Colin Hedgley - Carlford and Fynn Valley Ward

Cllr Colin Hedgley is your East Suffolk Ward Member for Carlford and Fynn Valley.

Colin was raised in north London and moved to Great Bealings in 2011. At the end of his education, he joined the Royal Navy and served for 34 years.

After leaving the service, Colin worked in the electronics industry followed by two years as an MP’s constituency office manager, then managing editor of a local magazine for five years.

He has been a district Councillor for eight years, serving on five committees. He was also the vice-chairman of Suffolk Coastal District Council before becoming the first Chairman of the newly formed East Suffolk Council in 2019.

Colin also chaired the Licensing Committee at East Suffolk Council.

He very active in the community, he is currently a member of Great Bealings Parish Council, a member of the Safer Village Driving Group and a keen member of his local Speedwatch Team.

 

Cllr Colin Hedgley can be contacted at: [email protected]

News

Funding supports ‘SID’ with tackling speeding problems

After years of sharing a speed indicator device (SID) with neighbouring parishes, Playford Parish Council finally took delivery of their own device with money raised the local Community Partnership and Safer Village Driving (SAVID) pressure group.

1.5 million homes by 2029

Now the new Labour Government has published its plans for building 1.5 million new houses in the next five years the question is where will they be built? It looks as if the countryside is going to be where the majority of houses will be built and if we (East Suffolk) do not build our quota then th