June 5th 2026
At the town council’s monthly meeting this week, councillors made the following decisions:
- approved quotes to repair the entrance to the Waveney Meadow car park and to the car park used by the indoor bowls club (which is owned by Beccles Fenland Charity Trust, the charity of which the town council is sole trustee);
- Agreed to allocate £15,000 to purchase two new pieces of play equipment at Beccles Quay, a zip wire and an agility trail. This followed a consultation that we carried out with local schools and via Facebook about which equipment to buy. The zip wire (see picture attached) was overwhelmingly the most popular choice in this consultation.
- Agreed to start a programme of councillor ‘surgeries’ to help the council to hear residents’ views – look out for more detail on this in the next few weeks.
- Confirmed that the Soapbox Derby event would go ahead again this year – the event will take place on Station Road on Sunday 27th September.
- Approved a quote to repair a damaged weir adjacent to Beccles Common, which should help with the flow of water in the dykes around the Common.
