Southwold Town Council

24/05/2021

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04/09/2020

Thank you to everyone who helped organise the Open Air Cinema over the past 2 nights and to all those who came and watched.

04/09/2020

04/07/2020

First day in the High Street for the Town Ambassadors - busy day helping visitors in the town and supporting the pedestrian system. Well done Sallie, Martin and Shaun.

23/05/2020

To aid social distancing, one way pedestrian walking has been introduced along the pavements in Southwold High Street. ‘Keep left and keep safe’.

14/05/2020

No planning applications for the Cttee to look at next week, so no planning meeting likely to be needed until June. Finance meeting is tomorrow as scheduled and the agenda is on the website together with details of how to join.

11/05/2020

Public to access Suffolk’s Recycling Centres from Thursday by appointment only.

Update from Suffolk County Council
A new online booking system will be in place when Suffolk’s Recycling Centres re-open on Thursday May 14th 2020. This appointment-only system is necessary to help reduce traffic disruption and queueing on roads around the sites and help manage additional demand on the waste sites. There are also new temporary restrictions and guidelines in place at all sites to support the safety of staff and members of the public.

Suffolk County Council has been working with its contractor FCC Environment to put plans in place to re-open all eleven sites to make sure that visits to the Recycling Centres are as safe as possible for residents and staff. In order to reopen the sites safely, people will need to book a time online when they can arrive and dispose of their waste. Through the online booking process, the council wants to limit the length of queuing on roads outside the Recycling Centres, which have occurred elsewhere in the country when sites have reopened. If you do not have an appointment, you will be denied access and turned away from the site.

08/05/2020

08/05/2020

Happy bank holiday and 75th anniversary of VE day to all. Be a hero and help save lives.

06/05/2020

VE Day Friday - ways to mark the occasion at home.

05/05/2020

Restart date for garden waste collection service.

East Suffolk Council has set a date for the resumption of its garden waste collection service.
Operations will restart on Bank Holiday Monday May 25, following an earlier suspension due to the impact of COVID-19, and all subscribers will receive their first collection during the subsequent fortnight. The Council has taken the decision to restart the service having been satisfied that criteria to ensure the safety of operatives have been met.
Cllr James Mallinder, Cabinet Member for the Environment, said: “We greatly appreciate the support and understanding that residents have shown following the suspension of our garden waste collection service. We said at the time that we would be looking to resume this service as soon as it is safe to do so and we are pleased that the safety criteria have now been met.
“In a large, rural district, with over 50,000 subscribers, managing collections whilst implementing social distancing is a considerable challenge. However, we are satisfied that we can deliver the service, while also ensuring that no more than two operatives are in each vehicle cab at any given time.
“Given the complexities of this situation, it is critical that we get this absolutely right and ensure that the service returns reliably. Once again, we would like to thank customers for their patience and support for our crews, and encourage residents to compost or retain their garden waste at home until the service resumes.”
Full details of the restart, including any changes to collection dates and payments or renewals will be confirmed shortly. Subscribers are asked not to call or email the Council about their collection at this time – all will be contacted individually in due course to confirm the new arrangements.

04/05/2020

Next stage of the Southwold harbour management Cttee consultation is now available - see details on the East Suffolk Council and Southwold Town Council websites . Please send in your comments by 12th June 2020.