East Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan review
Consultation results, February 2024

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Above: Introductory board

Above: Introductory board

Above: Introductory board – draft Vision statement

Comments on the Vision statement
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• This is a good succinct statement.
• Please, no new houses on Greenfield sites, only Brown.
• Good to see you have kept the neighbourhood going!
• How can East Bergholt protect the local natural environment and the AN B when
seem content to overturn any planning refusal on appeal. Does the local plan
offer any realistic protection?
• EB is growing to the size of a small market town without a centre. We will need to
work hard to make it work as a “community “
• Mission statement a good start
• I like the positive, sensitive approach to the future – forward thinking.
• Can we capitalise on our village status suggest welcome to East Bergholt. Sign
boards on grass verge at entrances.
• Good statement hope you will be able to maintain the sense of community which
is missing now
• Concerns are future development at what stage does the village become a town!
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• Is it realistic to aim for net zero? Are the council looking at ways to offset power eg
solar farms?
• Since the outer lying areas of the village have already been corrupted by new
housing developments, the centre of the village must be preserved. The Lion car
park is essential to keep as a free car park for village use, without this facility,
parking in the centre of the village, which is already at breaking point, will become
ridiculous for any home owner living in the vicinity.
• I sincerely hope that the new housing developments do not spoil the village’s
“special character”.
• Laudable vision but ‘successfully accommodating the needs arising from the new
housing’ requires improved infrastructure – extending primary school, improving
the doctors provision for example….
• agree
• 1. The Village is on the verge of becoming a small town due to the 2 new
developments currently ongoing. Land being sold off for greed will continue unless
further development. This has already changed the dynamics of East Bergholt.
These new developments will inevitably lead to attracting a percentage of
residents that will not appreciate the “East Bergholt” that was!.
• Sounds good
• “Need more services for young people
• Skatepark
• Monkey barsBasketball hoop
• Parkour ”
• There are lots of children in the village. I think the role of the village as the home to
our children is more important than things like heritage and visitors. It would be
great to see something like ‘a healthy and fulfilling place for children to grow and
thrive’.
• “Brothers response (5 years) More space to play football
• Playground on the other side of the village as it’s too far to walk to playingfields
• A library facility with activities”

• Nowhere for us to go. A playground is for younger children. There is no play space
on other side of village. No youth council and no opportunity to have our voices
heard.
• “We need a youth club
• More room to play outside
• Trampoline in park like at capel
• There is no girls football team
• We need a playground over the other side of the village”
• Agree.
• What a great vision 🙂
• We must focus on sustainability and climate change.
• Says it all
• House prices still to high for local families
• Perfect
• This needs far more emphasis on protecting and maintaining the character and
natural beauty of the village. In addition there is some repetition in this. Needs to
be far more snappy to be in touch with younger people
• No more large housing estates please! We are in danger of spoiling the look of this
historic village. Nobody will want to visit and in turn our existing businesses will lose
income due to lack of tourism. We want to remain a village and retain our sense of
community and not to become a town.
• Agree – but not sure about the net zero bit!
• Very nice in theory but as there have been no obvious/practical measures as to
green or sustainable initiatives since the declaration of the climate emergency, no
leadership in this area (lobbying of third party developers does not count as this is
secondary – not action initiated by village organisations), and no successful
schemes agreed (merely a lot of discussion), achieving net zero by the end of this
period is a pipe dream only.
• I can’t see how we will successfully accommodate the needs from the two new
housing estates. Doctors surgery cannot cope now. The environment is also less
attractive with these developments.
• I am edgy about the mention of new housing without quantifying its nature and
extent. I.e will it be predominantly affordable housing built primarily for local young
families who may wish to stay in the village? Will it be units of no more than two
storeys with just very few (say 3 max) buildings on any one development?
• Agree
• Basically you do nothing but generate paperwork
• Agree with vision
• All very ‘fashionable’ words but very vague and no committal
• “We would love access to a more local library than capel or hadleigh
• A skate ramp
• Safe areas to socialise other than the park
• Young people often hang around in the car park after dark which isn’t well lit or
very safe”

Community facilities

(Question 1)
What additional
community
facilities are
needed in the
village for children
and young
people?
E.g. play space,
indoor meeting
space, outdoor
meeting space,
sports pitches etc.

Comments
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• Playground around Moores Lane/Foxhall Fields
• Small 5 – a – side football pitch
• Skateboard park
• Range of facilities that go beyond sport. E.g. drama, dance, art.
• A youth club. Agree!
• Ask the young people – go into schools, work with local groups, find
out and engage with them
• Skateboard parks. Somewhere undercover when kids gather at the
park.
• Current facilities used to utilise existing
• Possible youth club to help keep children entertained
• Electric vehicle charging points available to public no need for for
community hub in Congregational church – no redundant
• Skateboard and BMX park. Would really attract new interest in an
existing and creative sport – art
• Community centre/hub for all ages.
• Possibility to walk or cycle to the schools
• Scouts, guides, youth leaders, et cetera. All in the same building
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• What happed to cherry blossom childrens centre?
• SPORTS SPACE,3G FOOTBALL PITCH WITH FLOODLIGHTS
• Sports facilities
• Outdoor meeting space eg a paved village square in the heart of
the village (outside the Coop) with limited designated parking for
disabled people and emergencies. More sports pitches eg keep the
cricket club where it is and create new football pitches on nearby
land. More green spaces open to the public, with a few benches
and a duck feeding pond eg the Box Iron. A new community centre
with space for classes, recreational activities and meetings. A
communal orchard to promote a sense of community and pride in
the village. Better public transport. More community events like the
Christmas parade eg a summer fete.
• With the advent of both new housing developments perhaps it’s
time East Bergholt had its own Cubs, Scouts, Brownies and Guides
clubs. These institutions have a way of instilling a sense of pride,
respect and compassion in the younger generation which will stay
with them for their lives. We already have several available meeting
spaces which cannot possibly be used to their full advantage and
would probably benefit from the extra use and funds.
• Indoor meeting space
• Sports centre including a gym and pool if possible. Additional play
facilities for young children and open parkland for dog walking.
• “Permanent space for young people
• Community hub with cafe and accessible village indoor space
• More play equipment for older children ”
• A basketball court at the park
• “There are few (no) play amenities for children around the Foxhall
Fields/new Moore Lane development areas, despite this area
hosting a significant portion of the village population.
• Play grounds
• Dedicated fields, where ball games are allowed”

• Outdoor play areas and meeting places
• Bakery shops or swimming pool as promised
• Greater provision of sports pitches. Both the football club and
cricket club need more facilities. Both clubs have been very
successful in building up large junior sections, but are now short of
space or suitable facilities to accommodate training and matches.
• Free indoor meeting place
• Why not utilise the space and facilities that exist. Schools could
provide space and facility with a contribution towards upkeep or
charity.
• More School and High School facilities.
• Youth centre facility
• Gyms and indoor community pursuits
• Better footpaths that allow youngsters and those pushing prams etc
to walk safely around the whole village. Indoor meeting places that
will allow youth groups to meet on a regular basis too.
• Additional sports pitches and associated parking
• Recreational space. Very affordable housing for community
members.
• We need to create opportunities for families to socialise. There is
some spaces available that needs to be utilised; Constable Hall And
Lambe School. There is a great and specific need to urgently create
an informal space for teenagers in the village to do the same.the
obvious space is within the current Gandish Rd playing fields. ( Is the
adult gym really used?)
• Zebra crossing for each school so they don’t die in a car crasb
• New sports grounds
• School football excellent use of space
• Not entirely facilities at present for youngsters
• Skate park would be great for all ages, I drive my children to the
Hadleigh skatepark and there are children, teenagers & adults who
use that for outdoor fitness.
• Clubs and activities
• Space for KS1 to play football
• “Coffee shop with small
• Play area”
• Youth club; park
• More opportunities for younger children to meet up, get together
and explore new opportunities
• A huge proportion of the village’s young people participate in sports
and physical activity. Proper space for popular sports like football
and tennis are hugely overused/cramped. It would be great if there
were enough well constructed football pitches, tennis courts etc to
meet the demand that exists.
• “Astroturf pitches that are cheaper to use than high school school
• Permanent football goals at playingfield
• More play equipment for older children
• Skate park”
• All year round sports facilities such as an Astro pitch which means
children can participate in football all year round without
weekends of flooded pitches preventing any winter sports from
taking place
• “We want to practice football
• At the weekend but the pitches are always being used ”

• I think there needs to be facilities to cater for a youth club. Also
make most of the facilities we have available in the village I.e the
flatford pitches
• Definitely a play area to accommodate the new housing estates
there are none at Moores lane end of the village . The young
children need some kind of youth club a space to meet.
• Astros, more football pitches, basketball, more parking for Gandish.
• Indoor space for toddler/preschool play and groups, probably a
scout/guide hut, space could double up for youth club and other
sport clubs such as martial arts/ boxing/ dance etc.
• My concern is how this will affect Primary school places, with the
increase in housing suddenly, will future places at the local primary
school be considerably limited?
• A larger play park for children would be great but even better
would be an indoor childrens space….if I want to take my young
children out I’m forced to go to Ipswich or Colchester if the weather
is wet/cold.
• Start a community based local organic vegetable growing scheme
for the whole village. Start a local car sharing scheme.
• “Plenty for young children with park and swings
• Sports pitches in abundance ”
• Something to engage teens
• Basketball Court, Indoor Meeting Space
• Community library, communal indoor space that’s not a school
• Sports pitches to facilitate the growing sports clubs in village.
• Hopefully a swimming pool is being built on the St James’s Place
development
• None
• A youth club encouraging creativity for those not sporty.
Opportunities to learn skills they can use in life. There are plenty of
sports clubs. Ask older generation who are retired if they will
volunteer time teaching skills. Other projects who have done this
have decreased elderly isolation and given a sense of self worth to
both generations while teaching invaluable skills.
• We could certainly do with a well run youth club as not every young
person in the village can afford expensive sports facilities. There is no
shortage of venues within the village but maybe the High School
would be a good venue to provide this facility?
• Weekly Youth club
• More sports pitches are becoming critical.
• better playground and sports facilities (cricket net for use)
• Dedicated indoor meeting place. Facility locations should
correspond to changes in the distribution of the village population –
i.e. not more piling of structures and services onto Gandish Rd sports
ground which is at saturation point. Open public space is sorely
needed as we seem to have very little, or indeed none, which
appears to be borne out by the local authority’s statistics on this
subject. One of the measures that the local authority (Babergh)
determines adequacy of provision through is by distance travelled
to village provision, it therefore makes no sense to position new
facilities in areas where population growth is not growing and will
require use of vehicles to access them. According to Babergh we
have one of the highest level of sports facilities for the population in
Babergh – therefore attention should focus on more efficient use of
these facilities (including Abbeycroft and school facilities) rather

than purchase of new facilities that will continue to be used
inefficiently.
• Parkland to play in so that we don’t get chased off the sports
grounds.Somewhere to go to with friends if it’s rainy or cold outside.
• indoor and outdoor meeting space plus sport pitches or better use
of existing pitches such as at the High School
• No comment
• Sports pitches that are not water logged – indoor space
• Play space. Sports pitches.
• “1. Properly assessed facilities for all sports, both indoor and outdoor.
• 2. Meeting and social spaces, to accomodate clubs and individual
interests”
• Somewhere for teenagers such as sports pitches and possible indoor
venue
• The village requires more sports pitches with convenient off road
parking facilities that do not detract from the rural nature of the
village. The village has several indoor meeting venues and these
should be enhanced with appropriate AV and connectivity facilities
that are fit for purpose. Consideration should be given for the
provision of appropriate youth club type facilities for youngster in a
new, convenient location although the provision of adequate
staffing levels might be problematical.
• Village centre seating, sports pitches
• A Forest School
• Indoor meeting place, playing field down the other end of the
villiage
• Cycle lane to Brantham
• Cycle path
• Apart from a designated indoor meeting place, I would say all those
mentioned already exist.
• Swimming pool

(Question 2)
There is a need for new recreation sports pitches. Where
should they go?

(use your sticky dots on the map)
Comments
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• Closer links to the high school for sporting facilities are not
realistic without a total change of policy. The existing facilities
at the school are not readily available to village organisations
and are vastly overpriced.
• Perhaps link the secondary school and use sports facilities
• Basketball pitch – aimed for teenagers
• Expansion/improvement of existing football/cricket facilities
• The, playing field at Gandish and Flatford Lane are already
overused and parking is increasingly problematic. Better use
and investment facilities at the high school would resolve this
issue.
• High school Plainfield could be opened
• North west of village, e.g. Vauxhall Fields/Morse Lane
• Population concentration (new and old). No more at
Gandish Road.
• Hopefully new homes will have recreation areas

• Sports field and parking. ?Parkfield? site? Handy for new
estate which has just been built opposite.
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• Why is the high school used more… parking and huge space
pitches and the field, much better than the primary school
which has restricted parking and frankly causing upset now
with bad driving behaviour on the Saturday football days,
dead end street , blocking drives, volume of traffic, pollution
etc
• GANDISH ROAD OR HADLEIGH ROAD
• Develop gandish road
• In the field next to the playing fields on Gandish Road or on
fields behind the existing playing fields at East Bergholt High
School.
• What need is this? What evidence is there that new sports
pitches are needed?
• Next to current recreation areas
• Associated with the school would enable use by the students.
However, access during school time for members should be
allowed
• As part of new housing estates
• Anywhere within walking distance around the village
• See answer to Q1 – around the NW side of the village, which is
amenity-poor
• If there is a need for new recreation sports pitches then
somewhere along Straight Road would seem to be the
obvious place.
• Bottom of village near foxhall fields
• There are fields surrounding the existing football site off
flatford Road that could allow for better parking facilities and
more pitches if joined up to the existing site. Any other areas
possible in the village. Consider supporting further
development of agricultural land on the basis there is
provision for sports facilities, a missed opportunity with the
current two developments adding nothing in this respect.
• Yes, adjacent to Gandish road Playing fields so pavilion
access or between new David Wilson Homes and A12
• Again utilise existing school facilities. There is only so much
countryside that can be lost
• No
• Incorporated within the two new developments?
• Beyond the Moores lane development
• More in Gandish Road or find spoace in east End.
• Is there any land available?
• Adjacent to existing sports facility
• New estates
• No
• Not sure….with the 2 new large housing developments it
would make sense to have an outdoor recreation space
near them
• Near Gandish field if possible
• Gandish Road
• Somewhere central so no matter where in the village/east
end you live it is accessible
• Ideally on the edge of village with plenty of parking and
toilets, and floodlights.

