The owner of Chelsea Court, 54 Mulgrave Road has had planning permission to extend the building – in effect adding two extra floors to the block of flats – refused by Sutton Council. This was the latest in a series of applications in our Ward where owners of blocks of flats have sought to extend […]

Here is a quick round up of what we have done recently in the summer months. Attending local events We attended the Friends of Sutton Green Community Fayre and helped run some of the stalls including Hook a Duck and Splat the Rat. It was a tremendous day and a big thank you to Friends […]

Your opinions matter to us and we want to hear them.  That’s why we’re asking you to take part in our latest Summer Survey Is there something that needs fixing in your local area? Are you concerned about the cost of living? What do you think is the biggest issue in our borough at the […]

Good to meet so many Crowborough residents at the Alliance for Wealden Crowborough Forum on Friday, when we discussed many things including: Many thanks to everyone who came along. We will hold another before the end of the year.

Louise, Richard and Trish travelled to City Hall, the HQ of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, on 30 June to join other Sutton Liberal Democrat Councillors in presenting a petition to the Mayor. The petition, signed by over 10 000 Sutton residents, expressed our opposition to the extension of the ULEZ zone to outer London boroughs. […]

We are again involved in arguments over proposals to add extra storeys the top of Northumberland House. Northumberland House is the tower block at the corner of Brighton Road and Wellesley Road, about 200 yards along Brighton Road if you turn left when coming out of Sutton station. Criterion Capital, the owners of Northumberland House, […]

This picture shows Louise and Trish cleaning off the graffiti we found in the area outside Northumberland House in Brighton Road. We want residents to report to us instances of graffiti, which is one of the scourges of our times, worldwide. In general, the Council has a good record in cleaning off graffiti quickly. A […]

In support of our policies to combat global warming and reduce carbon emissions, the programme to fit electric vehicle charging points in lampposts in our Ward continues. A further consultation exercise is about to take place on the installation of two new electric vehicle charging points in Mulgrave Road, close to the junction with Worcester […]

On Wednesday 24th May, Green, Liberal Democrat, and Independent Councillors voted to form an administration for East Suffolk Council. We will have a slim majority of 1 (28 vs 27 Councillors), but we will be in a position, nevertheless, to set the agenda and deliver for residents after decades of Tory neglect. The task ahead […]

On Tuesday 16 May, Liberal Democrat, Green, and Independent Councillors met to discuss forming an administration for East Suffolk Council. All of us are eager to deliver a more democratic and transparent Council, as well as a fairer and greener Suffolk. I’m particularly pleased, not least because the only way we can deliver change in […]