COUNCIL MEETING 12 JUNE 2025 INTERNAL AUDIT 2024/25 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. 1. The Council’s accounts have been audited by the Internal Auditor for the financial year 2024/25. The report is document 9.3.1 on this agenda. In its opening paragraph it is stated that the year end report should be read in conjunction with the Interim Internal Audit report dated 9 January 2025 and covering the first half of the financial year. The interim report was reported to Council on 13 February 2025.This report addresses the recommendations of the Internal Auditor in both audit reports. 2. Interim Report The [...]

Contact details : 1 Hembling Terrace, Mill Lane, Suffolk, IP13 0PP Tel: 07732 681125 Email: heather@heelis.eu Heather Heelis Dip HE Local Policy FILCM Lynne Lodge Dip HE Local Policy 1 HEELIS&LODGE Local Council Services • Internal Audit Year End Internal Audit Report for East Bergholt Parish Council – 2024/2025 The following Internal Audit was carried out on the adequacy of systems of control in accordance with the requirements of the Audit and Accounts Regulations 2015 and the guidance and instruction in the Practitioners Guide 2025 and should be read in conjunction with the Interim Internal Audit report dated 9/1/2025. The [...]

Schedule of Payments – May 2025 Ref Payee Purpose Amount (Incl. VAT) 41 The Gattinetts Office rent - May 736.67 42 Honk Media Media package - April 475.00 43 Dependable Dave Grass cutting East End - April 105.00 44 KMC Petrol April & number plate 108.20 45 K Cleaning Office cleaning - April 15.00 46 G White Reimbursement DVLA fee 55.00 47 Sproughton Garden Machinery Mower repair 191.40 48 Sproughton Garden Machinery Mower repair 223.06 49 Octopus Energy Electricity Toilets 1-30 April 73.40 50 BT Business bill part - May 66.14 51 HM Land Registry Search fees 112.00 52 Anglian [...]

EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING APPLICATIONS: Parish Council Meeting 12 June 2025 Agenda Item 8 Date App. No Address Description 1. 12/05/25 DC/24/04060 Land adjacent to Oranges and Lemons Café, Rectory Hill, East Bergholt, CO7 6TL Planning Application – Erection of 1 no two-storey dwelling. Notice of appeal to be determined by written representations. All representations must be received by Planning Inspectorate by 13/06/25. 2. 13/05/25 DC/25/02079 Richardsons Farm, Gaston Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6SB Householder application – Erection of two storey extension following demolition of existing single storey boot room and plant room and internal and external alterations. 3. [...]

Samford Report for June Meetings 2025 1 Waterfront gets street lighting upgrade thanks to Ipswich Investment Fund Lighting along Ipswich Waterfront has had a £129,000 upgrade thanks to a £2 million investment fund. The work in Albion Wharf has seen 25 new low energy LED lanterns installed between Neptune Marina apartments and Anchor Street apartments.The LED lanterns can be remotely monitored and controlled by Suffolk County Council’s central management system, being dimmed at pre-determined times to maximise energy savings whilst ensuring the right light is in the right place and at the right times. The columns have a 25-year design [...]

Samford Report May 2025 1 Flood schemes cash from government welcomed by council The agency has announced that it will be spending £68 million on projects across East Anglia, of which flood schemes in Suffolk have been allocated more than £14 million.Flood relief schemes across Suffolk will receive a share of the money from the Environment Agency.Suffolk County Council projects to receive funding are the Sudbury Surface Water Flood Alleviation Scheme, which receives £300,000, while Leiston Surface Flood Water receives £202,000. The Sudbury scheme will add another flood storage basin to one SCC constructed in 2022 which will reduce the [...]

1 EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL PARISHIONERS’ MEETING Thursday 8 May 2025 at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt Present – Parish Councillors Councillor J Miller (Chairman of the Council) Councillor N Roberts (Vice-Chairman of the Council) Councillor M Burns Councillor S Davies Councillor P Dent Councillor R Elmer Councillor M Hockley Councillor M Hurley Councillor L Matthews Councillor J Price Councillor G Woodcock In Attendance G White, Parish Clerk N Reed, Media Consultant County Councillor Georgia Hall One member of the public 1. Welcome The Chair of the Parish Council, Councillor Joan Miller, welcomed everyone to the Annual [...]