Blog Posts

  • West Suffolk Conservatives select their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate – Nicholas Timothy

    West Suffolk Conservatives select their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate – Nicholas Timothy

    The process of selecting a candidate to fight the next election began some time ago for me. I was elected to be part of the 5 person sifting committee to reduce the number of applicants down to a manageable number. The long list went from way over a 100 applicants down to 70 and then… Read more

  • Road closure – Kedington 7th – 18th August

    For the duration of the road closure, traffic will be diverted via Silver Street, West End Lane, Hundon Road, Mill Road, B1061 and vice versa. For your information, highways are planning to carry out drainage surveys and improvements along Kings Hill, Kedington (from Ketton Hall to Silver Street) and Silver Street, Kedington (from Kings Hill… Read more

  • Will Bury St Edmunds lose much needed swimming facilities? A press release following tonight’s Cabinet meeting

    “At tonight’s West Suffolk Council meeting Councillor Nick Clarke, Leader of the Conservative group, congratulated Cliff Waterman on his speech at the Local Government Association conference at which he praised the Mildenhall Hub and said he was proud of the different way of working that is facilitated by a hub. Cllr Clarke said “I am… Read more

  • Cancelled, that didn’t last long. Road closure – Hundon

    “Hi all, Please be advised that the work detailed below has since been cancelled. We will contact you again should it be rescheduled. Regards Suffolk Highways” I have just had this notification in from Highways. For your information, we are planning to carry out drainage improvements along C672 Valley Wash, Hundon, from Mary Lane to… Read more

  • Grass cutting – we need a review, its not good enough

    Grass cutting is much more complex than you might think. The public realm is owned by lots of different organisations, West Suffolk Council, County Council, Parish and Town Councils. West Suffolk Council cuts lots of it much of it on behalf of others. There are play areas, community areas, road splays, verges and of course… Read more

  • Local Government Association conference

    I attended the LGA conference in Bournemouth last week. An excellent event with many good speakers, including Michael Gove. Most speakers realise that the LGA is cross political and moderate their speeches accordingly. Unfortunately, Angela Rayner, who kindly stepped in to replace Kier Starmer, didn’t get that brief it appears. We had to sit through… Read more