CPALC

Suffolk Association of Local Councils - Parish and town councils are subject to specific and distinct law. SALC is the primary source ofl advice to the Suffolk town and parish council tier. SALC lobbies on and promotes important policy issues, including:

• Parishing unparished areas of Suffolk
• Supporting Quality Parish Status
• Lobbying for professionalism in parish councils. SALC has achieved a national syllabus for chairman’s training and a professional qualification for clerks, which continues to be promoted. Ongoing training for elected members is also an important policy commitment.
• Supporting devolved functions with funding.
• Calling for direct consultation on granting of HGV operators’ licences.
• Pressing for affordable homes for local people in every community with a proven need through a parish plan or Housing Needs Survey. This has helped achieve more affordable housing schemes. It was successful in gaining a reduction in the discount for second homes.
• Promoting use of rural brownfield sites for development to encourage more, properly paid, work for rural communities.
• Encouraging more safe footways and cycle ways in rural areas. SALC has also successfully
• supported Suffolk County Council on gaining additional funding for road maintenance.
• Encouraging sufficient precepts to create facilities and promoting elected councillors as community leaders.
• Lowering the age of election candidates to 18.
• Supporting the Code of Conduct’s 10 principles