The village of Newton is scattered around a green of some 40 acres,
which forms 8 holes of the Newton Green Golf Club. The total
land within the Parish boundaries is approximately 2200
acres. The village is divided by the A134 which is the
main road between Sudbury, 3 miles in the north, and
Colchester. We hope that you find our website of interest and
that your time spent scrolling through our pages is worthwhile.
This page will give you a summary of news items and of forthcoming
events.
All documents on this website are in PDF
format.
Suffolk Village of the Year
Newton has won the Babergh District Village of the Year
competition and will receive the first prize of £500, Certificate
and Brass Plaque. Newton will now take part in the Suffolk
Village of the Year competition, where we face all the other
District winners, in the week commencing 13th July.
Colin Poole is Newton's contact so if you would like
further information please contact him on 01787 376448
Next Meeting of Newton Parish Council
Newton Parish
Council's next scheduled meeting will be held on
Wednesday 8th July 2009 at 7.30pm
in Newton Village Hall.
AGENDA
Chilton Quarry
Newton Parish Council has received the report
from Government Inspector Elizabeth Hill which approves Suffolk
County Council’s plans to retain Chilton as a potential site for
quarrying, despite two planning applications from Brett Aggregates
being rejected in the past.
In a press release NPC Chairman, Colin Poole, explained “We are
frankly shocked that despite evidence from all quarters, including
aggregates companies themselves, that material from this site isn’t
worth risking the lives of people in getting at it, this inspector
decided to keep the site in the strategic plan, despite accepting
that the county had enough reserves without it.”
“Elizabeth Hill has also decided that the fact that the council’s
sustainability appraisal of potential quarries didn’t include
measuring their carbon footprint wasn’t a problem. How can Suffolk
lay claim to being the greenest county if the council doesn’t need
to measure the carbon footprint of their proposals to put thousands
of additional lorries onto Suffolk roads? The Hill Report is giving
a green light to every council in England not to bother with the
basic test of sustainability in a Sustainability Appraisal. It’s a
farce.”
“Plans for a quarry at Chilton were rejected twice by the County
Councillors on the basis of road safety – given the stretch of road
is in the top ten most dangerous roads in Suffolk, that decision
reflected concerns from hundreds of protestors. However, Elizabeth
Hill still accepted the argument put forward by planners that the
A134 was perfectly adequate for 30 tonne lorries to use, despite
being in places less than 6m (20ft) wide, over-ruling Police
concerns for road safety.“
Speculating as to whether new planning applications may now be made
to quarry at the Chilton site, Colin Poole commented “Any applicant
is going to have to consider the uphill battle they are going to
face in obtaining planning permission for this site. We certainly
are not going to roll over. The strategy document may still include
Chilton, but there are plenty of other sites that aggregates
companies will prefer to quarry – existing sites with major
extensions. Any company which decides to test us over Chilton will
have a hell of a fight on its hands.”
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE
BACKGROUND ON THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR THE
QUARRY
Around the Green
A copy of the July 2009 edition can be
seen
HERE
West Babergh Safer Neighbourhood Team
Newton is policed by the West Babergh
Safer Neighbourhood Team and our PCSO is 3193 Siobhan
Hemmett. You can contact the team via the following
methods:
The Safer Neighbourhood Team's website also
contains some useful information and links for problem
reporting:
www.onesuffolk.co.uk/safersuffolk/westbabergh
IF YOUR CALL IS URGENT AND YOU NEED
IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE, ALWAYS CALL
999.