About Sutton-By-Dover Parish Council
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.
Anne Nayes lives Waldershare Rd. Ashley
Ron Little lives Chapel Lane Ashley.
Ray Odell lives on Downs Rd Studdal
Parish council contacts
Contact Anne about playing field,Graeme Akhurst about traffic/roads,Ron Little about the allotments and community orchard.Ray Odell has responsibility for the Millenium garden,that is the area round the telephone box and 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 .
We take seriously the problem of speeding and are constantly e mailing Hughways with our concerns. Thanks to efforts from Graeme Akhurst we should have more signage through Sutton in the autumn. We wanted other measures but Highways say they would be unenforceable. We will see if the measures they will take will be effective See FAQ for more information on duties