Lowestoft Town Council
Have you spotted the dazzling daffodils around our parks and open spaces? The blooming daffodils are certainly putting a spring in our step with their sweet scents and heartening hues. These can be found throughout Lowestoft, including Normanston Park, Sparrow’s Nest, Arnold’s Bequest and Daffodil Walk.
Need a bit of guidance to find these wonderful spaces? All our parks and open spaces are catalogued on the website, with a brief history and directions on how to find them.
Read more on Dazzling Daffodils in our parks and open spaces
Suffolk Growth Partnership is working with Park City Consulting and Suffolk local authority environmental health officers to deliver four free webinars to support local businesses within the retail, hospitality & leisure sector prepare for safe reopening. The four webinars will focus on how you can be ready to re-open, protect your employees and customers, and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in your establishments. This helpful guide for re-opening businesses will include:
>Environmental health expectations
>Covid-19 secure workplace Risk Assessment
>Social distancing, signage, staff bubbles, and cleaning regime(s)
>Testing staff (What kits are available? How often to test?)
>How you can support your employees through HR guidance
>Guidance on how and when to report positive cases
>An opportunity to ask any questions you have to our health & safety and HR experts and more.
Visit Suffolk Growth Partnerships website to find out more and book your space. Please note spaces are limited, so be sure to book quickly.
From today, 29 March 2021, the ‘stay at home’ rule ends, however many restrictions remain in place to continue to keep the community safe, including:
>Work from home if you can.
>Outdoor sports facilities will reopen (such as tennis courts and basketball courts)
>Outdoor gatherings of either 6 people or 2 households are allowed, including in private gardens.
Please continue to wash your hands regularly, wear a facemask where required and keep a safe distance from those who are not from your household.
Full details about the current restrictions.
From Monday 29 March 2021, Blakedown Landscapes will carry out essential works at The Ness Park. As a guide, the works that will be carried out over the next two weeks will be as follows:
Due to the nature of these works, at certain times it will be crucial for the play area and other parts concerned to be fenced off. The Town Council appreciate the local community’s patience while these works will be carried out.
The Notice of Election for the Parish by-elections scheduled for Thursday 6 May 2021. This Notice is displayed on East Suffolk Council's website.
1. An election is to be held for Councillors for the following Parishes.
2. The number of Councillors to be elected for each Parish is:
Beccles Common - 1 Councillor
Beccles Darby - 2 Councillors
Beccles Rigbourne - 1 Councillor
Framlingham - 2 Councillors
Lowestoft Elmtree - 1 Councillor
Lowestoft Gunton - 1 Councillor
Lowestoft St. Margarets West - 1 Councillor
Nacton - 1 Councillor
Oulton West - 1 Councillor
Oulton Broad North - 1 Councillor
Southwold - 2 Councillors
Woodbridge Riverside - 1 Councillor
Woodbridge Seckford - 1 Councillor
3. Forms of nomination may be obtained, during normal office hours, from the Returning Officer at the addresses shown below.
4. Completed nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer at the addresses shown below, on any day after the date of this notice, during normal office hours but not later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021.
5. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021, between the hours of 7am and 10pm.
6. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on Monday 19 April 2021.
7. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal and postal proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.
8. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021.
9. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 6 May 2021.
Electoral Services, East Suffolk Council, Riverside 4 Canning Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0EQ
Electoral Services, East Suffolk Council, East Suffolk House, Riduna Park Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1RT
Notice of Election - Parish PDF
There have been numerous reports throughout our community that many areas have been subject to fly tipping and reckless littering. Please ensure that when you visit our parks and open spaces or anywhere throughout the town, you dispose of your litter responsibly in the bins provided, or take your rubbish home with you. Fly tipping poses a real danger to the environment and local wildlife, if you witness fly tipping or come across hazardous or possibly poisonous waste, report it to the Environment Agency on its 24-hour hotline on 0800 80 70 60. Alternatively, fill out East Suffolk Council's online fly tipping and reporting form, which can be found on the District Council Website.
Today, Tuesday 23 March 2021 marks a full year since the UK’s first national lockdown – Marie Curie, the end of life charity wishes for everyone to come together today to reflect on our collective loss, support those who have been bereaved, and hope for a brighter future.
This annual day will give us all time to pause and think about this unprecedented loss we are facing, and support each other through grief in the years to come. Today at 12 noon join Marie Curie, for this moment of reflection, take some time and space to think about the last year and reflect on you or your loved ones’ loss. At 8pm Marie Curie will also hold a minute’s silence, for everyone to come together to light up the night out of darkness. Alternatively, take a moment today to connect to your loved ones, call and check in with a friend, or send flowers to someone who is grieving and may need some extra support today.
More information about National Day of Reflection is available on the Marie Curie website, including talks and conversations that you can attend, a message from Marie Curie Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales, and how you can show your support today.
Please note that the Jubilee Bridge from Belle Vue Park over The Ravine, and The Ravine road and footway are closed until further notice. This is for safety reasons and is unavoidable. It is uncertain at this stage how long it will take until works are concluded and the bridge made safe again.
If you have questions about the closures, please contact East Suffolk Council who are managing the Bridge repairs. Call: 0333 016 2000 or email: customerservices@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Commonwealth Day is an annual celebration observed by people all over the Commonwealth in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific and Europe. Commonwealth Day 2021 will be celebrated on Monday 8 March 2021, with a schedule of virtual events. Each year, there is usually a service held at Westminster Abbey to mark Commonwealth Day, however, due to the pandemic, no service will be held this year. Instead Her Majesty The Queen delivered her annual message in ‘A Celebration for Commonwealth Day’, which was broadcast on Sunday 7 March on BBC ONE in the UK. Watch The Queen’s message and celebration for Commonwealth Day 2021.
