Needham Market Town Council Meetings:
These are held on the first and third Wednesday of every month. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meetings. Town Council meetings are held in The Green Room, Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, IP6 8BB
Notice of Casual Vacancy on Needham Market Town Council
There is a casual vacancy on the Town Council and Councillors will seek to co-opt to this at the Town Council meeting to be held on Wednesday 21st November.
Expressions of interest are invited from anyone who satisfies the qualification criteria and wishes to become a Town Councillor. Please contact the Town Council Office, Tel: (01449) 722246 for advice on the qualification criteria. There is no application form and expressions of interest can be emailed, posted or handed in to the Town Council Office. Advice given to those considering expressing an interest is to provide a brief personal overview and what one can add to the Council by way of commitment. Alternative to submitting an expression of interest in advance is for any applicant to come along to the Town Council meeting on 21st November and opportunity will be given for them to make a verbal submission to Councillors during the meeting. Further information on being a Local Councillor can be found in The Good Councillors Guide, which is available on the Suffolk Association of Local Councils website www.salc.org.uk or, hardcopies are available from the Town Council Office.
Needham Market Neighbourhood Plan
September 2018 Update:
The September 2018 edition of the Town Council Newsletter contains a centre insert that summarises the AECOM Feasibility Report.
Please click on the following link for:
Needham Market Neighbourhood Plan – (Summarised AECOM Feasibility Report)
To enable the Feasibility Report to be uploaded to this website, it has been split into 3 accessible parts. Please click on the following links for:
AECOM Feasibility Report Part 1
AECOM Feasibility Report Part 2
AECOM Feasiblity Report Part 3
Needham Market Town Council
Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR)
Please click on the following links for:
Annual Electoral Register Canvass 2018
Please click on the following link to see information regarding registering to vote:
Needham Market Train Station – Access for All
The Town Council is pleased to be supporting a group of campaigners aimed at improving accessibility to the Needham Market Train Station.
Needham Market Train Station – ‘Access for All’ CampaignThank you for your help so far towards this local petition (nearly 1500 signatures April 2018) to achieve an alternative to the 49 steep steps to access or disembark from the Ipswich-bound platform. Currently wheelchair users, and many others with limited mobility, travelling with buggies, toddlers, heavy luggage or bicycles, are unable to use our train station; it is also restricting economic development in this fast-growing area.Our campaign has been busy:
Ongoing coverage in local newspapers and Radio Suffolk
Meetings with Council and Railway officials and support of local organisations, businesses, and Councils at Town, District and County level
Support of national organisations such as Campaign for Better Transport
A Facebook profile, with link to the online version of our petition
In March 2018 we met with Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, together with MP Jo Churchill – both are now aware of our station’s exceptionally poor access facilities and of our campaign to improve this.It is likely Government will be considering new funding in late 2018 – this will be a national ‘pot’ and competition will be fierce. We need as much evidence of local support as possible to increase our chance of a Government grant – our goal is 2000 signatures.PLEASE HELP US BY DISPLAYING THIS PETITION AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SIGN.
SUPPORTERS CAN ALTERNATIVELY SIGN ONLINE AT: tinyurl.com/needhamstation
AND CAN ‘LIKE’ OUR FACEBOOK PAGE: @NMaccessforall~ THANK YOU ~
This hardy group of Local Campaigners already include Town, District and County Councillors as well as our local Member in Parliament Jo Churchill, yet still urgently need your support.
Please sign the petition today:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/nmrailaccess4all
Needham Market Community Centre
All enquiries regarding hiring or use of the Community Centre must be emailed to the Community Centre Manager, Mr Martin Spurling: [email protected]
or telephone: 07756 575158.
Needham Lake
Needham Lake is owned and operated by Mid Suffolk District Council and all enquiries relating to it should be made directly to them.
Please see their Website for contact details: www.midsuffolk.gov.uk