Road Closures

Closure of A1141
A1141 Monks Eleigh Highlands Road to Union Hill
A1141 Road from Hadleigh to A134 Semer
A1141 Lavenham Road, Lindsey
A1141 Clay Hill, Monks Eleigh
A1141 from Brent Eleigh to C721, Monks Eleigh
A1141 Hadleigh Road, Monks Eleigh
A1141 Foysters Hall, Monks Eleigh

Reason for Closure: Carriageway patching, with a return to site for associated works in June, July and August 2017. The work will take place between 7pm and 6am overnight in most cases.
Date of Closure: 29/05/2017 to 06/06/2017
Alternative Route: B1115 and vice versa.

Important Statement!
Suffolk Free Press Village Hall article

Angela Forrest, Chairman of Coronation Hall Trust/Monks Eleigh Village Hall and a Parish Councillor, and the committee of village hall trustees and Cllr Peter Day, also of Monks Eleigh Parish Council, would like to make clear that the article that appeared in the Suffolk Free Press on Thursday August 17th, entitled "Fresh Start for Monks Eleigh Village Hall" was written without the involvement, knowledge, consent or approval of Angela Forrest, Peter Day or any of the other village hall trustees or Parish Councillors. A public apology is being sought from Suffolk Free Press and it has been pointed out to the newspaper editor and the author of the article that most of the detail about MESCH is factually inaccurate and misleading. The article reads as though Cllr Angela Forrest and Cllr Peter Day had each been interviewed for the article. In fact the author of the article extracted content from village websites for the words in quotation marks. His source of the incorrect information about MESCH is not known.

Parish Clerk

Applications are invited to the post of: Parish Clerk
Monks Eleigh Parish Council

The successful applicant will be responsible for the administration of the Parish Council
The Parish Clerk will be offered training to support this role and must be able to attend evening meetings of the Parish Council. Download the 3 documents here to find out more about this opportunity: Job Description, Person Specification, Full Advert

Monks Eleigh Parish Council

Community Speed Watch

The Parish Council have been asked to consider re-starting the Speed Watch Scheme in the village. The Police team that run the scheme have advised that we require a minimum of 6 volunteers before the Police will consider approving the scheme in the village. We therefore need some volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, or would like some further information, could you please contact the Parish Clerk Nicola Smith: by email on monkseleighpc@gmail.com
or by telephone on 07817 170906
or in writing at Stable Flat, 47 High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9PY.

Combined Council Contact Number

District Councillor Mr Clive Arthey, advised the Annual Parish Meeting that Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils now have one telephone number to call to get in touch with all your local services - 0300 123 4000.