Forum commencing at 7.30pm, and the Parish Council Meeting starting at 8.00pm. The meeting notices are posted on the noticeboard outside St Marys Church.

Meetings are open to the public - anyone is welcome to attend and to raise questions during the Public Forum time.

Agenda items:

Members of the public are welcome to write to ask that a particular matter be placed on the agenda. Such requests must reach the Clerk two weeks before the meeting.

The Council will either accept the request or explain in writing why it is not appropriate to do so.

The Annual Parish Meeting is normally held in May.
At the Annual Parish Meeting it is your opportunity to raise matters appropriate to the Parish Council in an open forum with the Parish Council, District and County Councillors.

List of Committee Members & Representatives

CHAIR:
Mrs Gill Jackson

VICE-CHAIRMAN:
Mr Tim Underwood

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Mrs Jean Basson
Mrs Tracy Saer
Mrs Carolyn Holbrook
Mrs Jennifer McCrory
Mr Basil Pilgrim
Mr Bill Snelling
Mr Leigh Alston

PARISH TRANSPORT:
Mr Leigh Alston

TREE WARDEN:
Mr Basil Pilgrim

RIGHTS OF WAY:
Mr Bill Snelling

CLERK TO BURES ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
Mrs Debra King, Church House, 2 Church Square,
Bures CO8 5BS

SPORTSGROUND COMMITTEE CLERK:
Mrs Debra King, Church House, 2 Church Square,
Bures CO8 5BS

CEMETERY AUTHORITY CLERK:
Mrs. Jenny Wright, 38 The Paddocks, Bures, Suffolk CO8 5DF

District and County Council Representatives

Cllr. Peter Holbrook (Babergh District Council)
Tel: 01787 228296

Cllr. Selwyn Pryor (Suffolk County Council)
Tel: 01787 227518

District and County Offices

Babergh District Council - Tel 01473 822801

Suffolk County Council - Tel 01284 583000

PARISH NEWS:-

The local PCO for Bures St Mary is:-
Sgt Lucy Rout, Police Station, Acton Lane, Sudbury, SUffolk. CO10 1QN. Tel 01284 774340.
email:- lucy.rout@suffolk.pnn.police.uk
 

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