EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL

PARISH INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN (PIIP) – EAST BERGHOLT

PARISH NAME EAST BERGHOLT

AREA COVERED EAST BERGHOLT

DATE OF PIIP JUNE 2022

DATE OF NEXT REVIEW

DATE ADOPTED / APPROVED. 9 JUNE 2022
BY PARISH COUNCIL

EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT – LIST OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES
WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA, THEIR CONDITION, LOCATION, EXISTING
CAPACITY AND CATCHMENT AREA

1.East Bergholt High School is a co-educational 11-16 school situated between
Ipswich and Colchester, close to both the A12 and the main line railway to London.
East Bergholt is well located, serving a pleasant catchment area in Constable Country.
The school is currently judged by Ofsted to be “Good”. The number of students on roll
in the year 2020/21 is 926.

2. East Bergholt C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School , School Lane.
The school enjoys a generous playing field and fantastic links with the local
community. It is in the catchment for East Bergholt High School. The number of
students 2021/22 is 198.

3. Pre School facilities. There is a private nursery, Lavender Hall, at the Gatinettes
off the Hadleigh Road providing facilities for residents of East Bergholt and
surrounding villages.

4 East Bergholt Young Explorers, part of the Constable Country Childcare
group is a charity providing childcare. It is situated in Hadleigh Road , on the edge of

East Bergholt village and caters for children aged 6 months to 11 years. Alongside
the nursery is a wraparound care provision offering affordable childcare before and
after school enabling parents to return to or continue working or the chance to study.

5. The Pharmacy. There is a small Pharmacy currently located in East Bergholt.
linked to the Constable Country Practice.

6. John Constable Memorial Hall – used for community activities. Main Hall
measures just over 8m wide by 11.5m long. It has a wooden sprung floor suitable for
dancing, keep fit and similar activities. The hall has heavy curtain blackout. There is
also a stage. The main hall is used regularly by a variety of groups and village
activities. The Beneworth Lounge is used as a second function room.
Catchment area is East Bergholt and surrounding villages. The kitchen has been
upgraded to aa commercial standard

7. Lambe School is a listed building – used by the community for various activities.
Catchment area is East Bergholt and surrounding villages.

8. Commercial facilities – Post office within the COOP retail store
Cooks garage
Bike Doctor
Roger Balmain Architect
Fountain House Tea Rooms
Pine Furniture
East End Butchers
The Fields Farm shop
Place for Plants
Sarah Janes Bout
The Bakery
Grier and Son Estate Agents
Armour Engineering
The Gattinetts Business Centre
National Trust shop and visitors Centre
R S P B Garden

THE GATTINETTS
– Capture Green Ltd
– Rosies Boutique
– Lavender Hall Kindergarten
– Voice workshop
– Simon Burke Design
– Gillbanks Family Law
– William Holloway Associates
– East Bergholt Parish Council Office
– Dunwell property management and
Guy Clubb Designs
– Eastern Fostering Services
– Lakeland Accountants

– Woodwork workshops
– Edwards Design Group
– Pro-Duct Cleaning Ltd – Specialists
in air Duct Cleaning
– J Quilts
– Condor Tool and Die Ltd
– Pressi
– Hannah Mortens Psychotherapy
Clinic
– Home Financial services
– Sussed Out Suspensions

WHEELERS YARD
– Mussy Kebabs ltd
– Suffolk Sheds
– Thorcross buiders Ltd
– Home maintenance services
– K W Engineering
– Sapphire builders

– Abc drugs
– Glancey medical associates
– Systems created Ltd
– The Langham Property Company Ltd
– Williams solicitors
– Munihire Lcl Limited
– K & D Furnishing
– Red Lion Antiques
– Vale properties East Anglia Ltd
– Same Star ltd

9. The Sports Pavilion, Constable Field, Gandish Road is owned by the Parish
Council and used by the sports council and associated clubs. It has a social room
and shower and toilet facilities.

10. Outdoor Leisure Facilities.
Constable field is owned/ by the Parish and provides sport and recreation facilities.
The field has 2 football pitches overlaying a cricket pitch, a multi sports surface used
mainly for tennis courts, a bowling green and pavilion, and play equipment for
children. Sports field with football pitch, cricket square, outdoor gym, tennis courts
and bowling club. Constable Field gym equipment. Catchment area East Bergholt
and surrounding villages.
East End field has a play area for younger children.