• Yes, as above… ideally on the outskirts of the village ie, near
straight road or near the a12 junctions somewhere
• Moores lane, Heath Road to accommodate new homes
• The field next to Gandish 🙂
• I think you should utilise the school facilities more, there are
acres of playing fields at the high school visible from my
upstairs window. it is used for football I think on Sunday
mornings but not every week. There must be so much more
scope to use the school’s playing fields, courts, running track
etc for evening and weekend clubs. The schools could
generate an income this way too.
• Should local developers be responsible as a condition of
agreed planning to incorporate these areas into their
developments? this seems reasonable.
• Maybe speaking with cricket and football areas to see if
spaces can be used for different needs – saves space and
money.
• Make some streets no go areas for cars and allow children to
play on the street like we used to do.
• Why- park, Flatford lane why do we need more
• Somewhere with more parking
• Local unused fields – farm land
• Use the High School pitches and also increase the pitch in
Flatford Lane?
• Nope, 2 X football, 1 X cricket plus bowls and tennis is fine
• Where the children are.
• I think East Bergholt is well catered for with regards sports
facilities so don’t feel we need any more
• School?
• Hadleigh road George Harris’s land -but no hope – No interest
in helping the community sadly
• Gandish Road
• This is not actually proven. Please see notes at Q1. If we do
have to have new pitches then there should be more
diversity of sports. The village should be asked overtly if they
want something more than just tennis, cricket and football,
i.e. hockey, rugby, basketball and others. To rely entirely on
assumptions based on waiting times to join existing clubs is
not giving choice, it is purely funnelling people towards what
exists, not what may be wanted. It is noted that the multi-
sports surface at the tennis club has been taken over
exclusively for tennis when it was not installed exclusively for
this purpose. Provision of open public space rather than
purely sports pitches would allow villagers to pursue other
sport based hobbies and not feel like second-class citizens to
the current 3 clubs. The bowls club appears to act
responsibly. Sports pitches should be placed near to centres
of village populations which are distant to current provision.
Land currently provided for other non-sporting activities
should not be encroached on as this would constitute very
short-sighted planning and irresponsible by merely store up
issues for the future: don’t rob Peter to pay Paul.
• Near where the people live and spread out around the
village.
• Consideration to be given as to whether all sports facilities
should be close to each other to enable sharing of facilities

eg club house, toilets etc. However parking facilities need to
be considered too
• No comment
• Near doctors surgery
• Extend the current facilities
• “The need for all sports facilities should be assessed.
• The assessment should be evidence led, based wholly on the
assessed needs of each sport and as appropriate age groups
concerned. The evaluation must also contemplate suitable
changimg room facilities and parking. The location will be
driven by the identified need, economics and convenience,
but must be within the village boundary.
• Consideration should always be given to a composite sharing
of all facilities with local clubs and schools.”
• Next to the doctors surgery so they can be used by the
school too.
• Extend existing playing fields up Gandish road, ie to the north
of the existing…
• Use of both schools grounds in the evening and at the
weekends. Next to the development on Heath road
• Following on from comments above, a new sports pitch
should be at a location where off road parking is easily
provided. I do not believe that the field adjacent to the
Gandish Road sports field should be turned over to parking as
it is the location of a surviving early village pond. Similarly the
Box Iron should be retained as an open and accessible
space in the northern part of the village. Another sports pitch
could be located to the west of Mill Road, to the east of the
present facilities on Gandish Road with access from Mill Road
and off road parking nearby to the west of Mill Road.
Alternatively a pitch could be located to the east of the High
School and north of the small industrial site east of the school.
Access could be via the lane to the east of the school site
with parking in an extended bus bay at the front of the
school.
• No comment
• A community garden and orchard in the middle of the
village. Make roads safer, so people can walk and cycle
everywhere, rather than drive.
• Down the other end of the villiage nr the new builds
• What are the choices available ? Another pointless question
• We have lots
• Maybe the new developments being built should be made to
provide recreation areas
• Near the high school and at james place development

(Question 3a)
Does the Red
Lion car park
need
extending?

Yes
(use your
sticky dots)
No
(use your
sticky dots) Comments
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• Yes, via BT and congregational, church land.
• Cars park in Car Park and not on roads in Village
centre.
• This would encourage more visitors and help
prevent parking on pavements.

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= 59
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= 50
• Compulsory purchase order for Car Park? Rather
than lease.
• Unfortunately yes.
• This is essential combined with new shops
• Replace Bakery
• With the number of additional houses (200+) you
will have 300+ more cars! Where will they all park in
the village centre?
• There cannot be any decrease in size in view of
encroachment of proposed planning.
• More important to ensure it remains! Along with the
toilets.
• The nursery, Hadleigh Road, has a long waiting list!
Extra nursery/school will be required with new
developments appearing
• CPO for Car Park definitely needed. It’s a hugely
important village asset.
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• It should not be built on and kept as village parking
• MORE YELLOW LINES SO CARS USE THE CAR
PARK,TO MANY PEOPLE TO IDLE TO WALK A FEW
METRES
• People should be encouraged to use the car park
rather than park on the roads. There should be
more signage so people are more aware the car
park is there and a campaign to encourage
residents to use the car park not the road (eg
posters, Facebook posts, newsletter articles).
• “I live opposite the entrance to the car park and
I’m constantly frustrated that I cannot park outside
my own home. Residents parking only should be
installed on the The Street to ensure that people
use the car park to its full capacity. In addition,
people seem to think it’s ok to park on either side
of the entrance to car park, on the curved
sections, reducing visibility to such an extent that
an accident is highly likely.
• Better signage for the car park would help, at
present this is very insignificant and easily missed by
visitors.”
• Not sure why it would need extending.
• Unless there are permanent restrictions on the
street, the car park will continue to not be used to
fill potential.
• Selected no – I’ve never seen it full, but I’m sure
there are nice summer days where it might
be…question is, is that really the best bang for the
buck? For me greater investment in village
amenities provides greater returns.
• There’s always parking issues nearby
• The red lion car park is never full. We park there
regularly and have never been unable to find a
space.
• Building must be restricted in that area and best
way to do it

• A section of People are so lazy they will still park on
the road or along the entrance to the car park
when the car park is empty!! This will increase
because the infrastructure isn’t available near the
CO OP or the village for the inhabitants of the 2
new developments to “pop to the shops” this
undoubtably will lead to more congestion around
the area and you can’t blame the Red Lion
customers for that!
• Not enough information
• Yes it needs e extending but more importantly
something needs to be done about the bad
parking in front of the Co-op and the Red Lion.
• There is simply not enough spaces. People park in
the street where they shouldn’t. We need to
encourage tourism and promote local business
and a proper sized car park is part of that.
• However the current space MUST NOT be reduced
given the increase in population of the village due.
• It is often empty with people parking on the road.
• Leave as it is with current toilet block. Add a
charging point.
• Never been to the car park and not found multiple
free spaces , it’s adequate
• Where would you extend it to???
• People will park where they park and wherever
you think they should park, the reality is they will go
on the side of the road.
• Depends if they removed parking spaces from
outside coop and along the road. If they remove
these then possibly, if not then no
• More cars are parking on the road near to shops,
most people can manage the short walk from the
Red Lion CP, if there is not enough capacity it
should be extended if this is possible.
• Yes, with the new development and thus hundreds
more people – more amenities absolutely need to
be put into EB – including the car park.
• Is it ever full. Yes if parking in road is restricted
• Allows more cars to be parked away from shop
area and outside residential properties
• But it shouldn’t be made any smaller or built on
• No further development in the village centre
please!
• There is too much on street parking. The parking
spaces need to be better laid out:
• We will need extra parking spaces particularly
when the two large estates are completed to
facilitate the extra volume of traffic.
• Yes but can’t see how unless we use the PO area
• where would it go?
• Understand that planning has been granted for the
owner to build houses at the back of the pub.
Have never seen the car park completely full. Will
rather depend if post-construction there becomes
a problem. It is accepted that during construction

there will be a reduction in parking. Again, no
robbing Peter to pay Paul on the basis of
expediency and store up future problems for other
facilities and services. Parking at the back of the
Lambe School is always underutilised and
reasonable close to the village shop (assuming it
stays and doesn’t relocate to the new estate by
the GP surgery. If it does so then there will be even
fewer visitors to the ‘village centre’ and therefore
required capacity in the Red Lion car park won’t
need to be increased.
• Parking facilities need to be adequate for all
village facilities eg around the current shops, any
sports and recreation facilities.
• Not sure where it can extend to as it is in private
ownership isn’t it? Are you thinking of extending
into the cemetery? A bit tasteless surely? Would be
helpful if the Land Rover that is always parked at
the mouth of the car park did not park there but
parked in their own drive as they always are
blocking other cars trying to go in and delivery
lorries. I am unsure about this question. Might be
better to knock the hideous toilet block down. Not
sure why you need more car parking if the parish
council requested double yellow lines in The Street.
• The real question is, “What car and coach parking
facilities are required to serve the needs of the
village centre”. The needs should be based on the
20 year vision of what the village centre will
represent and accomodate.
• But realistically there is no space there to extend.
Maybe use the Gatinetts as a car park for the
centre of the village
• Feels underused as it is
• Parking in the centre of the village is an issue and
there is the need for a specific place for coaches
and visitor’s vehicles to be parked. The present
parking area behind The Red Lion is too small.
Additionally an extended car park here would be
a useful adjunct to any community hub/museum
that might come about in the former
Congregational Church.
• To enable the village centre near the coop to be
less car dominated
• Parking is already a nightmare in the villiage
• There’s nothing here to attract more vehicles ,
• More cycle paths, less car parks if you really care
about net zero/climate crisis. Dont encourage
driving with additional car parks!
• As long as it remains free to use
• Just needs redoing. The brickwork blocks are
restricting and the spaces hard to get in. Wastes
space.

(Question 3b)
Does the
Gandish Road
playing fields
car park need
extending?

Yes
(use your
sticky dots)
No
(use your
sticky dots) Comments
18 at
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39
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= 57
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TOTAL
= 34

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• Extend? Where to?
• More visitors require more parking, especially with
successful bowls, cricket, football, and tennis.
• Need parking round comfortable hall, area, side,
and front. Have seen 35 cars in this area.
• Parking in the short term would provide relief, but a
whole new concept for Plainfield is needed, a
fantastic integrated facility will be a great salvation
• More sports facilities needed, however, more
needed around north west of village.
• There needs to be consideration to create “space
“for teenagers in the village to meet safely
• More use of comfortable Hall as a village facility
would help. There is quite a lot of land currently
grass that could be used to alleviate the car
parking problem to some degree
• Definitely more facilities for second school students.
can be seen on toddler play equipment as the
only place to be.
• Stop shoving all onto Gish playing field, therefore
don’t need to expand it.
• Stop parking on pavements
• Extending the Car Park will mean decreasing the
size of the plane field?
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• Where?! People will walk if they are local and
should be encouraged to do so
• BETTER LAY OUT
• This car park is often full.
• Cars are often parked on Gandish Road making it
difficult to pass through.
• Fits the cars fine
• Extension of car park would just eat into green
space. Unless the area to the right of constable hall
is used. This is currently just an over grown area.
• Selected no – I’ve never seen it full, but I’m sure
there are busy weekends of sport where it might
be…question is, is that really the best bang for the
buck? For me greater investment in village
amenities provides greater returns.
• To accomodate all those attending sporting/social
events in the Gandish Road playing fields site
rather than parking in Gandish Road itself
• Too many busy activities cause people to park in
notcutts
• The car park does at time struggle to
accommodate all the cars required for the various

weekend activities. However any extension should
not compromise the current sports pitches. Note
the below picture is of the flatford road football
ground and not the gandish parking…?
• But not at expense of playing space
• Makes sense to extend this area rather than claim
more of the countryside to achieve this
• Parking already takes place on the grass around
the car park so this needs to be converted to hard
standing to accommodate the cars.
• At weekends the parking is a challenge due to
Constable hall and the sports fields being in use
• But only by finding more playing field space
nearby or having a secondary recreational area,
East End for example
• Some responsibility needs to be given to the teams
to ensure all participants share all drives to the
park.
• At peak times it overflows and people park on the
road
• For sports matches the overflow from the car park
is Gandish Rd but I’ve never had an issue driving
down that during matches
• More parking would make it easier
• Gandish Road is full of cars on a Saturday, not
really wide enough for two moving lanes plus a line
of parked cars
• Whilst parking can be an issue on busy days, you
cannot take another inch off the playing field as
it’s already overused.
• Ideally yes but better still would be a new
recreation site it situated else where to prevent all
the traffics build up in that area
• You would need to decrease the size of the fields
to extend car oark
• If the Gandish Rd playing fields were extended (to
the north), then car park might need extending as
well. If not, no.
• Encourage people to walk or cycle when they
can. Extending a car park here will encourage
more people to drive!
• Only needs extending if you intend on expanding
the children’s play area or having an indoor play
area too.
• This is overcrowded on match days
• Due to increased growth of sports clubs and more
and more people driving there isn’t enough space
to park for events therefore Gandish road
becomes dangerous and clogged up regularly.
• Too many cars park on the road or rather the
pavement annoyingly on busy days
• No need it’s hardly ever full and in summer parking
on the grass would be possible
• You would have to remove trees to do this.
• Many a time I have come up for an event at the
Constable Hall, eg WI, U3A, and found the car park

