Lowestoft Town Council
The Councillors elected in the May 2019 elections are as follows:
Gunton - Sue Barnard
St Margarets East - Colin Butler and David Youngman
St Margarets West (uncontested) - Peter Collecott
Harbour and Normanston - Steve Ardley, Tara Carlton, Tracey Eastwood, Peter Knight, Keith Patience and Andy Pearce
Kirkley - Amanda Frost, Jacqueline Hardie and Alice Taylor
Pakefield (uncontested) - Robert Breakspear, Alan Green and John Pitts
Elmtree (uncontested) - Peter Lang and Nick Webb
Tom Crisp (uncontested) - Graham Parker
The full results of the contested seats are:
| Ward | Candidate | Votes |
| Gunton | Sue Barnard | 634 (E) |
| Gunton | Crispin Hook | 327 |
| St Margarets East | Colin Butler | 646 (E) |
| St Margarets East | Jen Jones | 454 |
| St Margarets East | David Youngman | 517 (E) |
| Harbour and Normanston | Steve Ardley | 1153 (E) |
| Harbour and Normanston | Tara Carlton | 1163 (E) |
| Harbour and Normanston | Neil Coleby | 1034 |
| Harbour and Normanston | Tracey Eastwood | 1206 (E) |
| Harbour and Normanston | Ian Graham | 1024 |
| Harbour and Normanston | Peter Knight | 1110 (E) |
| Harbour and Normanston | Keith Patience | 1208 (E) |
| Harbour and Normanston | Andy Pearce | 1108 (E) |
| Kirkley | Amanda Frost | 819 (E) |
| Kirkley | Peter Hadden | 157 |
| Kirkley | Jacqueline Hardie | 478 (E) |
| Kirkley | Mark Moran | 252 |
| Kirkley | Clare Stachan | 440 |
| Kirkley | Alex Taylor | 392 |
| Kirkley | Alice Taylor | 561 (E) |
Details of how you can be considered to fill the Councillor vacancy, representing the Elmtree ward.
Read more on Co-option Process for One Councillor Vacancy, Representing the Elmtree Ward
There are four contested and four uncontested wards for the election on the 2nd May 2019. The Statements of Persons Nominated for contested wards and the uncontested ward notices can be found below.
Details of family fun and craft activities at the Lowestoft Maritime Museum in April and August.
Read more on Family Fun and Craft Activities at the Lowestoft Maritime Museum
The Town Council is pleased that its application to register the land at Dip Farm as an Asset of Community Value has been successful.
In real terms this means that should the owner of the site ever decide to sell the land, the community will be able to submit an intention to bid before the land is put on the open market.
Further information can be found at www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/community/community-rights/community-right-to-bid.
The registration as an Asset of Community Value does not affect any current leases for the land.
This is the first site the Town Council has successfully added to the register on behalf of the community of Lowestoft.
A section of the Great Eastern Linear Park, where it passes underneath Church Road, will be closed between 08:00 - 16:00 on Tuesday 9 April for Essex and Suffolk Water to carry out essential work.
A diversion will be put in place, as per the diagram below (the red line indicates the section which will be closed and the yellow line indicates the diversion which will be put in place).
Please see public notice here for further information and contact details.
Read more on Temporary Closure of a Section of the Great Eastern Linear Park
The drying racks at The Ness were put to good use when volunteers from Google's London office came to Lowestoft to help dress the Excelsior's sails for the new season. This is a biennial event which the Town Council are pleased to welcome on the land at The Ness. More information about the Excelsior can be found here: www.excelsiortrust.co.uk.
Photograph courtesy of Alice Taylor.
Read more on Dressing the Excelsior's sails at the drying racks