Football The football Seniors have 3 adult teams and have 90 players
signed on. They Play at Gandish road and Flatford Lane. The
Junior section have 80 players signed on over 4 age groups.
They have training at Gandish Road over the summer months
on Saturday Mornings. All matches are played at Gandish on

different evenings throughout the week and occasionally on a
Sunday morning. In 2022 for the first time there is a Seniors
Ladies Team. There are about 20 players signed on and they
will play up to 5 matches at Gandish on Sunday mornings.

– U7s The club currently has 20 children signed on . They train
Weds evenings at Manningtree High School indoors and
play/train Saturday mornings at Flatford Lane
– U8sThe club currently has 16 players signed on They Train
Thursday evenings At East Bergholt High School (EBHS)
and play games on Sunday at Flatford Lane.
– U9s. The club currently has 11 Players signed on. They train
Tuesday evenings on EBHS astro turf. They play on
Sundays at Flatford Lane
– U12s. The club currently has two teams in this age group –
25 boys in total. They train at EBHS astro turf and play at
Gandish road
– U13s. The club currently ahs 14/15 boys signed on. They
train at EBHS astro turf and play on Saturdays at Gandish
– Women. The club ahs 20 players signed on. They train at
EBHS astro turfs
– Greenshoots. The club runs Greenshoot sessions at
Flatford lane for reception and year 1 children before normal
kick-off times at Flatford Lane.

Cricket
– The Cricket Seniors have two adult teams and have 55 players
signed on. All matches are played at Gandish Road on
Saturdays.
Tennis
– The tennis club has 210 members as at February 20222

Bowls
– East Bergholt Bowls Club is situated on the far side of the
playing fields by John Constable Memorial Hall in Gandish
Road. Carpet bowls is played in the John Constable memorial
Hall. There are 30 active playing members.

11. Bus stops at various locations within the village. There are two Bus Shelters
owned by the Parish Council, one at the entrance to Foxhall Fields and one at the
A12 Junction southbound.

12. Community facilities. East Bergholt Community Council. East Bergholt United
Charities. East Bergholt Horticultural Society. East Bergholt Women’s Institute. East

Bergholt and Barbizon Twinning Association. East Bergholt Tennis Club. East
Bergholt United Football Club. Bridge Society.

13. Constable Country Practice. Serves East Bergholt and surrounding villages.

14. Public Houses and Restaurants.

– The Hare and Hounds, Heath Road
– Red Lion/Red Lion Brasserie, The street
– The Carriers, Gaston End
– Mary’s café’, The Street
– Oranges and Lemons, Rectory Hill
– The Dickie – Royal Oak East end.
– Fields, Park Road East End

15. Allotments
– Between Heath Road and Chaplin Road
– Behind the Church off the street

16.Accommodation
– Rosemarys
– Constable Cottage
– Eco Lodges

17. Congregational Church Cemetery Lane

19. St Mary’s Church East Bergholt

20. East Bergholt Society – village records and the village
recorder – Jeremy Kemp 01206 298122

21. More than 91 listed buildings in East Bergholt. The details and locations are
available at www.cbsoc.org.uk

EXTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT – IDENTIFYING THE SERVICES AND
FACILITIES OUTSIDETHE PIIP THAT ARE USED BY THE COMMUNITY.

1. Health provision. While there is a doctor’s surgery in East Bergholt, the Hospitals
serving
the area are to be found in Ipswich and Colchester.

2. Health Provision – specific services such as podiatry, chiropody, health visitors.

3. Dental Surgeries

4 Library facilities. East Bergholt is served by a mobile Library – restricted in size
and with limited selection. With an expanding population there may be a greater
need for library facilities.