full due to a sports event taking place at the same
time and I end up having to park in Gandish Road.
This is particularly troublesome at night.
• Nowhere to go – again landowners will not help.
• The parking on the road for events is chaos and
even on match days. The space could be used for
parking more effectively e.g. near constable hall
• It is at saturation, however this is due to the default
position being to heap everything onto the playing
fields at Gandish Road. This demonstrates that
there has been little thought associated with the
introduction of new services there, and it is
believed that no increase in provision for parking
has been factored in to the expansion plans for the
tennis club. No joined up thinking demonstrated at
all. Points raised at Q2 and Q3 apply equally here.
Again, the improvement of facilities at East End
have been welcome, but not accompanied by
any improvement in basic facilities, such as
parking, which puts off visitors given the dreadful
existing parking available here, which will worsen
once the alternative educational provision here is
up and running. The field adjacent to Gandish Rd
(is the owner willing to sell?) appropriate given that
it has reverted to its historical marshy state and
would therefore cost a fortune (in terms of costs for
a car park) to upgrade. Therefore facilities should
not continue to be shoe-horned into Gandish Road
playing fields, thereby increasing an unsustainable
demand on car parking: a bit of strategic thinking
needs to take place on location of facilities away
from this area – hence there would be no
requirement/need to increase parking at Gandish
Rd.
• Get more space elsewhere for sports, play, dog
walking and the people will go there and their
cars.
• but do not seal the ground by using tarmac. [The
map does not show the Gandish Road playing
fields]
• At busy times there is not sufficient parking
• See above
• Yes, but wholly conditional on a proper assessment
of the sporting activities to be undertaken on the
site.1.
• Yes, if the playing fields could be extended…see
my earlier answer. The picture below is not of the
Gandish road playing fields!!!
• Just slightl
• How? Wrong picture?
• There is the need for more parking to be enabled
for the playing fields at Gandish Road. Rather than
concrete over existing green space on the playing
field or the field north of the present sports ground
(on environmental loss concerns), it might be
preferable to have another sports pitch and car

park to the east of the Gandish playing field with
access from Mill Road. It might also be beneficial
to make Gandish Road one way, with traffic flow
from north to south. This would have several
advantages in that it would make the cross roads
where Gandish Road meets the B1070 an easier
junction to negotiate. It would also allow cars to
park on the roadside without the need to block the
pavement. A speed limit of 20 mph on this stretch
road would also be beneficial for safety of
pedestrians.
• No comment
• To accomidate the influx of new people in the
villiage
• More cycle paths, less car parks if you really care
about net zero/climate crisis. Dont encourage
driving with additional car parks!
• The image below is not the Gandish Rd playing
fields carpark, it actually shows the EBUFC pitch in
Flatfoed Lane.
• Should encourage car sharing and walking safely
around village with traffic calming measures and
better paths. The village needs to be accessible
and safe to access. Encouraging more cars won’t
help with net zero.

Rural economy & tourism

(Question 4)
What can be
done to
encourage new
and help existing
businesses in the
village?
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• Links to special events
• Encourage a business networking event held twice a year.
Introduce the EB £ – local money, local economy. new paragraph
allow a free advertising on the EB website
• Heritage buildings, day/walk/event
• Better parking
• Universal, full fibre, broadband
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• Make sure rates of shops in centre are capped (eg bakery) so they
can thrive
• NOT SURE PUBS/BRASSIERE NOT OPEN ENOUGH,HARE AND HOUNDS 7
DAYS A WEEK 52 WEEKS A YEAR.BRASSIERE CLOSED A THIRD OF THE
YEAR
• More locations for business
• Create an East Bergholt Business Network (with a website and in
person meetings) to provide knowledge sharing, joint marketing,
opportunities for joint marketing. Organise an annual exhibition/fair
promoting local products and services.
• To respond to the communities needs given the potential increase in
community habitants.
• Tax relief for local businesses

• We could promote them through social media (to promote their
offers etc) arrange community days like coronation day last year
and invite businesses to be a part of it.
• I’m not a business owner, however I can imagine running costs are
very high. And that will be driven primarily by energy costs and,
most significantly, rent.
• Support local
• More supportive PC. We have an award winning business in the Lion,
that the PC seem happy to be difficult with.
• Do you really want to turn East Bergholt into a business/commercial
area??? I was under the assumption that residents live here
because they value a village environment !
• Support the locals shops.
• More not less housing as village activity is declining with its local
economy. We need more young people to live here
• The village website could be more active and engaging and
perhaps redesigned so as to reach a wider audience. More could
be made of the proximity of the National Trust and RSPB facilities at
Flatford and perhaps some ‘joined up thinking’ with these
organisations in planning and publicity. There are lots of non local
people who visit Flatford but do not then stop in EB.
• The parish council driving support and being proud of the businesses
available.
• Tourism. Currently most visitors bypass East Bergholt centre and
spend money in Dedham
• Business needs to connect with the changing demographics of the
village and the increase in tourism
• No brainer there needs to be a co-working space in the village,
there’s a high number of people in the village who work from home
/remotely and it’s a huge missed opportunity not to provide a space
for those people to meet & network . Coffee shops are too small
and busy to work from and the current public indoor spaces don’t
have the contemporary feel that people choose to work from
• Internet hub for parish businessss
• Grants for local businesses
• Not sure
• I am sure property rents play a part – that’s what the bakery staff
said. Barry’s fish and chip van is a great concept. Perhaps some of
the vans that visit local pubs offering different cuisines could be
encouraged at different times of the week?
• Better parking options and availability, promoting business
opportunities more openly.
• More yearly events like summer fun days and winter Christmas
events – like the pumpkin patch success – it needs to be events that
become annual and bring footfall to the village which then supports
businesses.
• Traffic slowing, pedestrianise areas around the shops. Extend the
cafe areas out onto the street.
• Better parking
• Sort out the parking
• Commercial Space with a wide range of unit size, with access to
plenty of parking and fast internet speeds.
• Venue for pop up shops in the village with WiFi, supportive social
media
• Promotion
• More promotion on village Facebook pages

• No need
• Better mobile phone signals in village.
• By not spoiling the look of the village, as previously stated, as
businesses will fail to thrive without visitors. Disused barns or farm
buildings could be used as business premises on existing farmland
which would be less invasive to the village and provide more space.
• Hot desking site available, networking events
• Perhaps take the emotion out of planning decisions for one. Be
more welcoming rather than negative about proposed business
expansion and location. Treat like for like. Accept change. Provide
guidance to small businesses/start-ups, as there are many successful
enterprises in the village, despite the above. Installation of EV
charging points. Lobby for better public transport. This is about
providing the right conditions for businesses to thrive and thereby
improve local employment opportunities.
• better parking facilities and or better public transport links
• No comment
• Fire the chair of the parish council.
• “1. Sympathetic treatment for the needs of existing businesses.
• 2. A development zone to accommodate future enterprises.”
• Help promote them and support them yourselves as well. Too many
keep closing, bakery and dicky recently.
• Use of current accommodation such as the bakery in the Street, the
Gatinetts in Hadleigh road.
• “I feel that some of the parish council initiatives seem to be
counterproductive to hospitality business in the village. Namely the
lunch at the benneworth lounge, a rural coffee van and a coffee
morning at the benneworth lounge every Wednesday barr one a
month.
• I am unclear what part of the community this is supposed to be
helping?”
• East Bergholt is a good location for modes, small scale businesses
with good communications via the A12. Access to the A12 at The
Four Sisters needs to be made safer. Existing brown field sites should
be developed to provide premises for small businesses. The former
Lodge off Hughes Road could be a good location for a country
hotel, but it would require major investment. The connectivity of
business premises should be improved and consideration given to
supporting the creation of conference centre type facilities in the
village.
• No comment
• Saver access and cheaper business rates, better public transport
• Provide more parking spaces
• Communication is key , cycle lanes to Brantham , roundabout at
straight road / Heath Road , traffic management more shops so we
don’t have to go to Ipswich or Colchester
• Take away food outlet
• Improve wifi. No more cafes. Need to encourage useful shops that
will benefit locals. Hardware, fruit and vegetable, repair cafe.

(Question 5)
East Bergholt is
noted for the John
Constable
landscape and
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• Nothing, we have enough tourism
• Walking “Haven “for visitors. Multiple grants for walkers sign posted
?aand village.

has two Areas of
Outstanding
Natural Beauty.
What ideas do
you have for
tourism and how
to manage it?
• The AONB needs to be protected for infrastructure projects and
development. Protect the AONB! No development. Agree
• Vintage events – annually – that celebrate his work
• Capitalise on the JC connection, road, signs et cetera
• Bookable coach, Park
• Creation of a well signed “heritage walk” with a Car Park (out of the
centre) at the start point. Perhaps information boards along routes,
maybe with QR codes to electronic info too
• Get the DT cartoonist to donate his cartoon of Flatford, with oil et
cetera to the village
• Footpaths better maintained
• Link with NT for 250 Constable anniversary
• It is happening with better Internet?
• Better maintenance of (muddy) footpaths.
• Ban the pylons!
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• East Bergholt is noted for the John Constable landscape and has
two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. What ideas do you have
for tourism and how to manage it?”
• Manage traffic better, have only one route for buses (not past the
primary school at peak times)
• CHEAPER PARKING AT FLATFORD
• Create a John Constable exhibition in a community centre in the
village (with a cafe) and advertise it in conjunction with the National
Trust at Flatford to spread tourism from Flatford into the centre of the
village. Create a Constable Trail (like the Gainsborough Trail in
Sudbury) with a website and downloadable map and advertise it.
Have a visitor information desk in the community centre. Create
picnic spots in green spaces. Encourage people to upload beautiful
photographs of the area to a village website designed to attract
tourists (organise a photography competition for publicity).
• Does anyone attend the coach companies conventions to put East
Bergholt on their routes.
• Constable themed walking tours.
• “Area is good for walking, and easily accessible by road (A12). So
this should be encouraged. Can we create/define interesting
circular routes all around the villages that can then be advertised at
the Red Lion Car Park etc.? Can we make the village a ‘walkers
village’, and aim to cater for the needs of walkers?
• An absolute essential need is a dedicated, paved, cycle route from
Manningtree/Manningtree station to East Bergholt – serves not only
commuters but also allows people cycling from the station straight
into Constable Country without having to navigate the somewhat
dangerous road.”
• The issues with parking and pedestrian safety have already been
acknowledged (Parish Workshop May 2023 below refers), so it would
seem logical to not further promote the area.
• Stop further development, perhaps utilise existing facilities for a visitor
centre without harm to the village/area. Encourage younger people
to appreciate and respect what they have living here
• Leave those areas alone except for housing infills
• See above answer.
• A village centre tourist attraction with better parking
• Embrace this status with specific John Constable events , linking with
Flatford NT

• The map of the village and his paintings are wonderful and should
be advertised more widely.
• Bergholt museum; Walking tours; public transport improved including
a transport link to Manningtree Station
• Not sure visitors really need attracting. There is plenty of vibrancy
and money in the village as it is. I would keep it low key.
• 1. I think a heritage walking trail would be a great idea – starting from
a designated carpark (outside the centre!) The seafront walk
between Holland on Sea and Jaywick has interesting information
boards along the route, maybe something like this could be
displayed along the route, perhaps with QR codes linking to
webpages. Encourage visitors and walking/ discourage cars! There
are lots of interesting buildings in EB and so much is known about the
history. I am sure it would benefit the local businesses to encourage
walkers around the village.
• 2. The Coronation scarecrows were fun. Some villages have annual
or biannual events eg. Scarecrows, ice cream festival, Victorian
Christmas market etc.
• 3.Events to celebrate the history of the Village eg. Tudor days have
been held at Flatford, maybe an Art festival? Flatford has a well
organised one way system for coaches and parking away from the
river, the numbers should be limited so when it’s full it’s full – I presume
that already happens.”
• More food and beverage businesses with accessible parking to
meet the needs of tourism,
• One obvious one would be water painting experience days – where
a local artist takes groups to an area to actually paint. Another one –
which is effective in sharing the area with groups of tourists – is to
have a national trust field used to have a village show or local
market stalls etc.
• Street cafe’s and open air art exhibitions, craft stalls.
• “? Information signs in red lion car park on walking routes
• Visitors prob don’t know how easy it is to walk from village”
• Run a landscape painting competition which people can
participate in their own time, then ask finalists to attend a “grand
final” where they are given a day to create a second painting which
will be judged alongside their original submission to crown a overall
winner. The original competition would get people visiting the area
over a period of time whilst the final could draw a crowd.
• Electricity underground, restricted new building
• I think the National Trust do ok with this
• PROTECT the natural vista’s (not tarmac them!) Eg heath rd
development
• Dedicated cycle routes and better maintained walking routes
through the countryside. Wheelchair accessible routes. Is there a
Changing Places yet at Flatford?
• Unable to think of any at present. We have plenty of walking trails,
water activities, wildlife garden run by the RSPB, museums and also
events at Flatford run by the National Trust so we are well catered
for.
• Not sure we need any more. Or offer free tours lead by members of
the village (who are trained up)
• Would be useful to have some form of small, perhaps interactive,
dedicated and permanent focal point for Constable. The church
has something similar at St Mary’s but I think there should be
something secular available so that non-Christian visitors don’t feel

obliged to visit a church. Not entirely sure what could be included in
such an attraction other than electronic media as I’m not aware of
any artefacts that could be physically displayed and I’m not sure
that any of the large art galleries are going to lend the village any
paintings any time soon.
• None
• Well I would get a tasteful central village B&B set up and encourage
it as it would serve this function of attracting tourists and employ
local people.
• “1. The village should undergo a ‘Constablisation’, so that residents
and especially visitors recognise they are in Constable Country.
• 2. The village needs a ‘Constable Journey” and all the related
support activities.
• 3. Constablisation should be undertaken in conjunction with the
National Trust”
• Stop building houses cos tourism will reduce the more town like it
becomes
• Promotion of the area nationally and internationally as a significant
anniversary coming up. For the parking issues to be policed in some
way, antisocial parking to be given warnings and fines.
• East Bergholt should be making more of John Constable and it
would be wonderful if the village had a location or premises where
his life and art could be celebrated. In addition it will be important to
retain the topography and and views of the countryside he
immortalised in his paintings. The open area in the centre of the
village has been neglected for too long and it’s importance to
Constable has been overlooked despite it being a prominent
feature in many of his painting. If Constable tourism is to be
encouraged there is the danger that things could get as busy as
Dedham! If the focus of tourism in East Bergholt was to walk and
take in the views that John Constable painted, it would be a quieter
complement to what Dedham offers.
• Historical information, display, sign posted historical walks
• Create a Climate Cafe with repair parties, swap shops and skill
shares…
• Stop building ugly houses in it then
• I am a tourism consultant. The answer to this needs more than a
google form. I am happy to give plenty of advice, for free. Please
contact me: stromacole@yahoo.co.uk
• The areas around constable country greatly appeal to the
demographic of people who use Motorhome, a continental type
‘aires’ would encourage Motorhome tourism which is a multi million
pound market and offers 12 month of the year tourism
• We should encourage it. More oh she. A useful online walking trail
around the village would support visitors. Walking tours etc

(Question 6)
Should we
be
promoting
the area as
a
destination
for ‘quiet
recreation’
Yes
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sticky
dots)
No
(use your
sticky dots)
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• Cycle paths plus there are no cycle racks, anywhere,
e.g. lamb, school, Constable, Hall, Gatinetts, Oranges,
and lemons, sports, pavilion, et cetera. Agree
• We must get more cycling and walking less driving
within the village.

