Every four years a Parish Election is called by the Mid Suffolk District Council and the residents of Mellis have the opportunity to elect seven people, from those persons nominated for election, to serve on Mellis Parish Council. Details of your current Councillors can be found on the YOUR COUNCIL page.

Meetings of the Parish Council are held once approximately once a month. Dates for the meetings are published on the MEETINGS page of our website and on the noticeboard at the Mellis Memorial Hall. The meetings are held in Mellis Memorial Hall and this will be confirmed on the published agenda for each meeting. Additional meetings (extraordinary meetings) may be called to consider planning applications or other matters requiring an urgent response before the next scheduled meeting. These meetings will be similarly advertised on the website and on the Memorial Hall noticeboard. 

The Mellis Parish Councillors are Lawrie Read, Sue Barr, Ghed Paterson, Alan Cross and Lorraine Farley. The Clerk to the Parish Council is Jane challis, who can be contacted via email at mellisparishcouncil@gmail.com  

The Annual Meeting of the Parish Council is held in May. The Chairman and other officers of the Council are elected annually at this meeting

The Annual Parish Meeting, a meeting of the electors of the Parish rather than a Parish Council meeting, will be held between 1 April and 1 June inclusive each year. To view past Annual Parish Meeting minutes and reports go the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING page.

To comply with recent legislation “Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities” Mellis Parish Council publishes many of its documents on this website. Agendas; Minutes; Finance; Polices & Procedures; Members Register of Interests; etc can all be found by clicking on the links on the right hand side of this page. Please note that to view the Members Register of Interests you will be redirected to the Mid Suffolk District Council website. If you cannot find what you are looking for on these pages please contact the Parish Clerk. The documents may still be available to you under the Council’s PUBLICATION SCHEME.

Contact details for the Mellis Parish Clerk, your MP, your County Councillor and your District Councillor can be found on our USEFUL INFO page.