Jack Owen, the mayor of Sudbury, and Frank Minns, mayor of Hadleigh, have written an open letter to Babergh cabinet members to ask them to postpone a decision on car parking charges. - Credit: Charlotte Bond An open letter has been written urging Babergh cabinet members to reconsider making a decision on the slashing of free parking in the district, following concerns it would make the recovery from Covid-19 more difficult. Hadleigh Town Council and Sudbury Town Council have penned the letter to Babergh District councillors following a swathe of public backlash over its plans to cut free parking from three hours to one hour, a slight improvement on the original 30 minutes suggested.