Get snapping! for the Felixstowe Photo CompetitionTown Hall Staff   07 Mar 2019

  With just a few weeks to go until the deadline, time is now running out to enter your snaps into the Felixstowe Photo Competition – where you could WIN a prize of £100 to put towards photographic equipment. The seaside town of Felixstowe in Suffolk is a unique, exciting and diverse location for photographic… Read more »

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‘FLYING THE FLAG FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ON 11 MARCH 2019’Town Hall Staff   05 Mar 2019

Felixstowe will join locations throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK Overseas Territories, and Commonwealth countries as more than 1,000 Commonwealth Flags will be raised on Monday 11 March – Commonwealth Day 2019. The Mayor of Felixstowe, Cllr Graham Newman, will raise the flag on behalf of the Town Council at 10am… Read more »

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Town Council submits its response to Suffolk Coastal District Council’s Final Draft Local PlanTown Hall Staff   21 Feb 2019

Click the image below to read Felixstowe Town Council’s response to the Suffolk Coastal District Council First Draft Local Plan Consultation (opens a PDF). The consultation documents themselves are available on the SCDC website here:  https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/planning/local-plans/suffolk-coastal-local-plan/local-plan-review/final-draft-local-plan/   

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Closure of Marks & Spencer StoreTown Hall Staff   07 Feb 2019

Despite our best efforts I was disappointed to receive the following from  David Leach,  Government Affairs Manager,  Marks & Spencer PLC “Dear Cllr Newman and Cllr Holdcroft, I am writing to inform you that a decision has now been made to proceed with the closure of the M&S store in Felixstowe. The consultation process with… Read more »

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Events held to mark 66th Anniversary of North Sea FloodsTown Hall Staff   01 Feb 2019

Town Council supports community resilience efforts on a day of remembrance marking anniversary of the North Sea Floods. Yesterday the Mayor, fellow Town Councillors, local residents and children from Langer Primary Academy, laid a wreath for those who lost their lives to the 1953 flood in Felixstowe at a poignant service led by Reverend Andrew… Read more »

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Community leaders to meet with Marks & Spencer’s senior managementTown Hall Staff   25 Jan 2019

Community leaders set to meet with senior management next week following correspondence with Marks & Spencer’s Chief Executive, Steve Rowe. Further to the concern, sadness and anger expressed by Felixstowe residents and businesses at Marks & Spencer’s announcement that they propose closure of their store in the town, the Mayor of Felixstowe, Cllr Graham Newman… Read more »

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