(walking,
cycling and
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• Absolutely! A good cycle park. Place near shops may
help.
• Cycle track needed to Manningtree station. I agree.
• Walking amenities are okay currently. Hide (?)
amenities non-existent

Natural environment, landscape & open space

Local communities can earmark for
special consideration local ‘green
space’ land – whether its
value is in its natural beauty, its historic
resonances, its recreational value, its
tranquillity or its importance as wildlife
habitat. The first Neighbourhood Plan
identified 30 Local Green Spaces.

(Question 7)
What additional green spaces
need protecting in the village?

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• All of them
• All of them
• every single green space
• All of them. Agree
• Protection of both allotments.
• All of them I agree.
• The amendments made by the inspector should be respected. No silly little spaces.
• All of them we live in a village, not a town.
• We must protect them all the village has already extended with so many new homes
• Flatford Lane and area between Flatford Lane, Clapper farm, Orvis Lane
• The entire area between Whitehorse Road, and all Lane should be protected,
encroachments on the AONB is not welcome.
• All!
• Quinton’s Road Box Iron should be protected
• All
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• No more filling in (ie building on small plots)
• NO COMMENT
• All the green spaces need protecting.
• Area behind the new housing estate next to the GP practice. The donkey track and new
woodland should remain a green space. I would also extend the green space from
constable playing fields following town white horse road.
• Nothing to add
• All remaining green spaces in the village centre and adjacent areas should be protected,
especially in light of the two new building developments which have already adversely
impacted this.

• East side of Mill Road; extend area 12 North to the edge of St James Place development
• As many as possible really
• The additional fields around the football ground off flatford Road. None of these are
current used and have the potential for extending the site as a sports facility.
• All of them and STOP BUILDING for God’s sake !
• All of the ones that are remaining. Otherwise the “village” status will be lost
• The area round the Donkey Track Area 30
• The Donkey Track, land in between Orvis Lane and Dazeleys Lane?
• All of the countryside from Flatford up to the Village Centre to include Flatford Lane (Road)
and Dazeleys Lane
• all of them
• Perimeter fields
• All green spaces need protection
• All green space! Building should be kept to brown sites and infill.
• unsure
• All of them
• Just keep protecting the ones we have
• The fields now being developed at heath rd and Moore’s lane should have been
protected, but too late! The open fields to the rear of orvis lane need to be protected
• Those with ancient oak trees (please put TPO’s on them as too many have been destroyed
in the name of house building) and waterways and flood plains.
• Footpaths and land off Putticks Lane near High School. This land provides lovely walks
through grazing meadows and woodland (laden with bluebells in Spring) before bordering
the Capel St Mary and Bentley boundaries.
• Although I’d like to say ‘everything we can’ the reality is that there is pressure on land for a
variety of worthy purposes but little land for sale. The realistic answer is therefore ‘none’ but
the village should fight hard to preserve what we have. It would be much appreciated
though if private land currently included within the green spaces we have could be
opened up for public use, such as the Box Iron area which is a waste of a potential
amenity presently.
• The sides of the roads where people drive over them and turn them into mud.
• other areas around East End
• Can’t think of any
• Donkey track
• The Congregational church in cemetery lane.
• This evaluation should be undertaken by a village task force and recommendations then
consulted on by the village community.
• All of them! We can’t loose anymore to houses.
• Donkey track area
• The centre needs to be protected and what a difference it made when the
police/bollards were out this last week when Anglia water were working. So much more
space and people actually used the red lion car park. Hurrah!
• The central area marked as 30 on the map below is an impoortant part of the heritage
and history of East Bergholt, as are the adjoining areasto the west of Mill Road and to the
north of Gandish Road. Furthermore the area south of Gandish Road, areas marked 11
and 20 , should not be developed for building or car parking beyond any work that will
support activities of the Constable hall and Sport Field. Area 11 is an old enclosure parcel
with a pond that is of ancient origin and this should be left as it is with consideration being
given toadequate maintenance for the pond. The areas west of Hadleigh/Hughes road up
to the parish boundary with Stratford St. Mary should be subject to no building
developement that detracts from the setting of the house that curently stand there.
Access to the wooded areas east and west of the present Dead Lane (OverHall Green
Lane) should be negotiated with the owner. Land north and south of East End Road (The
Mile Straight) should ne protected from building development as this was part of the old
heath and East Bergholt Wood. It is again, the essence of the history of the village. At East
End, the filed north of Royal Oak should be adopted as another green space.

• No comment
• All
• Don’t know but you always ignore Cordwinders area , stop the crazy speeding along
Heath road
• All fields in and adjacent to AONB. Field at bottom of Orvis Lane, adjacent to footpath.
• Hadleigh road opposite the bungalows. The woodland area and fields nearby along the
donkey track.

(Question 8)
East Bergholt has always enjoyed dark skies. Should
we have a policy that will limit the use of lighting in
new developments to retain this?

Yes
(use your
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No
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• I feel very fortunate to live in a dark sky village. I am sure it benefits my
sleep and therefore mental health.
• No street lights. Dark skies, important. Restrict all lights to down lit only.
• For security, no need for continuous lighting have movement
triggered operation.
• Unsure what is meant by “new developments”?
• Dark better for people and bats.
• Existing planning legislation enables us to say no to streetlighting.
• Definitely the dark skies policy has already been considerably eroded
over last 10 years.
• Yes. Better for health and sleep too.
• Very careful here! Remember crime. “People of darkness don’t like
the lights “
• On separate map – SG3A off Flatford Road is private garden, grazing
land
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• No more street lights required
• LIGHTS HELP PROTECT PEOPLE, ALSO LIGHT REQUIRED IN LION CAR
PARK
• One of my favourite things about living in East Bergholt is being able
to see the stars at night. It also helps wildlife and eco systems and
conserves energy. It enhances the aesthetic appeal of East Bergholt
for residents and visitors and promotes well being.
• If people want to live in East Bergholt then they should expect to live
by the current standards of the village and not try to bring town
principles to the area.
• I love that there are no street lights where i live and this should be
envouraged throughout the village.
• Keep dark skies
• “I like the darkness of the village. Those that do walk through the
village at night are accustomed to it and use torches.
• Seeing the stars is beautiful.
• We must also ensure the new developments, e.g. Moore Lane, also
emit minimum light pollution ”

• I would expect this to have been one of numerous conditions that the
new developments will need to comply with in order to receive
planning permission.
• We love just how dark it is around here
• Perhaps a moderate approach but not a blanket ban on lighting…
• more street lights are needed
• It will give the local yobs a place to hide”. Tounge in cheek, but
really what will these new developments attract???
• Given it’s with the AONB there should be no street lights
• Safety is paramount
• Dark Skies are extremely important.
• A level of street lighting would enable a safer village feel. The
argument of dark skies is a nonsense
• Absolutely, science tells us that a dark sky at night benefits individuals
sleep and therfore well-being. As an AONB this also protect nocturnal
animals
• East bergholt is safe so streetlights off at midnight should be fine
• New builds not following precedents
• New developments often have lots of young families who will need
the lighting , especially for youngsters who need to get home safely
when it’s dark , lighting in my view deters crime which may be more
likely as the EB population grows
• Being able to see the stars is an important asset in the village
• It’s really special that the village doesn’t have streetlights everywhere
• Need to keep things as they are
• Absolutely, this map highlights how blessed we are with lack of light
pollution – it’s better for sleep quality and mental health. Nothing
beats a night time stroll with silent roads and a black wide sky full of
stars!
• Absolutely!!!
• A difficult one but would help incorporate new building into ethos of
village
• Definitely keep street lighting to a minimum, I love our dark skies
• Problem with this is crime. The extensive and unnecessary
development will lead to ingress of undesirable people
• None
• With the new lighting systems we can limit the effect but light is
needed for safety.
• Yes, it’s one of the attractions of living and/or visiting the village. Also
more lighting equals more pollution (both light pollution and from
power generation) and does nothing towards protection of the
environment, local authority costs or promoting and developing
sustainability.
• It’s nice to see the moon and stars. People have lights on the front of
their houses anyway so we don;t need street lights.
• Love seeing the stars. No lights please
• Unsafe
• Obviously no comment required
• There are too many areas in the UK where sight of the night sky is
almost impossible due to light pollution. East Bergholt has the
privelage of having very few areas that have street lighting, thus
reducing the light pollution of the night sky and enhancin the rural
setting of the village. A recent erosion of the night sky visibilty has
been the introduction of lighting on some properties that sactter light
inappropriately and in a way that inhibits views of the night sky.
Illumiation on the exterior of properties should, without exception, be

fitted with timed sensors that only switch the lights on when
movement of people is detected. New street lighting schemes should
have periods when they are switched off over night from 2300 until
0600, for example. Light pollution would also be greatly reduced if
street lighting were to be switched on by movement within their
proximity. The advent of LED lightiing with its rapid switching makes
this possible. All street lighting should be designed so that it does not
spill illumination upwards or beyond a location specific area.
• Dark skies are a rare resource and will help keep EB attractive for
visitors eg the dark skies walks organised by rspb at flatford mill

Housing

(Question 9)
You told us that Affordable Housing is needed for local people.
Where should this go?

(use your sticky dots on the
map)
Comments
Drop-in
• Affordable housing should be incorporated into the new
developments. Elsewhere (Essex, Cambridge) housing association
are successfully acquiring significant numbers of plots on new
development at cost, taking advantage of current market
conditions
• This is an unhelpful concept “affordable “depends on market forces,
demand, et cetera. Building new houses will not help – the builders
will sell for the price they can get depending on the market at the
time
• Anywhere affordable housing enables people to stay in the village
and support some mixed community. People need facilities and EB is
well positioned.
• In the village centre
• All over the village, large houses should be erected AGREE
• AS PART OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS – NOTES BABERGH
• Near the A12
• Land owned by charitable trusts. Affordable housing, and new
developments should be for local people.
• Charities land. That’s what the charity is for
• Colchester
• Cheaper land is nearer to A12. Build as a terrace facing away from
A12.
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• In the building that is happening right now
• ON MOORES FIELD
• In Constable Gardens and St James Park (Heath Road).
• I am not in favour of bringing affordable housing to the village.
• No more housing, the village can’t take it.
• I do not think it is a requirement. I would replace the flats close to the
school with more modern housing.
• In the new estates
• Within the village

• Distributed evenly around the village. “Estates” don’t help anyone.
• I would expect the new housing developments to cater for this
• There will be no affordable housing there overpriced new build
developments
• Affordable housing should be included in any further developments
similar to those currently underway.
• anywhere appropriate
• Missed the boat on this# but the planners that allowed the 2
ongoing developments should have insisted on this before
approving planning now it’s a pipe dream
• close to the centre of the village and proximate to the A12 as
Affordable Housing as much needed for the old as well as the
young.
• Incorporated within the new developments.
• Infill or adjacent or very close to the village envelope but not AONB
areas
• integrated within the new developments
• Some in each area of development. Don’t separate it out as that will
create bad feeling towards the affordable tenants
• Mixed in new build areas
• In the village
• Within mixed developments not all on one site
• On the new houses being built
• On exception sites
• Is there not two new estates being built???
• Surely that is being provided in these huge new builds?
• The bigger picture though is that EB probably isn’t affordable to
many young couples and families on average incomes. This is due to
overinflated house prices facing much of southern England and is
unlikely to change by building new, smaller, flimsier houses!
• The new development and they should cater to some of this need
and this should always be the case for any future developments.
• A social mix is most desirable.
• Already in hand with new builds?
• Anywhere it can
• Make some of the new developments affordable
• In developments
• Affordable housing needs monitoring as it seems people living here
need help and guidance
• We don’t need any more thank you
• Throughout the village so there is a mixture of housing across the
village – not rich and poorer areas.
• On the two new estates currently under construction
• Anywhere the land can be found
• East End out towards brantham
• Affordable housing should be available for local workers. It does not
follow that people in the village who were born in the village must
have provision made for them. This is not an inalienable right.
Affordable housing should be near those facilities that will reduce
the overall financial burden on the less well off, including travel
costs. There is no point putting houses out in the middle of nowhere,
where the occupants are isolated and relative everyday costs are
increased. Scattered in amongst other housing. Not on land already
earmarked for a different use – this will merely drive up future costs
and is therefore not a responsible avenue to take.
• Wherever land can be secured for this purpose

• location needs to enable easy access to village facilities without the
need for a car
• No more building
• Small developments not large estates
• In the grounds of Old Hall.
• Wherever it is most convenient and economic.
• In between east bergholt and Hilton st Mary
• What a daft question!! It needs to go where there’s a
gap/opportunity…
• There is a limit to how affordable housing can be when the cost of
the land is so expensive and East Bergholt fits the “location location
bracket “ . People will always want to aspire to living somewhere
that fits the above
• What a strange question
• Affordable housing should be located on small infill plots within the
village. I suspect that there not be many of these available! Such
housing should be available for rent only. There should be no more
than 3/4 “houses” on any one plot. If new larger schemes are
imposed then such properties should be scattered throughout any
such development. Pepper potted.
• No comment
• Existing houses should be affordable and retrofitted with better
insulation and green energy
• Either with the new builds or a plot just for afforable housing
• Anywhere as long as you build attractive pertinent buildings not like
the Chaplin road hideous design
• Dispersed throughout the village and new developments, the urge
to locate smaller properties or affordable housing together just
creates a ‘cheap enclave’
• Near the high school!

