EAST BERGHOLT PLAYING FIELDS COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2025/2026 Recent compliments from opposition football teams that our grounds are among the best in any of the local leagues makes all our efforts worthwhile. The grounds have been seeded, weeded, fertilized and deep tined as required during the year. The deep tine aeration process allows the grass roots to grow much deeper This practice is primarily used on sports pitches to improve the health and playability of the grass by reaching layers of soil that standard equipment cannot. We have done this over the entire field for the benefit of [...]

EAST BERGHOLT NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2025/2026 Councillors will remember considering a draft version of East Bergholt’s revised Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 14 pre submission draft for consultation in February 2025. At this point we were feeling well advanced, clear about the way ahead and looking forward to good progress and adoption in 2026. This is not how it turned out. The strategic context on which our Plan had been based changed, as if overnight, at both a national and district planning level. We faced new national planning guidance, new housing targets, and a decision by B&MS to [...]

EAST BERGHOLT BURIAL GROUNDS COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2025/2026 As we approach the end of another year for the Burial Grounds Committee, and my second year as Chair, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the year gone by. Overall, it has been a quieter year for the Committee. The most recent meeting in April 2026 was cancelled due to a lack of business. However, this does not fully reflect the activity across the year, and there have been several notable matters, including: Rabbit-Proof Fencing The Committee agreed to the installation of rabbit-proof fencing following concerns [...]

EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRS ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2025/2026 Unitary Councils in Suffolk The biggest event in 2025/26 that will affect our future village is the government’s decision to create one Mayor for Norfolk & Suffolk and to merge current county and district councils to create unitary councils. The Parish Council has been active throughout this period of consultation trying to ensure that local voices are heard and that local representation remains effective. The region Mayoral decision was made by government and the new region is expected to start in 2027, managing regional services such as police, health, and [...]

1 EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL The Chair of the Parish Council gives notice to All Electors of East Bergholt that EAST BERGHOLT ANNUAL PARISHIONERS ’ MEETING will be held on Thursday 14 May 2026 at 7pm at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt The Annual Parishioners’ Meeting is an occasion for members of the public, local organisations, clubs, and groups to come together, ask questions, make comments and representations and raise any matters with the Parish Council. We hope that as many local people and organisations as possible will come along to this meeting where there is full public [...]

EAST BERGHOLT YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2025/2026 The work of the committee this year has been dominated by the youth club. It has been - as they say - a journey - and not an easy one. The Ipswich-based youth charity 4YP was appointed by the committee - and the youth club for years 7 to 11 opened for the first time on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the Benneworth Lounge. On that first night, a casual decision to allow some year 6 pupils to attend was to have lasting consequences. Older attendees became increasingly put off [...]

EAST BERGHOLT PLAYING FIELDS COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2025/2026 Recent compliments from opposition football teams that our grounds are among the best in any of the local leagues makes all our efforts worthwhile. The grounds have been seeded, weeded, fertilized and deep tined as required during the year. The deep tine aeration process allows the grass roots to grow much deeper This practice is primarily used on sports pitches to improve the health and playability of the grass by reaching layers of soil that standard equipment cannot. We have done this over the entire field for the benefit of [...]