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East Suffolk: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

East Suffolk Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of SFK. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Suffolk County Council. ONS code E07000244.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by East Suffolk for 2026–27: £197.82 of a £2,334.80 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 3 opened (3 academy converter), 3 closed (3 academy converter)

Carlton Colville Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
Colneis Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
Fairfield Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
Carlton Colville Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026
Colneis Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026
Fairfield Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as East Suffolk reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

East Suffolk: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£316,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	£400,000
Housing services (general fund only)	£11.0 million
Cultural and related services	£5.7 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£23.2 million
Planning and development services	£15.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£7.1 million
Other services	£1.8 million
Total service expenditure	£64.2 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

East Suffolk in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 249,664 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 50 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £25,540 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £600 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 26.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £276,301 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 85.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 143.0 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 9,215 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

55 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Greens, Liberal Democrats and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Green Party (E&W) 16, Conservative and Unionist 15, Labour Party 11, Liberal Democrats 9, Independent / Other 4.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 55 councillors, by ward

Katie Graham (Green Party (E&W)) — Aldeburgh & Leiston
Sarah Whitelock (Green Party (E&W)) — Aldeburgh & Leiston
Tom Daly (Green Party (E&W)) — Aldeburgh & Leiston
Caroline Topping (Green Party (E&W)) — Beccles & Worlingham
Sarah Plummer (Green Party (E&W)) — Beccles & Worlingham
Sheryl Rumble (Green Party (E&W)) — Beccles & Worlingham
Anthony Speca (Green Party (E&W)) — Bungay & Wainford
Toby Hammond (Green Party (E&W)) — Bungay & Wainford
Colin Hedgley (Conservative and Unionist) — Carlford & Fynn Valley
Dan Clery (Green Party (E&W)) — Carlford & Fynn Valley
Jamie Starling (Conservative and Unionist) — Carlton & Whitton
Jenny Ceresa (Conservative and Unionist) — Carlton & Whitton
Letitia Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Carlton Colville
Myles Scrancher (Conservative and Unionist) — Carlton Colville
James Mallinder (Conservative and Unionist) — Deben
Jan Candy (Liberal Democrats) — Eastern Felixstowe
Mark Jepson (Conservative and Unionist) — Eastern Felixstowe
Seamus Bennett (Liberal Democrats) — Eastern Felixstowe
Owen Grey (Liberal Democrats) — Framlingham
Vince Langdon-Morris (Green Party (E&W)) — Framlingham
George King (Labour Party) — Gunton & St Margarets
Graham Parker (Labour Party) — Gunton & St Margarets
Beth Keys-Holloway (Green Party (E&W)) — Halesworth & Blything
Geoff Wakeling (Green Party (E&W)) — Halesworth & Blything
Janet Craig (Labour Party) — Harbour & Normanston
Keith Patience (Labour Party) — Harbour & Normanston
Tess Gandy (Labour Party) — Harbour & Normanston
Julia Ewart (Independent / Other) — Kelsale & Yoxford
Debbie McCallum (Conservative and Unionist) — Kesgrave
Geoff Lynch (Conservative and Unionist) — Kesgrave
Stuart Lawson (Conservative and Unionist) — Kesgrave
Alan Green (Labour Party) — Kessingland
Louise Gooch (Labour Party) — Kirkley & Pakefield
Malcolm Pitchers (Labour Party) — Kirkley & Pakefield
Peter Byatt (Labour Party) — Kirkley & Pakefield
Paul Ashdown (Conservative and Unionist) — Lothingland
Edward Thompson (Liberal Democrats) — Martlesham & Purdis Farm
Mark Packard (Liberal Democrats) — Martlesham & Purdis Farm
Rachel Smith-Lyte (Green Party (E&W)) — Melton
Lee Reeves (Liberal Democrats) — Orwell & Villages
Mike Ninnmey (Liberal Democrats) — Orwell & Villages
Andree Gee (Conservative and Unionist) — Oulton Broad
Edward Back (Conservative and Unionist) — Oulton Broad
Keith Robinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Oulton Broad
Tim Wilson (Green Party (E&W)) — Rendlesham & Orford
Robert Cawley (Conservative and Unionist) — Rushmere St Andrew
John Fisher (Independent / Other) — Saxmundham
David Beavan (Independent / Other) — Southwold
Amanda Folley (Independent / Other) — Western Felixstowe
Mike Deacon (Labour Party) — Western Felixstowe
Rosie Smithson (Labour Party) — Western Felixstowe
Sally Noble (Green Party (E&W)) — Wickham Market
Ruth Leach (Liberal Democrats) — Woodbridge
Stephen Molyneux (Green Party (E&W)) — Woodbridge
Paul Ashton (Liberal Democrats) — Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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