(Question 10)
You told us that housing for older people is needed. Where should
this go?

(use your sticky dots on the
map)
Comments
Drop-in
• Centre of village, or within walking distance
• Objects to the idea of housing for the agent. We geriatrics need
normal housing with minor internal changes
• Somewhere near to the shops
• It’s partly depends on the facilities and amenities provide within the
development
• Centre of the village, easy, walking distance of facilities
• Central to the village centre – churches and shops, – echo that
point.
• Get them to move downstairs.
• Should have this applied to development planning consent
• Not want to cemetery. Will have to ? view cemetery eventually
otherwise
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• As above
• ON PAINTERS PLACE PLOTS ALL NOT SOLD
• In the centre of the village near the Coop.
• Their are plenty already.

• Within current new developments.
• I’m not sure In a village this size we could facilitate dedicated
housing for older people?
• Wishing the village
• No comment
• Manningtree
• The site on Hadleigh Road is very attractive and I would support
more of these types of developments.
• anywhere appropriate
• See above question 9 comments. Profit has gone before care for
the elderly !
• Incorporated within the new developments.
• Tough one – but village centre is ideal
• As central to the village as is possible
• Some in each area of development
• BT building behind car park
• In the village
• Same as above … mixed within and not all on one site
• On the new housing estate
• Very sheltered housing near the centre of the village
• Hopefully this has also been considered in the new developments!
Painters Place seems ideal – sensibly designed and near the village
centre. Is there a plan for any assisted living accommodation?
• As close as amenities as possible
• A social mix is most desirable.
• “Can you please word this better I am finding these questions daft- it
should be integrated. EB needs a good neighbour scheme. This
builds supportive integrated communities. Don’t want pockets of
over 50s homes, affordable housing etc”
• Near to the village centre
• Make some of the new developments for older people
• In developments
• Don’t know where but it also needs to be affordable – the price of
even a small bungalow is ridiculous
• We don’t need any more thank you
• Near the village shop so it is within walking distance and accessible.
• We already have a development in Hadleigh Road
• As near to the centre as possible
• Do we really need anymore ?? The new developments in Painters
Place haven’t even sold… it destroyed a beautiful field
• Not on land already earmarked for a different use – this will merely
drive up future costs and is therefore not a responsible avenue to
take. As with affordable housing, relatively close to services and
distributed around other properties but with good access for
services (ambulances, community nurses, etc). Alternatively, the
provision of a small residential/nursing home.
• see answer above but consideration should be given to include
housing for carers nearby
• location needs to enable easy access to village facilities without the
need for a car
• No more building
• Small dev not large bug estates
• In the centre of the village close to the village Coop.
• “There are a number of different categories of aged people, whose
needs are quite different.

• Dependent on their special needs will be the location in relation to
transport links, shopping and medical facilities.”
• Again as above, What a daft question!! It needs to go where there’s
a gap/opportunity…
• It should have been included in the large developments underway
already. Missed opportunity big time
• As above. It may be that the Parish Council might be able to
acquire smaller, self contained properties, as they are sold, and
make those available for older residents. Any properties that might
be newly built for such purposes should be near the centre of the
village.
• No comment
• As above
• Anywhere near bud stops shops and doctors dentists
• See answer to question 9
• Not sure this is a priority.

(Question
11)
Should
we have
a policy
that limits
new
second
homes?
Yes
(use your
sticky dots)
No
(use your
sticky dots) Comments
30
drop-in

46
online

TOTAL
= 76

3
drop-in

23
online

TOTAL
= 26

Drop-in
• BMSDC has just adopted a policy for second homes and
empty homes
• Levy hire rates on second properties
• “Affordable housing “usually end as o bonanza for
landlords
• Yes. We need housing for first time buyers and
affordable rental accommodation. Thanks Maggie for
selling council property.
• The village is already overdeveloped. Affordable
houses. Should’ve been a part of the current new
developments
• Double the rates on second homes and empty homes.
• All new, second Holmes should be discouraged.
• How can this be enforced? in principle, the right idea
but unenforceable in my opinion
• Any new housing should be environmentally, built,
ground source heating, solar panels, etc
• No, but insure second home owners contribute fully
through taxation, holiday. Let’s need to be scrutinised to
ensure owners contribute rather than following out the
village.
• Yes – no second homes.
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• HOUSES ON GASTON STREET AS 2ND HOMES HARDLY
EVER OCCUPIED
• There are very few second homes in the village so there
is no need to ban them. Also second homes are often
rented out and therefore encourage tourism (which East
Bergholt wants).
• Second home owners are already penalised through
stamp duty and council tax, don’t penalise them further.
It is not a good precedent to stop free market.
• Limiting the number of second homes will ensure homes
are lived in year round and support the local economy.

• Yes. I want to see this village be a living, dynamic
village. If it’s full of barely used houses then the
community suffer.
• Don’t see a problem with this
• Most people can only afford one property if someone
has been financially successful or inherited from family
why should they be penalised.#
• Properties that would be in the price range of younger
people/modest family budgets should be protected to
keep the village alive. Larger size/value, no problem,
come and spend money!
• A national problem … needs far greater taxation. Do we
have any power here?
• Once everyone has a home, then people can have a
second not before
• Unlikely as many affluent second homers live in EB !
• An additional council tax for 2nd homes
• Definitely we don’t want to become a ghost town
• “Not necessarily unless it has become a problem in EB?
Surely the argument is more about homes which are
kept empty for weeks on end rather than second home
ownership which may be for a variety of reasons.
• Comment for Q 12, also not unless it has become a
problem, for instance Constable park is a great self
contained business and does not impact adversely on
the nearby communities.”
• Certainly not.
• We would never become a popular second home
village
• Not sure this is a current problem
• double council tax at the very least
• If they’re going to be empty yes
• But this should look at balancing demand at the bottom
end of the market, e.g. smaller homes should face limits
being imposed for the purchase of second and/or
holiday homes.
• Lots of people can’t buy the house they need. People
don’t need extra homes – it’s very greedy.
• Not aware that this is a significant issue
• Ni comment
• How would this be enforced?
• This question is open to two interpretations. 1. New build
properties bought as second homes should not be
permitted to be sold as such. 2. Existing buildings bought
as second homes should only be allowed after a period
of time when local people, brought up within East
Bergholt and immediately surrounding parishes, ae
given the opportunity to purchaes such properties for
family use.
• This has been successful in Cornwall. We need EB to be
a real community with most people living here full time.
• To many people have second homes here
• Second home ownership will turn the village into an
Airbnb high profit zone. Steps for prevention need to be
adopted ASAP.

• Second home ownership will alter the demographic and
feel of the village

(Question
12)
Should
we have
a policy
that limits
new
holiday
lets?
Yes
(use your
sticky dots)
No
(use your
sticky dots) Comments
19
drop-in

34
online

TOTAL
= 53

5
drop-in

35
online

TOTAL
= 40

Drop-in
• Based on current available, I suggest that is where levels
need to be kept
• No. Constraints any ambition to grow tourism. Village
needs tourism to support amenities.
• Yes. Holiday do not benefit the village, it benefits, the
owners, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Acado and Amazon. Local
services are ignored
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Village heart enhancements

(Question 13)
You told us that on street parking and pavements in the
village centre are a problem. How could the visual
environment and pedestrian safety of the village centre
be improved?

Comments
Drop-in
• Comments
• Ensure good parking area. Widen pavements in line with road survey and report.
• Barbizon is a good example of using, surfaces, narrowing and signs. To reduce speed and
give a community. Feel
• Parking on pavements are a real problem in particular builders!
• Speed limit of 20 mph. Double Yellow lines in school lane and Mill Road close by prohibit
parking on pavements – Find them!
• Slow traffic, 20 miles an hour in centre and widen footpaths
• Disabled parking only outside the co-op. Speed ramps? Agree
• Agree. Only disabled and young children. Families to park in front of co-op.
• Just allowed disabled parking in front of shop. Otherwise double yellow lines.
• I’m happy with a 20 mph on EB roads. Essential. me too. agreed
• 20 mph speed limits.
• Keeping paths cleaned, drains and hedge rose, cut back

• Double yellow lines in appropriate sections.
• A large Car Park is required in the centre of the village
• Low speed limit in village centre.
• Takeaway car parking in front of village shop and red lion.
• Proper parking facilities in centre of village. Surely impractical to restrict parking outside
shop if no alternative. And how would it be police?
• The PC ran a consultation on the village centre, are we going to see any outcome or
recommendations? the village can consider
• Agree with others dislike, all Cars/vans that half park on pavements. They should all be on
the road, especially Gandish at the moment.
• 20 mile speed limit: 1 Flatford, one way, 2. Old Hall to Carriers Arms.
• Encourage residence just to cut their hedge off the path
• Widen, the footpaths that are narrow, particularly on Heath Road.
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• Don’t see a problem
• DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ,AND ZEBRA CROSSING
• The pavements should be repaired to make the surfaces flat and even to make it safer
(and more attractive). The area outside the front of the Coop should be paved – with
landscaped plants and benches. This would make the village much more attractive and
would encourage a sense of community. There should still be a couple of parking spaces
for disabled drivers and emergency use – and clear signage to the nearby car park.
• Resident only parking for The Street on the opposite side to the car park. This will force
people to use the car park and stop some of the ridiculous parking across driveways. The
pavements do need some repair work but it would be a shame to alter the uniqueness of
the village centre.
• Signs to warn drivers of pedestrians
• Slow traffic down in all areas of the village
• “Zebra crossing outside co-op
• Yellow lines to prohibit any parking in the street ”
• 20mph, around schools and the ‘centre’ of the village. And must find ways to enforce it!
e.g. speed bumps/retarders.
• Installation of speed indicator devices on roads leading into and out of village centre
• Paths constantly overgrown
• I don’t think this is an issue. Given the age and make up of the village the centre this is
difficult to change or influence effectively. It’s also part of what makes British villages, British
and so popular. Its character and provided its safe, which I think it is, then there isn’t a
problem.
• by more car parkin and double yellow lines to replace single yellow ones
• I find that question open to numerous solutions but still amazed a village like East Bergholt
still has a 30 mph speed limit!!! I walk my dog every day around the village and never
surprised by both white van man and yes, residents !!! who exceed 30mph along most of
the roads, builders being the worst when not speeding they park on the pavements
leading to old people having to walk on the road! . A 30mph sign is almost like red rag to
a bull, unsafe especially those that regularly speed in Hadleigh and Heath Roads where
the 2 schools are located. The planners have already created a further problem with the
hundreds of new occupants moving in with their additional cars leading to parking and
added pollution, so good luck with that.
• Certainly not with any double yellow lines by the Co-op unless you want to kill off the
businesses in the centre of the village
• Enforcement of double yellow lines, railings outside the Co-op?
• The pavements are in a state of disrepair, on Gaston street the rusty remnants of an old
road sign remain to be tripped over.
• 20 mph. Table top road design in village centre. More village centre parking with
pathways to shops.
• Double yellows and enforcement of people parking over dropped curbs and unsafely
• Shared paved area in village centre

• I think there is a need for pedrestian crossings near the high school/doctors and also near
the other end of the village near David Wilson homes. One further to cross gaston street to
get to the primary school. I walk my children daily and ut is really scary at the moment.
• Still feel there needs to be a traffic calming bump or something similar on that bend near C
o op , always hard to cross safely on that bend even when people are driving slowly
• More streetlights for night walking
• Widen pavements; increase parking controls (automatic number recognition cameras)
• I don’t see this as a problem, the main area where this is problematic is outside the schools
• Put a zebra crossing on the road near bakery/coop way to provide a safe crossing route
• 20 ph speed limit
• I hate the thought…. but maybe traffic wardens if cars persistently park on pavements.
• Increase number of smaller parking areas and reduce options to park on the road.
• Are there ways to have pedestrian pathways that aren’t adjacent to the road.
• External planting
• “Restrict parking around shop – to disabled parking
• There is a car park”
• More pavements
• Address parking on pavements, overhanging hedges and bushes ensure any parking
restrictions are adhered to currently people just park where they want – note disabled
parking is at the far side of the car park furthest away from the shops not helpful when you
struggle to walk – time restricted parking on the street no eg no all day parking
• No parking on the road, park in the car park!
• Enlargement of red lion car park. Yellow lines
• Pavements need to be kept clear, too many hedges encroach on the pavements. Employ
a parking officer.
• Wider pavement in village centre(fountain house corner)
• Double yellow lines on bends in road by village shop and policing of this especially outside
the estate agents where people park ridiculously so you cannot see when reversing out of
spaces in front of village shop. Clamping of limousine parked outside the nursery and
school. This is not a lay-by for business parking.
• By widening the pavements to cater for pushchairs etc as some pavements are extremely
narrow, particularly opposite the Co-op, and people have to resort going in the road
which is dangerous especially as it’s on a corner.
• I don’t think this is a problem. Convenience is important.
• safer pavements – cant see much else is really possible
• Difficult as only a certain amount of space around old houses
• Initially through enforcement of the law requiring householders/landowners to ensure that
hedges/trees/fences are kept in good order and clear of the footpaths/not obstructing
them. Introduction of bye-laws to ban drivers parking on grass verges or open spaces and
to prevent people parking on pavements. Building of pavements to keep pedestrians
sage, for example along straight road at at the Carriers Arms end of Gaston St.
• pavements which are along the full l length of the roads in good repair
• 20 mph. No cars on pavements.
• Street lighting. More pavements.
• “1.This should be contemplated in the often promised assessment of ‘Village Centre’ needs,
driven by the facilities planned for the centre.
• 2.Pedestrian safety needs enhancing throughout the village, in particular with the provision
of adequate pavements on all roads, and pedestrian crossings on the key points of
danger along the B1070.”
• I don’t think they are a problem. Maybe make two spaces outside the shop disabled
spaces but that’s all.
• Stop people parking on the single yellow lines…get them repainted to make them stand
out would help.
• Use Gatinetts as a car park. Residential parking permits in the centre
• “Better signage.

