Parish Council

The Annual General Meeting of Blaxhall Parish Council will be held on Wednesday 4th May 2022 following the APM at 7:0pm in Blaxhall Village Hall.  Members of the Public and Press are welcome to attend.  Agenda - Click Here, Draft Minutes (March Meeting) - Click Here.  Finance Documents to follow.

The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th May 2022 at 7:00pm in Blaxhall Village Hall - Agenga - Click Here The ANNUAL PARISH MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUALLY ON WEDNESDAY 5TH MAY 2021 AT 7:30PM VIA ZOOM - Draft Minutes - Click Here APM Reports - County Cllr Andrew Reid, Suffolk County Council - Click Here, Blaxhall Commons Trust - Click Here, Parish Tree Warden - Click Here, Suffolk Wildlife Trust (Big Common) - Click Here, Garthwaite Trust - Click Here

Blaxhall Parish Council consists of 6 Councillors, Graham Bowles, Raymond Herring, Karen Baker, Shane Pictor, Mark Oakley & Jonathan Cutting.

Jo Peters is employed as Clerk/RFO to the Council.

There are currently 3 vacancies on the Parish Council. If you are interested in standing to join the Parish Council please contact Jo Peters (Parish Clerk) on blaxhallparishclerk@gmail.com.

Meetings are held in the Village hall on the 1st Wednesday of the month with additional meetings held as the need arises. The meetings are open to the public and press and there is always a 15 minute public speaking time on the agenda at the start of each meeting.  

The Parish Council are the Trustees of the Village Hall, which is run as a charity, with a working committee made up of parishioners and councillors. The Playing Field is also run with a similar committee.

Blaxhall Parish Council are the official owners of Blaxhall Common (or Heath) which is a designated SSSI and has been so for nearly twenty years. The Common makes up part of the Sandlands that follows the coast from Southwold to Martlesham Heath, Ipswich. On the common you will find Nightjars and Nightingales breeding in spring, also there are Green Tiger beetles, Sand Wasps and others having adapted to the heath conditions, that without they would all die out. Muntjac are solitary animals and can be regularly seen along with Roe Deer roaming in herds.

Blaxhall Parish Council is here to serve all residents of Blaxhall and aims to be as accessable as possible. If you would like to speak to the Clerk, Jo Peters, you can contact her in one of the following ways:-

• Call on 01394 459400
• E-mail at blaxhallparishclerk@gmail.com
• Write to: Joanne Peters, Blaxhall Parish Council, Neutral Farm House, Mill Lane, Butley, Woodbridge, Suffolk. IP12 3PA