News – Page 3 – Walsham le Willows

30th January 202330th January 2023

Home energy advice service

The aim of this service is to support householders with free advice on energy. Free, impartial advice to help if you are considering investing in renewable energy for your home and/or want advice on how to insulate your home properly.

This service has helped over 40 householders with advice on practical measures to improve their home insulation and also more detailed advice on renewables such as solar panels and heat pumps. The service can support another 60 householders before the end of March 2023.

All householders have to do is to call on 01473 350370 to go through some simple questions about their home or complete the home audit checklist here:
https://www.salc.org.uk/r/BIh/m/94446

30th January 202330th January 2023

New improved Local Welfare Assistance Scheme (LWAS)

30th January 202330th January 2023

Road Closure Hunston

Highways will carry out pre surface dressing road repairs along U5942 Mill Lane and U5942 The Green, Hunston.

Planned between 6 and 14 February 2023.

The roads will be closed for the duration to ensure that works can be dafely carried out.

Traffic will be diverted via The Street, Westley Way, Hunston, Westley Way, Great Ashfield, Main Road, Elmswell Road, Norton Road and vice versa.

20th January 202320th January 2023

More Anglian Water works, The Causeway

From the end of February Anglian Water will be carrying out essential works on the Badwell Road to the 285 meter section between the Four Ashes corner and the end of the 30mph zone (apart from access to properties). Access to these properties will obviously be maintained for residents. Anglian Water is liaising with the residents whose access to their properties is directly affected.

This will be a complete closure for four weeks.

Download the map of the diversion route below.

BADWELL ROAD,WALSHAM LE WILLOWS TM Plan Download

17th January 202315th March 2023

Shepherd’s Grove Planning Application is in

? Copart Site, Sandy Bedfordshire (smaller than that proposed for Stanton)

The planning application for the Shepherd’s Grove site at Stanton has been submiited to West Suffolk. The Parish Council have drafted some initial objections which can be found in the minutes of the meeting held on 11th January 2023 (appendix 2).

Find out more about this and what you can do on the home page.

6th January 20236th January 2023

Ian Toulson receives Order of British Empire

Our very own Ian Toulson BEM. Ian was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

Congratulations Ian.

East Anglian Daily Times article

26th November 202026th November 2023

Village Recycling Banks

The Memorial Hall car park has bottle, paper and clothing banks. If they are full please do not leave recycling in the car park. Call one of the numbers below to request that the bank is emptied.

Clothing Bank | 01737 770321
Paper | 01373 830948
Glass | 01842 820804
If they’re full, let someone know!

Please do not leave any other types of recycling. Take these to one of the local recycling centres. Slots can be booked the the Suffolk County Council recycling site.

26th November 202027th November 2023

Walsham le Willows Emergency Community Defibrillator

yellow automated electronic defibrillator device

Located in the refurbished red telephone kiosk just outside the Memorial Hall.

Kiosk has no telephone.

Get the access code by dialling 999 on your mobile, ask for ambulance, giving IP31 3AA as the location.