• A problem that appears not to have been tackled is the parking of a very large car
outside the primary school and nursery. This is a ridiculous situation. ”
• Parking restriction should be put in place to limit the amount and duration of parking that
takes place during the day. One space outside the Co-Op should be designated as a
“blue badge” parking space. The speed limit through the narrow bend in the centre of the
village should be 20 mph – from the church to Hadleigh Road say.
• The ideas proposed in the transport presentation and report were excellent, changing the
road material, sharing the road, removing some car parks from outside the shop, flower
planter pots.
• Better and cheaper public transport
• Hedges need to be cut right back on pathways and home owners should be responable
also
• More parking area designated
• Keep pavements clean and clear of overgrown plants, and moss and algi growth that
makes pavements slippery and dangerous
• Improve/ maintain and in some cases widen and add pathways. Speed calming
measures.

Traffic & access

In May 2023, the parish workshop with 80 residents identified the top 6 priorities and suggestions for
action:
1. Traffic volumes, and pupil safety outside High Schools. Speeds too high, special measures such as
zebra crossing, speed controls wider pavements, speed cameras along B1070. Cycle paths to
both schools.
2. Traffic speeds too high throughout village. Proposed 20mph limit in village; 30mph limit on Straight
Road; limit of 15 mph on Flatford Road. Speed limits must be enforceable.
3. Village Centre improvements. Need for coherent and joined up parking proposals with a larger
car park. Time limited parking outside the Coop and village centre and enforceable yellow lines.
4. Hadleigh Rd/The Street junction, Hadleigh Road outside Primary School. Need for widening
pavement at The Street/Hadleigh Road junction with extended layby for parking along Hadleigh
Road past Primary School.
5. Heath Road/Gaston End junction improvements for pedestrians and cyclists.
6. Burnt Oak Corner, parking issues.

Also throughout the village a need for wider and connecting up pavements and cycle tracks to assist
everyone.

Actions since the workshop
Addressing the top two priorities first, the Neighbourhood Plan group has worked with Suffolk Highways
to identify actions that will help address the first 2 priorities:
1. Speed limits in the village: After consulting the Highways safety officer, he has invited the Parish
Council to apply for new speed control limits and a group of experts are collating the proposal
which will be put to the Highways Safety officer. The Highways Cabinet will consider the
proposals and make a decision.
2. Improve pavements width, speed, zebra crossing along B1070 to improve pedestrian safety
around High School: The Neighbourhood Plan group are chasing up planning control and
Suffolk Highways, seeking to ensure the pavements along the B1070 are widened to national
standards and that the zebra crossing adjacent to the High School is built. We are waiting for a
site visit to be arranged by the Highways engineers to discuss in detail and meanwhile our
consultants, PJA, have researched planning conditions with the aim of improving the current
Highways proposals.

(Question 14)
Any further comments you would like to add?

Comments
Drop-in
• Comments,
• 20 mph max. Everyone speeds including residence
• 30 mph on straight Road. I am an intimidated cyclist. SUV at 60 miles an hour 2 foot from
right ear is scary.
• At least enforce speed limits. Signage barely visible. Flatford Lane 20 mph please.
• Bigger longer layby by Primary School and designed to prevent limousines parking there 20
mph in key areas in village centre and by schools/Whitehorse Road
• Narrow the entrance into Hadleigh Road from the streets.
• Designate, disabled parking in centre of village. No parking in approach to the car park.
• Expand the central village car park behind the red lion!
• New developments need about 400 More cars! 20 miles village speed limit essential.
Limited Village Centre parking (two hours). Area in front of post office is an accident
waiting to happen so no parking
• Introduce traffic calming measures on Heath Road. Pelican/zebra crossing.
• All these suggestions would improve the village
• Speed limit in School Road, Hadleigh Road should be 20 just like every other village in
Suffolk!
• Bigger layby down Hadleigh Road to assist parking at school and nursery.
• To help Hadleigh Road near primary and nursing school remove that dreadful
permanently parked people carrier
• Zebra crossing on Heath Road for school, children and people accessing the GP practice
• 30 mph to be extended to straight mile/Gandish Road crossroads. Speed restrictions on
being 1070 to Whitehorse Road junction.
• Restrict parking close to pharmacy. On opposite side of road prevent frequent flooding by
clearing drains more regularly.
• 20 mile per hour speed limit at Hadleigh Road in front of school. Additional parking at
Primary School
• Pavement from village to A12 should be a cycle track. It is hardly ever used by pedestrians
• 20 mph in village agreed.
• I live on Heath Road. There are numerous large construction Norris using this road to get to
the new developments of Slough Road in Brantham, I know I have followed them! They
should not be using this route. Should be on the A1 37
• A cycle footpath along Touchy Hill, linking the village to Brantham, improving tourism etc
• Stop limousine parking in layby along Hadleigh Road
• Stop parking on the entrance road to Car Park
• Whole village at 20 mph plus speed warning at each end of village
• ANPR by school very good idea.
• Access to A12 needs improving.
• Totally agree, 20 mph around village and Straight Road 30 mph
• Passing through Hadleigh Road by the nursery is very difficult/dangerous at times
• Pavements need to be addressed
• Weight restriction on Heath Road should be enforced
• Rove cycle path access for children at high school from Brantham
• Paved cycle route to Manningtree/Manningtree station needed. Current route on the
road is not safe.
• 20 mph needed through much of the village. On the B-1070 only in key areas (school, blind
corners). However, must be enforced.
• Cycling remains unsafe until speed limits lowered. More family cycling would be feasible. If
20/30 mph limits.
• The stretch limousine is a local business.
• Flatford Lane should be a quiet lane, Green Lane, 20 mph max
• Must be enforced.
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• Roundabout at end of straight road. Speed bumps.
• PRE SCHOOL CAR PARK NEARLY ALWAYS EMPTY AND PEOPLE PARKING ON ROAD.LIMO TO
BE REMOVED FROM LAY BY
• The pavement area outside the Carriers Arms should be extended, to create a second
small village square (or green pocket), and the junction should be a simple T junction
(more fitting for a rural village and encouraging drivers to slow down).
• Make The Street from The Hatters to the Pharmacy resident parking only. When Alec
owned Budgens he insisted his staff park in the car park. Perhaps, a request to all the
businesses to do the same would help.
• Great ideas. Cycle paths and less traffic would be amazing for all ages. I do not see an
issue with parking at burnt oak corner
• While there is no transport to the station, traffic will continue to be a huge problem.
• 2. Those speed limits are unrealistic. It is pointless having aggressive speed limits if they’re
not enforced. Limits around schools of 20mph makes sense, as does through the village
centre, and other choke points (e.g. Flatford Road and on B1070 around Carriers Arms
where the pavement is very narrow, uneven and close to traffic passing by)
• Also, no mention of an urgent need for a paved cycle path to Manningtree and
Manningtree station.
• Speed limit does not need to encompass the whole village. 20 mph around both schools
and village centre only.
• 15mph on flatford road is ridiculous! The focus should be on the school zones and making
these safer with crossings, footpaths, cycle lanes and slower speed restrictions. Reduce
footfall on flatford road by footpaths and verges.
• 20mph throughout village is simply overkill and if you adhere it causes chaos, drive in wales
and you will soon find out it is a misnoma and does not add to road safety. Also 30mph on
straight road to low. 40 would be ok. or 30mph at certain times
• It seems to me that there has been no change and no progress, all too slow if you excuse
the pun $.
• NO DOUBLE YELLOW LINES unless you want East Bergholt to regress further commercially
• What about the lack of continuous pavement along Mill Road and around the dangerous
corner by Place for Plants?
• Both schools are a pinch point for traffic and this will worsen with new housing. Off stret
parking should be sought and roads made double yellow near these places.
• Fully support the 20 mph in the village
• Please make things wheelchair accessible
• Support all the above
• Make the parking bay near the children’s centre 30min waiting to stop a local “business”
from using it to park their extra long vehicle and thus cause further parking issues at key
times
• There are always spaces in the red lion car park, I don’t see why it needs extending. Better
pedestrian and cycle links in some areas (eg between Heath Road and the top of Gaston
St) shd be a priority.
• “The consensus of our business owners breakout group, and from the whole meeting when
we came back together last May, was that 30mph around the village was fine and
correct, but more effort to make it enforceable would be good. 20mph immediately
outside the 2 schools ONLY, (NOT anywhere else) was the consensus, again of our
subgroup and that of the wider meeting.
• Councillors kept putting forward this notion of 20mph everywhere, and we kept saying NO,
not required. I came away very frustrated from that meeting that we were not being
listened to.
• Seeing these same proposals now re 20mph everywhere simply supports my feeling at the
time….WE WERE NOT BEING LISTENED TO. Why hold a meeting if you have already decided
what you want to do. We now read that “…..the Highways safety officer has invited the
Parish Council to apply for new speed control limits”.

• Can I reiterate my opinion here, which is that 20mph (other than immediately outside the 2
schools) is not needed. Even if it was needed, it wouldn’t be enforceable. Drives do not
now adhere to 30, why on earth do you think they’re suddenly going to adhere to 20?
• What some of us suggested last May, was for much better signage at the ends of the
village to alert drivers that they are now in a village. You see signs elsewhere for example
“Please drive slowly and with respect for our village” or “you have now entered a 30mph
area, please adhere to speed limit” etc etc . Certainly coming off the A12 and past the
Moores Lane development some cars are still going at 40 or even 50mph, and this should
surely be a priority.”
• Totally agree with it all.Have you considered organising walking buses to the Primary
school?
• Points 3 & 4 are need considerable improvement now and with the current development
this will most likely become a larger issue.
• Disagree with 20mph. Unaware of probs on burnt oak corner 39 mph on straight road too
low
• Agree paths need clearing and widening.Get rid of limo parked in lay-by by school
• Speeding throughout the village is a real problem and needs addressing not just the B1070
• Good progress thanks
• Agree with all of the above
• Keep the pressure up on Highways. No introduction of pointless ‘quiet lanes’ (merely a
distraction from the real traffic issues).
• have a speed camera and enforce the speed limit
• No speed bumps please. No traffic lights please.
• Why are you not mentioning the double yellow lines outside the Coop? Why are these
being done ahead of the school area?
• 20mph ONLY needed outside the 2 schools. If you’re thinking of putting it anywhere else
then pls don’t…that would be ridiculous.
• The layby outside the primary school on Hadleigh Road should have a time limited parking
restriction put upon it. 1 hour would seem reasonable.
• No further comments
• You need to have a walk along b1070 /straight road and put a roundabout at the
crossroads and cycle/ shared lane in entirety to Brantham to connect everyone to the
public transport network it is not rocket science to understand that we need green cycle /
shared pedestrian access to Brantham, this is the future .
• Gaston road/ mill road junction. Presently a no speed limit sign just before junction- remove
it! Think more about cycle-ability – make it easy to get people out of cars. Do more to
encourage walking.
• Enforcement of the current weight limits along the B1070 would help, maybe with some
form of traffic calming which would prevent a through route to articulated vehicles,
currently there are many 38tonne vehicles using this route as a cut through from the A12 to
A137.
• School. lane has become dangerous in the morning drop off and evening pick up. Cars
everywhere parking anywhere and pollution from car fumes is awful when air con is
deployed, with people running their cars. People are driving crazily with no consideration
of children and residents. This should be a car free zone at these peak hours for safety and
the environment.

Possible Conservation Area extension(s) & Heritage

Conservation areas exist to manage and protect the special
architectural and historic interest of a place – in other words, the
features that make it unique. East Bergholt has a Conservation Area
(marked in grey on the map).

(Question 15)
Our recent heritage landscape study defined our special
landscapes. What are your views on each of the possible
extensions?

Yes
(use your
sticky dots)
No
(use your
sticky dots) Comments
Possible area
1: Donkey
Track, field
either side
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• A bit late for the donkey track with the new
development.
• A general comment would be a need to prioritise.
What is Barbara‘s direction here?
• Most views from the donkey track have remained
the same for 300 years. Constable painted from this
path (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
Possible area
2: Box
Iron/Quintons
Triangle
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• Keep boxing – definitely a heritage resource for the
village.
• Keep the box and green and natural. Historic
remnant of the old public heath
• Innovation, rather than conservation should be on
our mind.
Possible area
3: Hadleigh
Road, west
Side
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• No new developments needed until, doctors,
pavements, parking improved

Possible area
4: Gaston
Street, west
Side
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• None

Possible area
5: Flatford
Mill and
Flatford Lane
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• Flatford Lane, links up with AONB!
• The AMB is not being respected by Bay or National
infrastructure projects, if expanding the conservation
area helps, I would support it.
Online (comments combined)
• Yes but depends what the implications for current
residents in those areas but frankly anything to
protect infill building in the village
• Any measures to protect the village and its
surrounding environment should be taken.
• Babergh Council and their Heritage Department
particularly, already serve to protect the special
architectural and historic interest of a place.
• I am astounded you have included the Donkey
Track! That’s already been ruined by development !
!. All too late, moving the pace of a snail
• Definitely not in the Box Iron / Quintons Triangle
• Imperative to preserve the history and character
• Beautiful places need protection
• Flatford Mill/Lane encompasses Constable view
points of his famous paintings, can’t believe it isn’t
already protected! Box iron has longstanding history
and is an unspoilt place for wildlife as not accessed
by dogs or people. Please save what is left of the
Donkey track.
• This question doesn’t make sense.
• I think we should try and protect as much of our
special landscape as possible so it isn’t used for
building.
• There is the possibility that by over-extending the
conservation area it will make the introduction of
new or extended services/facilities for the village
more expensive, more complicated to establish
employment hubs and further away from the
population they will be serving.
• the areas should be checked in detail to make sure
the areas are still relevant. The map seems out of
date as houses along Flatford Lane are missing
• Inclusion of large areas must be proportionate and
recognise true architectural and historic interest,
inclusion within a conservation area can impose
significant burden and cost on landowners and so
care must be taken to ensure that the extent of all
proposed areas is correct.