5. Manningtree Railway Station

6. Bus Services

7. South Suffolk Cycleways

8. Mobile fish van

9. Mobile Fish and Chips

10. Bottle bank East Bergholt High school

11. Lawford recycling Centre

12. Hadleigh recycling Centre

13. Traffic Wardens and policing

14. Nelson Potter timber yard Bentley

COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND OR ASPIRATIONS. THIS
SHOULD BE BASED UPON THEGAPS AND/OR DEFICITS IDENTIFIED.
ONCE COMPLETED PLEASE ORDER THESE NEEDS ACCORDING TO YOUR
PRIORITIES

These potential infrastructure projects have been based on the gaps and deficits
which the Parish Council has identified as a consequence of its everyday business
and liaison with the community and also in preparing the East Bergholt
Neighbourhood Plan (current and revision which is ongoing

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES IN EAST BERGHOLT
These will likely include

– Cycle track to Manningtree
– 20 mph speed restrictions
– One -way system
– Installation of speed cameras
– Installation of electric charging points

A Traffic study is being prepared by PJA currently and this is expected to set out a
clear strategy for traffic management in East Bergholt and identify further specific
projects

LAND AND BUILDINGS

– purchase of land and buildings to establish and extend, community facilities,
which might include land for more sports facilities, public open space and
amenity land , new play areas, Cemetery extension, and car parking
– negotiate with developers to acquire land to build affordable homes/
sheltered housing
– Accept land in lieu of CIL money to deliver affordable homes

FOOTPATH SYSTEMS AND FOOTWAYS

– Disabled ramps for Fen Bridge
– Access through kissing gates, styles and other gates on footpaths for disabled
buggies
– Campaign and provide for suitable footpath surfaces and footpath widths for
all users

Footways (pavements)
– Providing footways where these are missing
– Providing footways of sufficient width
– Campaigning/providing for footway surfaces to meet the needs of the less
able
– Campaigning/providing drop kerbs, seats, crossings islands, handrails etc
where needed

REDUCING EAST BERGHOLT’ S CARBON FOOTPRINT
A range of initiatives are being explored as part of the Neighbourhood Plan revision.
All of these will require funding to enhance the village’s green infrastructure,
including heat pumps solar energy and sustainable transport.

MAINTAINING AND UPGRADING EXISTING PLAY AREAS AND RECREATION
FACILITIES
The growth of the village can be expected to increase the use of all existing sport,
leisure and recreational infrastructure and such facilities and their need for
investment will be considered under this heading

COMMUNITY CENTRE, HERITAGE CENTRE AND SHELTERED HOUSING
These Community projects will benefit the village and arose through the
Neighbourhood Plan. They are currently at formulation stage

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – HOW WE HAVE SOUGHT THE VIEWS OF OUR
COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY HAVE HELPED TO INFORM YOUR CURRENT
AND FUTURE NEEDS
Refer to East Bergholt neighbourhood plan.
In essence the Revised Neighbourhood Plan has consulted and will continue to
consult widely with the community over the course of its life and will hold public

meetings, carry out surveys and questionnaires, seek comments from businesses,
those running community facilities, and those running clubs and providing services to
residents. It has and will continue to hold monthly meetings.
All comments raised via the above forums have and will continue to be analysed and
will assist in developing the EAST BERGHOLT NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN which
has and will continue to feed into this audit on the current infrastructure in East
Bergholt which has informed future needs as identified above.
The above list should not be seen as closed and there is an expectation that as the
significant growth in East Bergholt develops and through the ongoing business of the
PC, and for instance through communication with members of the public, here will be
further infrastructure that will be identified as lacking.

EXPECTED GROWTH – LOCATION, SIZE AND DEVELOMENT SITES. WHAT
IMPACT WOULD THESE HAVE ON YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS?
Planning permission has been given for a further 241 buildings to be built in East
Bergholt.
This will ensure the village will grow by 18.5% once all are completed.
These will have a significant impact on the current facilities and will highlight the lack
of other facilities as identified above. As residents seek to access the missing
infrastructure outside the village there will be a significant impact on the road
infrastructure – all of which has been identified at the Babergh District Planning
meetings and in the East Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan

PROJECTED INCOME FROM ALL SCOURCES INCLUDING EXTERNAL
GRANTS, CIL AND SECTION 106 INCOME
1. External Grants. Unknown none applied for

2. CIL. 25%of receipts collected by Babergh.(Potentially as much as £748577)

3. CIL Portion of the Strategic Pot of CIL monies collected by Babergh

4. S 106 income

OUR INVESTMENT PRIORITIES – A LIST OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
TO BE FUNDED IN ORDER OF THEIR PRIORITY.
It is expected that those analysing this audit will avail themselves of the work carried
out by the East Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan Team.

This audit has been prepared using data collected in consultation rounds of the
Neighbourhood Plan work and is based on community engagement.

APPENDIX A PIIP PROJECTS
EAST BERGHOLT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLANS. PRIORITES FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.