Are you aware there is a planning application for a wind turbine at West Studdal Farm. All comments to Dover District council must be lodged by Friday 25th May.Check DDC planning website for the full details.

 Fly tipping on the playing field is forbidden. The parish council will take action against those carrying out such anti-social behaviour.

Sutton- by- Dover Parish Council

Help your council improve your Parish come to the meetings,be pro active- help us make the Parish a better place to live.

We have 2 new parish councillors replacing Ray Odell and Anne Nayes. Sarah Doolin from Ashley and Carolyn Clews from Little Mongeham are your new councillors.

 Carolyn has lived in the Parish for two and a half years and she hopes her skills as a lawyer and experience of managing businesses to achieve target time will make things happen for the community.

Ordance survey grid reference for Sutton TR 3349 

 Lat. 51.19335 N

Long 1.34282 E

The parish is made up of settlements in Sutton, Studdal, Ashley, Maydensole and West Studdal and part of Little Mongeham.It is a rural parish approx. 5 miles from Dover and 5 miles from Deal. There are just over three hundred dwellings in the parish .The parish is served by the old Norman church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Sutton.

In the village of Studdal we have a Community Centre and a church hall.. The North Downs way runs through the Parish and a map displaying all  the footpaths can be viewed in Studdal on Downs Rd,the main road through the village.

Check the notice boards in Sutton at the Church gate,outside the Church Hall Studdal,and in Ashley on the old Wellard shed for current parish notices.

Simon Butcher who lives along Stoneheap Rd Studdal is the Chairman.

Graeme Akhurst who lives in Little Mongeham is Vice Chairman-Yes, part of little Mongeham is in the Parish of Sutton!

Graham Smith lives at Maydensole

Hugh Densham lives in Studdal.

Ron Little lives Chapel Lane Ashley.

Sarah Doolin lives in Ashley

Carolyn Clews lives in Little Mongeham

Parish council contacts                         

                                                          simon_butcher_3@hotmail.com                                                 Carolyn.clews@sky.com

                                                           Sarah.doolin@tesco.co.uk                                                           gdakhurst@hotmail.co.uk

                                                          ronmastermariner@aol.com

Contact ,Graeme Akhurst about traffic/roads,Ron Little about the allotments and community orchard. Hugh Densham has responsibility on foothpaths and any problems with Highway drainage. Graham Smith has a special interest in all matters planning.If you cannot contact one particular councillor any councillor will look into your problem.

A parish councillor does not just attend a once a month meeting. As you can see from the above interests of each of the above everyone has a special interest.With the playing field we all take a turn at going up once a week to inspect the safety and general condition of the field. The parish council pays on your behalf to have the grass cut regularly but those on the parish council themselves paint the Teen shelter,have installed the goal posts,have made good holes dug illegally into the BMX track. We all do a litter pick on the field and monitor it for dog mess as we have had complaints in the past about children having shoes/clothes messed up.We have a public liability insurance on the field but we have to be compliant with the policy with the regular inspections. ROSPA inspect the equipment annually and we act on their recomendations. New swing seats and chain have been installed and a new gaiter put on the rocker .

 See FAQ for more information on duties