• I agree with all of the above proposals as indicated
upon the map.I also belive that the areas west and
south of Mill Road should be included in the area to
preserve the views immortalised by Constable from
further development.
• Extend blue area as far as Orvis lane/ behind
Cordwinders
• Also hadleigh road, on the other side of Hughes
road, running opposite the bungalows.

East Bergholt has a substantial
number of Listed Buildings (see
maps opposite).

In addition, the Neighbourhood
Plan can identify ‘Non-
designated Heritage Assets’-
assets that have a degree of
significance meriting
consideration in planning
decisions because of their
heritage interest but which do
not meet the criteria for being
Listed.

(Question 16)
Please suggest possible Non-designated Heritage Assets.

Comments
Drop-in
• Oppose any building on fields north of Hughes Road.
• Rest of burnt Oak Corner, top of Flatford Road (West side)
• A heritage walk for visitors.
• Views of constable paintings should be celebrated and marked. I agree.
Online
• N/A
• Need more information on the age and significance of the buildings to provide an
educated response.
• N/A
• I don’t see this as relevant or clear in its question.
• None
• Predominantly landscapes – particularly if the Constable connection is to be exploited.
• Place for plants
• The group of houses, along with the Constable Memorial Hall, built in the mid-late 1950s to
plans drawn up by Raymond Erith. The site of the windmill on Mill Road.
• No comments

Good design

As part of the
Neighbourhood Plan
we intend to have a
Design Code – a set of
Comments
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• An attractive “mixture “of a variety of different styles of housing.
• The best modern design. Urban neutral, no pastiche.

design requirements
for the physical
development of the
parish.

(Question 17)
What does good
design mean for
East Bergholt?

• No more uniform house, need more variety. Totally agree.
• Variety
• Eco, friendly housing – high standards of environmentally friendly
aspects.
• Eco efficient, sustainable high insulation standards.
• Please, no more of this cookie-cutter estate housing, which is
currently being built!
• Agree
• Absolutely,
• Good design means involving a wide variety of people at all stages.
EB should have their own design guide so developments reflect the
character of the village.
• How is this affordable? Is Bergholt has many different designs over
many centuries. Variety is the spice of life.
• Vernacular mix
• Good design is more than bricks and chimney pots.
• High quality Abbs. Less waste. Better build. Lower carbon footprints.
Higher energy rating.
• Sustainability. Zero carbon. Zero houses. No fossil fuels, rainwater
catcher and usage.
• Avoid the mock go for the practical and efficient, modern
• NOT 4/5/6 bedroom new houses
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• Not a load of buildings that all look the same ie what is currently
being build. Looks cheap
• N/A
• Visually appealing, enhancing the surroundings, sustainable
• Something in keeping with the village in appearance, which is a
mixture of various styles and ages but complement the area.
However, a precedent has already been set with the appalling new
houses on the Moores development. These will now become part of
the village and used as the standard of all new houses.
• Something that adds rather than detracts from the village’s “special
character”
• I think these are potentially dangerous and they become too
prescriptive
• The environment we as residents live in, the community and respect
of what we have and to own a vision of sustainability
• Principally moderate / low density development focussed on the
area proximate to the A12 as this has less impact on the rest of the
village. Most traffic movements will be served by the B1070 / A12
entrance / exit
• A ban on ugly ‘square box’ type house extensions or new builds that
would not gel with the existing housing stock.
• Sympathetic future facing, the not in my back yard mentality is a
terrible stigma
• Retain a quality feel but allows organic development
• A new development should consider sustainable materials at all
costs. Any extensions to existing properties needs to be in keeping
with it.
• Suitable for all and at accessible price points.
• Retain front gardens as gardens, not car parks
• In keeping with the local architecture and inc variety of designs.
• Not urban architecture, generally low roofs rather than very steep
roofs
• Maintaining a village and not becoming a town

• Sustainable and low carbon with a variety of traditional and
modern. Long lasting.
• In keeping with other properties in the area
• Meeting the needs. Not design for designs sake. Also building to
protect environment and lower energy costs.
• I agree with the design guidelines listed below
• I think this should be left to the experts/architects/developers. No
one ever agrees on this stuff.
• Appropriate and proportionate – but no single blanket design type.
• varied design and different styles
• No new builds that look like boxes
• Quality architects with understanding of local vernacular.
• Keep it a village.
• Traditional but using modern technology with insulation etc etc
• Designs should reflect the styles and wherever possible the materials
used on buildings built before c1965. All buildings should have a
chimney (even if “dummy”). At the same time the design of housing
that is thoroughly modern in look, using high quality materials, should
be accpetable. “Toy town” pastiche is not acceptable.
• Very important both for aesthetics of the village, for health and
warmth of residents and for climate change
• It means that the people making decisions are not incompetent
and understand the world and the future , this attribute is sadly
lacking
• Environmental friendly, but in keeping with surroundings (ie no grand
designers glass and steel buildings)
• Design should be not one naff design taken in isolation. It should
consider the appeal of a street as a whole. There are some shocking
designs that have been approved that already look just rough. We
should be allowing date to be different but not cheap quick to date
designs to be passed through. It needs to be as outstanding as our
landscape.

Design Guidelines for new
development

Agree Disagree Comments
1. Street Character
Streets should be
enclosed by house
fronts which are
visible from the
street, appropriate
set-backs and
natural
surveillance to
improve character
and safety.
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• Why on earth should houses have to be visible
from the street?

Garages should
not be a dominant
feature of building
frontage.
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• Garages and car ports at front are practical
• Garages and car ports at front can look awful
• Yes agree however adequate off street parking
must be included. Unfortunately garages are
needed for security so this is a hard challenge if
there is no alternative
• Extensions are often built to the front of the
property reducing driveway and cars hanging
over on paths
Trees, hedgerows
and verges should
be incorporated
into streets where
possible.
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• Verges should be retained. New development
should keep heritage trees and hedgerows
around their boundary
• Can we have a policy to plant hedges – even
replace fences – re biodiversity
• Existing hedgerow protection must be enforced
Online (combined comments)
• HEDGES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED,MAJORITY NOT
• Well I can see that hasn’t been followed by the
close proximity of the new houses on the B1070 !
# what happened there ?
• Definitely no more cart lodges alongside the
street, EB has a much more open street from
character. Preserve our high trees, the high
canopy over EB is an essential part of our
Constable landscape. Should be measures for
replacing large old trees
• Be careful! We must maintain the open plan
nature of eg Richardsons Road
• The first part of this question again is not clear. It’s
obvious the question writer has an idea in their
head but it has not clearly been put across in the
question.
• None
• Try to avoid uniformity, a la ‘Stepford Wives’ – this
would result in blandness.
• Houses shouldn’t look all the same as it would
look very boring.
• It will be important to retain the variation of
design/type and set-back for new builds.
Considerate planting schemes should be used to
soften/screen buildings as appropriate.
• This question is not diverse and has a loaded
content it is derisory and patronising
2. Preserving East Bergholt’s character and architecture
New development
should reflect the
high quality local
design references
in the built
environment
(examples are
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• There is nothing wrong with good contemporary
design in natural materials. ‘In keeping’ leads to
fake buildings
• Aesthetic quality of building is a matter of
opinion – but aim to be in keeping with a ‘Suffolk
village’.
• Avoid ‘mock’ reproduction houses

provided in the
photos below).
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= 6

• Variety of design is important

The use of
traditional, natural,
locally sourced
materials is more
appropriate than
mass
manufactured,
plastic and pre-
coloured materials
such as u-PVC and
plastic
weatherboarding.
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• We are not in a time warp. Use modern efficient
materials.
• The cost of traditional materials is extremely
challenging
•
Contemporary
design which
respect the
traditional
architecture of the
village should be
welcomed.
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• Pre-fab houses – less building impact, cheaper,
better and less waste
Online (combined comments)
• Why aren’t these being used with current new
builds?
• I both agree & disagree with contemporary
design in this village, it would depend on the
outside appearance.
• The new build sites are totally ghastly and out of
charecter of village
• This is all too late! can’t believe that “preserving
East Bergholt character” has been included that
was lost the day the planning was approved for
the 2 new developments. The village has lost its
identity
• All is a balance, making all building prohibitively
expensive defeats the object
• The focus should be on the aesthetics and
sustainability
• None
• Examples in photos are not contemporary –
difficult therefore to determine what the NP
group considers ‘contemporary’.
• Sustainability should be a factor in the choice of
materials as well, hence the “no”
• regards needs to be had to cost and
sustainability in selection of materials – traditional
materials may not always be the most
appropriate from this point of view
• High quality weatherboard is more than
acceptable though
• The quality of windows should be given priority.
the “stuck on” look of some windows on recent
developments should not be acceptable. The

use of timber, or other similar material, for
windows should be encouraged.
• No more gravel like surface please
• Another patronising example of loaded
questions
• I agree we should be linking the houses in some
way to the past but also embracing interesting
future design and innovation. Creating stand
alone naff palaces with gated entry on small
plots that are designed to be ‘big is beautiful’
are not sympathetic to the calm wide open
spaces that we love here.

3. Settlement edge and rural character
Development
should integrate
within surrounding
landscape,
especially at the
edge of the
settlement. There
should be
appropriate
greening at the
settlement edge
and links with
footpaths.
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• Hedges next to footpaths should be maintained.
No large trees should be cut down
• People put loose gravel on their drives. Where I
came from, this must not wander on to the
pavement, thus causing twisted ankles. So
people, often in Quinton’s Road, should keep
their gravel within their property line
• No fences
• The Moores Lane houses are a terrible view for
people arriving into the village. Hence this is
essential
• New local developments already an eyesore
Dense vegetation
along rural routes
in the village
should be
protected.
Additionally, tree
canopies over
routes throughout
the village should
also be preserved.
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• Agree but footpaths and pavements must be
passable. Proper maintenance essential
• Plant more large deciduous trees in suitable
locations
Dwellings should
feature soft
boundary
treatments
including hedges,
low stone walls or
wooden fences.
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• Please aim to keep in line with ‘Suffolk Village’
• Pre-coloured Hardiplants composite cladding is
eco-friendly, low maintenance and most people
cannot tell the difference to real wood
• Create more hedges. More trees!
Countryside views
at the settlement
edge, as well as
those painted by
John Constable
should be
preserved.
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• This is/will be a vital considertation to retain East
Bergholt’s specific characteristic
• Agree – more hedges and look after existing
trees
• The horse has bolted!

Online (combined comments)
• So why have so many big old trees been
removed in the current building sites?
• Great pity that a bungalow was allowed to be
built on the site of one Constable’s paintings
behind the Court.
• Hedges in summer and weeds on pavements
should be better maintained
• Settlement growth is essential to accommodate
the growing population. If one is unable to
development on the periphery of east bergholt
due to lamp ting countryside views, then
essentially no further development of the village
will be allowed once the few remaining infills
have happened. This is nonsense approach to
planning.
• Again it’s getting boring now but ALL TOO LATE !
• Settlement edge needs to be redefined so as to
allow for a boundary to the track of the western
most part of HM Land Registry SK248663 across to
Woodgates Road as that would enable new
amenities and housing to be kept near the A12
having a lesser impact on the rest of East
Bergholt and will reduce traffic movements in the
village. Second example shown in the
photograph relates to a view of the A12 and its
hinterland. What is beautiful about that or Foxhall
Fields opposite? How can the A12 and Foxhall
Fields be in the same category as the Haywain?
• Can insist that all existing hedges are to be kept,
new homes to include them and trees wherever
possible .
• Are there any restrictions on planting nuisance
invasive foliage such as bamboo?
• Limit hedging height to 6 foot max
• None
• No comments.
• Too late for the settlement edge in relation to
Moores Lane development
• The dense hedgerows need to be maintained to
prevent accidents with paedestrians and cars
• The use of stone walls as boundaries is not
acceptable ( with the perhaps the exception of
flint. Bric walls should not be built using smooth-
faced bricks.
• Not even possible , have you actually seen the
Chaplin road development?
4. Settlement patterns and development layout
The pattern of new
development,
including the
space between
buildings and the
building line should
be consistent with
its immediate
surroundings
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• Spacing should be improved
• Height above lines of houses and extensions also
need consideration

It is appropriate for
buildings in the
Village Heart to be
placed closer
together and with
more informal
characteristics
such as varied set-
backs and
building heights.
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•
New
developments
should maintain
consistent building
lines. Garages and
extensions should
be set behind the
existing building
line.
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• Access to rear garage robs area from house
ground plan
• Variable building lines are more attractive
Online (combined comments)
• Need variety
• The height of new builds in the village heart
needs to be very closely monitored so it does not
dwarf any existing houses. Town house style
would be totally inappropriate for the village.
• If all new developments maintain a consistent
build line then this gives a very rigid, formal
appearance and takes away the ability for
uniqueness and individuality and would be less
interesting.
• Less new developments
• Too late !
• None
• Be careful here as the first point works against the
plan if further development occurs adjacent to
the new estates being built currently, as these
estates and their poor design will be the
‘immediate surroundings’. A minimum
acceptable spacing should be set, based on
other areas in the village – not a template based
on the two new developments.
• the last one is tricky as the historic buildings did
not need garages and a mix may be the better
proposal than a fixed rule
• I agree with all the above.
• Ridiculous
• Allowing big extensions while holding the front
line will mean an impact at the back of the
house. We are experiencing a hemming in as
houses extend backwards on all sides.
5. Development in close proximity to heritage assets
New
developments
should propose
materials which fit
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• We need more and better modern designs
• I agree

sensitively with
surrounding
heritage assets,
while avoiding
pastiche historic
designs and
features such as
fake chimneys.
online

