About Us

Cookley and Walpole Parish Council meets at 7.15 for 7.30 pm in Walpole Pavilion, usually on the 4th Tuesday of every month except August and December. Members of the public are warmly welcome to attend these meetings which open with a public forum where residents can ask questions, chat to councillors or air their views on local matters that may concern them. Once the Council meeting is underway, residents may remain but not participate (unless invited to by the Council for some reason). The present Councillors, some elected and some co-opted, but all working on behalf of local residents and their interests, are:

Luke Andrews	Cookley	Emergency Planning
Robert Chase	Cookley	Cookley footpaths and Defib.
Jane Henson	Walpole	Neave Close, Allotments
Christopher Leggett	Walpole	Trees, Cemetery
Jonathan Lewis	Walpole
Zoé Mair	Walpole	Emergency Planning and Planning, First Aid training, Playingfield Trustee
Michael Porter	Walpole	Highways, Playingfield Trustee
Anne Thomas	Walpole
Bryce Travers	Cookley
John Winter	Cookley	Footpaths

There are currently 4 vacancies on the Parish Council, 1 for the Parish of Cookley and 3 for the Parish of Walpole.

A typical agenda covers Planning, Finance, Highways, Footpaths, the Environment, Trees and hedgerows, the Cemetery, reports from local groups (eg Cookpole Energy Action).

Please contact our Parish Clerk, Tina Newby, if you wish to bring any issue to the attention of your parish council or indeed if you are interested in becoming a councillor yourself.

Please click here to see a register of the Councillors' interests