Thorpeness, Application To Approve Venue For Marriages & Civil Partnerships

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

Marriage Act 1994 And The Marriages And Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005 Marriages And Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises)(Amendment) Regulations 2022

Suffolk County Council has received an application from The Hotel Folk Limited for Thorpeness Country Club, The Benthills, Thorpeness, Suffolk IP16 4NU to be approved as a venue for the solemnisation of marriages in pursuance of Section 26 (1) (bb) of the Marriage Act 1949, and the registration of civil partnerships in pursuance of section 6 (3A) (a) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

Copies of the application and plans showing the proposed premises have been deposited and may be Inspected free of charge at the offices of: Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX between 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday - Thursday and 9:00am and 4:00pm Friday. Further copies of these documents have also been deposited at: The Registration Office, 26a Quayside, Woodbridge IP12 1BH and may be inspected, by appointment, between 9:30am – 4:00pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Any representation or objection with respect to this application may be sent in writing to Jane Parker Head of Registration Services, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2BX or to: venuelicensing@suffolk.gov.uk before 29/10/2025 stating the grounds on which it is made.

Nigel Inniss Head of Governance,

Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX

Date: 08/10/2025