TOTAL
= 70

online

TOTAL
= 4

Any buildings with
modern
architectural styles
should be
designed to sit well
with East Bergholt’s
abundant
heritage assets,
utilising materials
which sensitively
reflect the village’s
historic setting.
11
drop-in

55
online

TOTAL
= 66

1
drop-in

7
online

TOTAL
= 8

Drop-in
High quality well designed modern houses are
fine
Potential infill
development
should not
obscure or
overwhelm the
setting of historic
buildings, as well
as views to
prominent
heritage assets.
16
drop-in

59
online

TOTAL
= 75

0
drop-in

3
online

TOTAL
= 3

Drop-in
• The church needs help with funding or will close
Online (combined comments)
• Should be no infill
• Still too late
• Nothing around High Trees Farm falls into this
category
• Painters Place is a good example of how a new
development fits well into the middle of existing
residential surroundings. It remains to be seen if
the two new developments will do this too!
• None
• This is all stuff covered in planning law generally
and through the planning departments and
teams. Feels like its quite repetitive to that and
not something the parish council should be
concerning itself with, unless it drastically differs
from usual planning guidelines.
• No comments.
• Agreed.
• You are having a joke here surely this cannot be
a serious
• The building that has just been built in rectory hill
is a brilliant example of old materials and style
but which is wholly modern. Love it. Not a
pastiche at all.
6. Housing extensions and infill

Extensions to
houses should be
to the side or rear
of the building,
with significant
changes to the
facade or
frontage of a
building
discouraged.
11
drop-in

44
online

TOTAL
= 55

1
drop-in

17
online

TOTAL
= 18

Drop-in
• Generally all extensions need to reflect the
character of the existing house – not a
contemporary ‘grand design’ add-on
• I disagree. A good contrast can be beautiful
• I disagree too – why should it be the same as the
existing house? Who says? And what is the
reasoning behind this?
Any extension or
infill development
should respect the
setting of any
adjacent or
original building
designs and not
undermine its
height, massing, or
architectural
prominence.
10
drop-in

57
online

TOTAL
= 67

0
drop-in

6
online

TOTAL
= 6

Drop-in
• Extensions should be varied as the older housing
was added to.
Housing extensions
should either
match materials,
fenestration, and
doors with that of
the existing
building, or
sensitively provide
a mix of materials
which are suited to
the building’s
surrounding
context.
5
drop-in

55
online

TOTAL
= 60

1
drop-in

6
online

TOTAL
= 7

Drop-in
• IN a village with no vernacular style we should
avoid too many prescriptive rules. Quality
variety is fine
Online (combined comments)
• I disagree that a blanket refusal for changes or
extensions to the facade of a property can be
adopted, some houses in the village would
greatly benefit from a change in the outward
appearance. Accepting that all historic
properties are already covered by their listing
status.
• Important to retain originality and not create
structural changes which are not in tune to the
feel of the village/town
• The first Yes is wholly dependant on the size and
shape of the plot, so sideways can be
appropriate.
• I think we need to find new ways to encourage
modern high quality architecture which
encourages young families who want to build ,
develop and renovate some of the old
properties in EB . Making it difficult or
unaffordable will mean that people do not want
to take on these listed buildings and they will
eventually ruin.
• None

• As per previous comment this feels like
unnecessary questions which are already
embedded in planning law and guidelines.
• No comments.
• If the design of the extension (to the front) works
in the context of the other sections, why not
allow at the front?
• Many of these questions cannot be answered
with a simple yes or no. There is often a middle
ground.
• Houses evolve over the years and a mix and
match approach can often work
• I agree with the above, but with one exception.
A modern side extension to a building may be
acceptable if it sits back from the rest of the
house and is of very good quality. Such
development should be limited. SPAB offers good
advice about this.
• Affordability in question here , clueless
• Strongly agree but sadly the idea of filling
backwards means the hemming in of
neighbours. We’ve lost light and sanctuary
because of it.
7. Implementing eco-design principles into homes
High standards of
eco-design which
goes above and
beyond existing
building
requirements
should
encouraged. This
could include
features such as
triple glazing, low
carbon heating,
energy efficient
appliances, EV
charging points,
solar panels and
green roofs.
18
drop-in

57
online

TOTAL
= 75

4
drop-in

4
online

TOTAL
= 8

Drop-in
• Cost could be a negative with older residents
• No. Not because it’s aspirationally a good thing.
However, the cost to this is piled on to
homeowners. In the current climate, not enough
is being done to support high income, low wealth
individuals. This does not help.
• Isn’t this obvious?
• Necessary for future generations as well as us
• EB should be aiming for carbon positive housing
standards, generating more energy than used.
The placement,
orientation, and
design of
buildings, where
possible, should
maximise energy
efficiency, i.e.
through solar gain.
12
drop-in

56
online

TOTAL
= 68

1
drop-in

5
online

TOTAL
= 6

Drop-in
• East Bergholt could lead on all eco-design
• A community energy policy. Shared energy
costs benefit everyone. Perhaps join other
parishes?
Online (combined comments)
• Should be solar panels as standard on all new
builds
• What does ‘encouraged’ mean? The primary
reason people don’t invest in the, as you
describe it ‘high standards of eco-design’ is

because it doesn’t make financial sense. If you
have the choice of a £1k double glazed window
and £1.6k triple glazed window, those on a
budget with opt for the double glazed one. Very
much a cliche, however money doesn’t grow on
trees for people, and disposable income
continue to decline.
• The main problem here is outlay of cost whilst the
above is desirable it can be out the reach of
budgets
• Look at Painters Place built to high spec with
thought of above and they can’t sell them #.
• None
• Wholly supportive.
• My mum and dad have solar panels on our roof
they say it’s really good.
• Solar panels and heat pumps can look awful
• Including listed buildings. Why should they not
have solar panels on outbuildings for instance?
• Stupid question really!
• Agreed.
• Affordability? You are having a joke
• Sounds good.
8. Public and green open spaces
Development
proposals should
not negatively
impact, or lead to
the loss of valued
public and green
spaces.
25
drop-in

61
online

TOTAL
= 86

0
drop-in

2
online

TOTAL
= 2

Drop-in
• There are nowhere(sic) need the open spaces
the village needs to provide a wide range of
activities
Where necessary,
development
proposals should
include the
provision of public
spaces which are
easily accessible
to all of East
Bergholt’s
residents.
23
drop-in

64
online

TOTAL
= 87

0
drop-in

1
online

TOTAL
= 1

Drop-in
• What is left of Richardsons Farm. Awkward for
developers and too small. Could be the lung for
the village. A green space for leisure. A heart.
What a legacy that would be.
Priority should be
given to
enhancing the
overall provision of
public and green
spaces.
22
drop-in

62
online

TOTAL
= 84

0
drop-in

2
online

TOTAL
= 2

Drop-in
• East Bergholt has the least amount of public
open space of any of Babergh’s villages. This
must change
•
Online (combined comments)
• Do not build on our green spaces

• Can the two new estates offer any green spaces
for village use?
• Again missed the boat on this
• With all these new houses being built , why was
there no agreement to factor in the building of
new , desperate needed recreation space? The
current space in already over used and that is
before any of the new home are even built?
• Emphasis should be on protecting the existing
green spaces
• None
• Supportive of all. Development proposals should
also include the investigation and bringing into
service of land currently idle, by compulsory
purchase if necessary.
• I have said agree. But no more building please.
• Agreed whole heartedly.
• You are beginning to ask sensible questions niw
Further reflections
Drop-in
• Lights in main car park behind ‘The Lion’ are needed
• Protection of play area between the houses of Chaplin estate
• I moved to Quinton’s Corner almost 14 years ago. It was idyllic for the first four years. Then
the lorries, the speeding drivers, delivery vans started to discover the lane off the A12. Now
it is a race track and I am almost fearful of going for a walk.
• Woodgates Lane and Quintons now cut through off A12 – has changed now a race track!
• Stop new developments!
• 2 new developments are going to ruin this village!
• More focus on amenity for young people; skate parks, small football pitches, hard surface
courts (eg basketball) space for children to play
• Quintons old village green has heritage history and trees
• Are landowners aware of the shortage of a meeting space in the village?
• Do landowners have land for recreation or only (any?) for development?
• All public open green spaces need to be retained
• Agree
• The old village green is a haven for wildlife. Please let it stay as it is.
• Totally agree
Online
• If you have any further thoughts on the design code ideas, or would like to share any further
comments on the overall quality design within East Bergholt then please write these down
on a post-it note and leave them in the box below.
• Not really seems it falls on deaf ears it’s all about the money isn’t it ?
• The challenge with ever increasing eco credentials can challenge designs so we have to
be aware that newer building may have to look different to accommodate regulations
and viable building costs. That is what organic development is about. Of its time, otherwise
we would all be living in mud walls with straw roofs.
• Let’s be more modern with our thinking and not always err on the side of caution. Let’s think
for the generations ahead , let’s not always live in the past, times change and so do
peoples needs. Let’s not be so stuck to the traditions that we can’t see the wood through
the trees . There is a way to ensure EB stays a wonder place to live without holding it back
• The safety of the village is of utmost importance. Also we have to realise the changes
ahead. More young families will need recreational amenities
• People should have the freedom to enhance their homes as they wish, whilst being mindful
of the environmental impact and in keeping with the aesthetics of the village. The impact
of overdeveloping such a beautiful village will be felt mostly by School admissions and
locals using the village amenities.

• Have wheelchair accessible playground equipment. There are very few accessible
playgrounds for children with disabilities. There are many accessible playground ideas
which have spaces for wheelchair users and walking children together.
• None
• No comments.
• I’m sorry to say it but a dreadfully put together questionnaire…
• The new development on Moores Lane changes the whole perspective of the village when
you approach from the A12.
• Building more homes will bring families here , they will need a full complement of services ,
the current availability of services is woefully inadequate , are you sure you have studied
this plan ? Shops leisure transport dentist all poorly supplied here , without a car you are
marooned in a dark space here
• Priority should be given to a safe foot/cycle path from East Bergholt to Manningtree that is
passable in Winter. We need to encourage less car use and traffic on this dangerous route
is increasing. Keeping/maintaining existing and historic footpaths should be added to the
plan.

Other comments

Drop-in
• Precinct the village centre for shared pedestrian and car access – 2 more agree with this
• The centre needs to create a ‘hub’ with new shops. Bring back the bakery and deli!
• The centre needs more shops etc – so essential that the bakers is kept as a commercial
outlet
• All our village stores, pubs, bakery etc are threatened simply because we don’t use them.
Businesses cannot survive without customers. Use local shops. I …..(illegible) rather than
order online. Fill your tank in the village. Use it or lose it!
• The present owner has killed the Red Lion PH. We need a village ‘pub’ for the locals to
use.
• Go to the Hare and Hounds %
• More emphasis on garden sizes (larger) and diversity
• 20 mph on Hadleigh Road and additional parking for school
• Schools – Hintlesham. Capel St Mary, Stoke by Nayland. All 20 mph. Why not our village?
• Need for permanent and enforced 30 mph speed
• With the advent of climate change and increased heavy rainfall, there needs to be a
regular check of street drainage and other plans to mitigate flooding
• How can the village support a move towards green energy/heating for those old listed
houses where solar is not an option?
• We have to preserve the past but build for the future places that are cheap to heat etc
• More affordable housing for local people
• Dark Skies – my favourite thing about the village
• Much effort was put into the first neighbourhood plan. The infill housing was adhered to –
not two mass development sites. What guarantee that it it will be adhered to now?
• The age of attendees to this session is telling. We must engage with the younger villagers
who are the future of Bergholt. They need to have a voice and attend.
Online
• Also, no mention of an urgent need for a paved cycle path to Manningtree and
Manningtree station.
• “LOOK AFTER THE OLD NUTURE THE YOUNG Everything here seems to be full of good ideas
with little progress. STOP DEVELOPING this village before you completely ruin it ”
• It’s a pity that this questionnaire was only available to complete in a digital format and
that you have only offered one Saturday ‘drop in’ for residents. It would have been better
to have tried to reach out to all residents either through more drop in sessions, liaison with

community groups or by door to door conversations with Councillors. Surely councillors
could have ‘divided up’ the village between them all?
• There does need to be more consideration given to the increase in the population of the
village. How will the Parish support new families to the village? How with encourage
community cohesion? What strategies are in place to deal with the influx of
approximately 500 new people to the village?
• The Neighbourhood Plan must embrace ALL the parish areas. Eg The south east boundary
adjacent to Park road has grown from a farm building 6 years ago, to a large commercial
base. The danger is this East End area will grow into an industrial park at the current rate!
• Could Flatford lane playingfield be open all week if not in use. Space sitting empty when
space is at premium
• The village could do with more recycling facilities, bicycle wracks and car charging
points:)
• “Please do not waste money on any more adult gym equipment Also too many
competing halls/ community groups Friday warm space in constable hall- is this reaching
the people who need this in our community This questionnaire was too long
• You are all doing a great job in looking after our village – thank you
• How do influence this further and/ or get involved
• Looking to the future, East Bergholt will need electrical plug-in points for electric vehicles
as many houses do not have off road parking. Having a plug-in facility in the Red Lion car
park would be a start. Also thought needs to be given in the future for appropriately
designed solar panels for listed buildings in the village.
• No.
• please can we have more places to go for chidren?
• “the question on limiting holiday lets did not offer space for a comment – if tourism and
visitors are to be encouraged, it would not seem sensible to be discouraging holiday lets
better public transport links could be a way of limiting the number of vehicles and or
enabling easier access into and out of the village – is this being considered”
• Why is there no reference to the planned development of the Congregation Church? I
think there should be a question about enforcing the protection of burial grounds.
• There will clearly be further attempts in the future to develop the land either side of the
Hadleigh Road and towards the A12. Every effort should be made to prevent this.
• No further comments.
• Ask a tourism expert about the tourism plans ( or we will be pushed out by visitors/ those
that profit from turning homes into holiday rentals).