Copdock and Washbrook
Parish Council
Parish Council
Parish Council
The Parish Council is delighted to welcome resident Jon Moon to the Council.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has asked that we bring the current consultation to your attention. The deadline is 23.50 on 13th April and the easiest way to submit a representation is online at: : https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/norfolk-and-suffolk-devolution
Read more on Consultation on Mayoral Combined County Authority
In Parliament, on 5th February 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced that Norfolk and Suffolk are among the areas to be included on the Government’s Devolution Priority Program (DPP) - a fast-track process with additional support, which will see a regional Mayor for Suffolk and Norfolk elected in May 2026 and new unitary councils elected in either May 2026 or 2027. As part of this, the Government has decided to cancel the County Council elections in May this year.
Read more on Devolution and Local Government Re-organisation
Our second Parish Council newsletter is currently being distributed inside this month's In Touch magazine, as well as being available to view here on our website.
Suffolk County Council have asked us to share this briefing on the English Devolution White Paper and it's implications for Suffolk - Briefing on the English Devolution White Paper for Town and Parish Councils in Suffolk.
Following the previous Devolution update published on the 7th January 2025, Suffolk County Council held an extraordinary meeting on 9th January of councillors, and a meeting of its Cabinet, to debate and then decide on whether or not to put Suffolk forward for the government's new devolution and reorganisation programme.
The Suffolk County Council's Cabinet agreed to recommend Suffolk for inclusion in the government's Devolution Priority Programme (DPP), which would see the creation of a directly elected Mayor (likely covering Suffolk and Norfolk) and the replacement of existing council structures with a streamlined unitary council being set up.
Residents may be aware that the Government has published its White Paper proposing a reorganisation of Local Government and the creation of Mayoral Strategic Authorities and unitary councils to replace the current structure of District and County Councils by the end of this parliamentary term.
To : All Towns/Parishes within the policing area covered by community police officers PC 1293 Niall Johnson and PC Katie Jarrett.
The Parish Council thanks Suffolk County Council for the efforts it is making to engage with the local community regarding this scheme and, having viewed the consultation materials, would comment as follows.
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