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Seckford lick wounds after disastrous GCSE results at Beccles and Saxmundham
Back in 2012 I wrote extensively about the proposed Seckford Free Schools at Beccles and Saxmundham saying they were unwanted and that the...
LIVE BLOG: Stradbroke Parish Council Planning Committee Grove Farm 27th July 2015 8pm
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Grove Farm: Suffolk County Council officer recommends refusal due to "significant detrimental landscape impacts"
Download a copy of the letter recommending refusal of Grove Farm plans A detailed response from Suffolk County Council's landscape ...
Sorry seems to be the hardest word...
It's sad, so sad It's a sad, sad situation. And it's getting more and more absurd. It's sad, so sad Why can't w...
Chairmen's statements leave questions unanswered following resignation of clerk
From left to right: current Chairman Stuart Gemmill, Clerk Carol Smy, Vice-Chair Olly Last and former Chair Nick Stones Current Parish ...
Sad day for Stradbroke. Parish Clerk resigns. Stradbroke Monthly editors accuse councillors of bullying
UPDATED 10/5/2015 with sound and video clips Tonight Stradbroke Parish Council hit a new low with both the resignation of the Parish Cler...
Why is the parish council discussing the magazine again and not broadband?
Over the past few months broadband speeds in Stradbroke have got worse and worse with some people experiencing complete loss of service for ...
Transparency Code loophole allows Councils to avoid publication of papers
The Coalition Government under Eric Pickles introduced several pieces of legislation aimed at improving local government openness and tr...
County Council explains more about Superfast broadband for Stradbroke
Suffolk County Council have provided some more information about the availability of "superfast" broadband in Stradbroke. There is...
Parish Councillors attempt to sack magazine editors in "ambush" at annual meeting
Updated with Soundcloud clips from the meeting on 19/5/15 at 17:30 At the first meeting of the newly elected Stradbroke Parish Council la...
LIVE BLOG: Stradbroke Parish Council AGM 18th Feb 2015 7.30pm
LIVE BLOG from the Stradbroke Parish Council AGM on 18th Feb 2015 starts at 7.30pm with the election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman. This is ...
Unfair electoral system delivers bizarre General Election result
I sat watching the election coverage last night with two very puzzled looking children. They were finding it hard to understand how the vote...
SCC confirm "superfast" broadband for just half of Stradbroke by September 2015
In response to my previous blog post " When will Stradbroke get Superfast broadband " Suffolk County Council have sent the followi...
Why I'm voting Green in 2015
Back exactly five years ago on 3rd May 2010 I wrote a Blog post about why I was voting for the Lib Dems . Unlike some bloggers I keep ...
Did Dan Poulter really "succeed in the fight to keep open Stradbroke Post Office"?
As Tory MPs go I must admit to quite liking Dan Poulter (or Dr Dan as he likes to be known). I think I liked him more before he went on th...
When will Stradbroke get "superfast" broadband?
Anyone who attended the annual parish meeting last night might have ended up with a feeling of deja-vu. Stradbroke's County Councillor G...
Grove Farm "could be joined to Shelton Hill"
Papers published online as part of the Stradbroke Neighbourhood Plan traffic workstream show a suggestion to join together the proposed Gr...
Stradbroke Parish Council "divided against itself" on Grove Farm
The Diss Express report of Stradbroke Parish Council's vote on the proposed Grove Farm development makes interesting reading. A split ...
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Stradbroke Parish Council needs change
Stradbroke Parish Council needs to change. The elections on 7th May provide a rare opportunity to ensure that it does. The fact that w...
Why the new Tory "right to buy" policy could mean no affordable housing at Grove Farm
This artists impression might be the closest we get to affordable housing in Stradbroke Being old enough to remember the Thatcher govern...
Grove Farm, follow the money...
In a "viability" study submitted as part of the planning process for the proposed Grove Farm development the market value of the ...
Vote against Grove Farm and keep Stradbroke a village
People often say there is no point in voting and sometimes they have a point. But on May 7th this year there is every reason for Stra...
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