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Suffolk Highways forums

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

Suffolk Highways forums

As part of the collaboration following attendance at the SALC Conference in November, we are pleased to offer members the first online highways forum which will focus on flooding and draining. *Floo...

Sep 23, 2024

DEFRA's Property Flood Resilience Grants Scheme 2023

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

DEFRA's Property Flood Resilience Grants Scheme 2023

In February 2024, Suffolk County Council Flood Grants Officer contacted householders and business owners whose properties were directly impacted by internal flooding during Storm Babet (19-25 October...

Sep 17, 2024

Unauthorised encampments

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

Unauthorised encampments

* The Norfolk and Suffolk Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Service (NSGRTS) should be informed as soon as an unauthorised encampment arrives. Contact details are provided below: * * Contact by phone...

Sep 13, 2024

Rural Coffee Caravan

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

Rural Coffee Caravan

The Rural Coffee Caravan is an established Suffolk charity that addresses rural isolation, loneliness and difficulties accessing information that supports happy, healthy, independent living. They do t...

Sep 13, 2024

80 VE Day

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Laura Sampson

80 VE Day

A shared moment of celebration ** Following on from the enormous success of D-Day 80 - 6th June 2024, in which we all commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, Fr...

SALC news / update for members

Sep 9, 2024

New specialist support for councils

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

New specialist support for councils

SALC is excited to announce that specialist support for councils on cemetery management is now available through the ICCM, The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management. SALC will have access t...

Sep 4, 2024

SALC moves to .gov.uk domain

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

SALC moves to .gov.uk domain

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS In view of the current drive to encourage councils to move to a .gov.uk domain including emails, and in order to lead by example, SALC have now made the move to .gov.uk...

Aug 24, 2024

NPPF Consultation

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

NPPF Consultation

We have recently sent information to our member councils on how to engage through NALC with the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This is the best way NALC can gather...

Aug 22, 2024

NSIPs newsletter

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Sally Longmate

NSIPs newsletter

We are pleased to announce the third edition of a joint newsletter produced by Suffolk County Council and distributed by SALC focussed on nationally strategic infrastructure projects impacting Suffolk...

Aug 14, 2024

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Kirsty White

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is seeking views from local (town and parish) councils and county associations on the government's proposed reforms to the NPPF and other changes to t...

Aug 6, 2024

Request to take part in survey

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Kirsty White

Request to take part in survey

The Joint Panel on Accountancy and Governance (JPAG) held its latest meeting last week. The panel is responsible for the Practitioners' Guide, which is published to help smaller authorities (those wit...

Jul 12, 2024

On-demand planning webinars

Suffolk Association of Local Councils, Kirsty White

On-demand planning webinars

Tom Newcombe, Head of Planning and Environment team, Birketts Solicitors, presented four planning webinars during June. Thank you to all the councils that attended these webinars. We are delighted to...

Jul 10, 2024

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