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Sutton Heath Parish Council

 

Thank You

A big thank you to everyone who came along to the Sutton Heath Parish Council AGM and the Annual Parish Meeting at the Crompton Hall on Monday night.

We appreciated your constructive suggestions and look forward to working with you all to support Sutton Heath in becoming a thriving and resilient community.

The next step will be for the Minutes to be signed off and they will be posted here, and the suggestions that were made will also be listed.

Cllr Tim Wilson is the Chair of the Parish Council, Cllr Rachel Smith-Lyte is Deputy Chair and I am the Clerk/RFO. Our other councillors are Cllr Sally Noble, Cllr James Mallinder and Cllr Terry Langridge.

The next Parish Council meeting will be on the 27th July.

If you would like to get in touch my email address is Ruth.Leach@eastsuffolkcouncil.gov.uk and my phone number is 07738517756

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Sutton Heath Parish Council

 

 

 

 

 

Sutton Heath Parish Council – record of matters raised at annual parish meeting, 15/6/26

 

Sutton Heath Parish Council quoracy over the last year – concerns were acknowledged, Cllr’s recommended that residents agree to start a new chapter. This was accepted.

 

Derelict house on the corner of Thorn Walk – update requested but as this is private property on an estate not covered by East Suffolk Council this is not possible at this stage, if somebody has contact details for the resident it would be helpful so that we can write to him about it.

 

Website – this is active and can be found by searching for Sutton Heath Parish Council or using this link: https://suttonheath.onesuffolk.net/ .

 

A request for a resident’s whatsapp group to be set up, done, please let me know if you would like your number to be added. In terms of GDPR this is limited to people who vote/reside at Sutton Heath and is an informal group purely for community related announcements. My number is 07738517756.

 

A call was put out for leaflet deliverers for our newsletter and any urgent notices – 4 residents have volunteered, which is much appreciated, especially as I am keen to get a newsletter out. Any further offers please let me know. Ruth.Leach@EastSuffolkCouncil.gov.uk

 

A request was made for a stronger relationship with the MOD which the Parish Council will support. Ideas on how to strengthen that were discussed, including a community ‘cook out’.

 

Speeding at Sutton Heath – requested to clear 40mph signage, actioned and completed. Request to be made to Cllr Jonathan Ramsay to explore repeater signs for 40 mph zone. Mowing to be discussed with Priem to request an approach to the mowing in order to support biodiversity.

 

A request was made to discuss a resident’s lack of a soakaway – once we have a MOD liaison officer we will be able to enquire.

 

Deer signs – to request from SCC Cllr Ramsay.

 

A big thank you to the person who does the litter pick along Heath Rd – this effort is appreciated and much valued by the community.

 

Stop sign that was knocked over – to request an update, I note that it has been removed but am awaiting confirmation that this job is complete and who removed it. Again, we need to do this through a MOD liaison person.

 

Sutton Heath Estates Sign – can some one point out exactly where is as because I can no longer see it, damaged signs at Heath Rd T junction, report on SCC Highways reporting tool.

 

Broken Bus shelter and missing timetable and bus ‘no shows’ to be reported to SCC – actioned.

 

Exercise classes – suggestions for yoga classes, dance for health, Tai Chi, and others – discussed with Gurkha families as well so discussion is now taking place with communities officer at East Suffolk Council. Consideration will be given to licencing and shared times as requested as well as a weekend class if available.

 

Request for a pop-up pub – to be explored, possibly on the Bealings model.

 

Newsletter – much needed and would like it to go out in September, any suggestions/content please send to me at this stage. Any further leaflet deliverers will be appreciated.

 

A wine tasting event was suggested – to be explored.

 

Priem - AGM details shared by resident Claire Thompson, awaiting those minutes which are emailed to residents I believe, apologies that I didn’t attend, was getting married.

 

East Maintenance – request for representation on Council – more to follow on co-option and vacant Cllr places over next few days as I take advice from SALC, NALC legal and East Suffolk Council.

 

To request a MOD liaison person – actioned.

 

According to my notes, these were the issues raised, thank you to everyone for the enthusiastic and lively engagement. This is a promising start to a new chapter.

 

We will continue to action the points above, please feel free to contact me on 07738517756 or via Ruth.Leach@eastsuffolkcouncil.gov.uk .

 

The next parish council meeting is on the 27th July, I am using the parish noticeboard outside the shop as well as the website to post communications. If there are any items to be considered for the agenda or the newsletter please let me know. The agenda is already very full as we pick up matters from over the last year.

 

Kind Regards

Cllr Ruth Leach

Sutton Heath Parish Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUTTON HEATH PARISH COUNCIL

To Members of the Parish Council

Cllr James Mallinder     Cllr Ruth Leach    Cllr Sally Noble

Cllr Tim Wilson     Cllr Rachel Smith-Lyte     Cllr Terry Langridge

You are hereby summoned to a meeting of the Parish Council to be held at the Crompton Hall on Monday 27th July 2026 at 6pm

Ruth Leach, Acting Parish Clerk 20/7/26

Public Attendance

Members of the public and press are welcome to attend.  The public will be invited to give their views/question to the Town Council on issues on the agenda, or raise issues for consideration of inclusion at future meetings.  This item will be limited to thirty minutes duration and each speaker may speak for 3 minutes.

The Parish Council, members of the public and press may record/ film or broadcast this meeting when the press and public are not lawfully excluded. Any member of the public who attends this meeting is advised that the Parish Council cannot control 3rd party recording.

 

A G E N D A

  1. 1. To receive apologies for absence
  2. 2. To receive Declarations of Interest in respect of Agenda items and to request and grant dispensation where required
  3. 3. To approve draft minutes of meeting held on 15th June 2026
  4. 4. Public question time
  5. 5. To receive report from: Cllr Jonathan Ramsay (SCC) and Cllr James Mallinder (ESC)          
  6. 6. Cllr’s Ramsay and Mallinder to take any questions from councillors
  7. 7. To share and discuss the financial position of the parish council including the signatories
  8. 8. To agree the purchase of licence for Crompton Hall hire
  9. 9. To agree content of the advert for the engagement of the parish council clerk
  10. 10. To note and discuss by-election for 5 requested seats, notice to be posted on 27/7/26
  11. 11. To consider planning applications – update if available on proposed development at Rock Barracks       
  12. 12. To note a request for funding for Hollesley family day 2027
  13. 13. To discuss relaunching the Newsletter and to agree a call for content
  14. 14. Update from Cllr Leach on matters raised at Annual Parish meeting
  15. 15. Confirm date for the next meeting: 21st September 2026