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The champions for rural land and business.
About CLA East
CLA East is here to help you and your rural business in the region
CLA East
CLA East provides services and rural representation for members in the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
Address: CLA East, The Old Estate Office, Hall Farm, Newmarket, CB8 0TX
Serving members in the East
CLA East has thousands of farming, landowning and rural business members. They range from countryside enthusiasts with an acre or less to some of Britain's best-known farmers and biggest estates, plus a hugely diverse range of rural businesses. These members are supported by the regional team of staff and served by county and regional committees.
Campaigning
We campaign regionally on behalf of our members and the whole rural economy. We lobby national and local Government, respond to consultations and have representation in a range of organisations to safeguard our members' interests.
Help and advice
Our knowledge of planning, public access and environmental issues enables us to advise members on diversification and a wide range of other issues. We can also call upon our tax and legal experts at headquarters to advise on more complex matters. For help and advice on any matter, large or small, contact the team at the regional office. If we are unable to deal with the query we have a database of other experts with whom we can put you in touch.
Regional events
We arrange a number of seminars, webinars, visits and social events for the benefit of our members. These are advertised in our Enews and on the regional pages of the CLA's national Land & Business magazine.
Our regional committees
Our branch committee members are the eyes and ears of the CLA in each county and form an important role in formulating national policy, ensuring views and concerns of members in the East are taken into account with CLA national lobbying. To find out who is on your branch committee click on your county below.
CLA Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire branch
The Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county’s members and ensure your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Robert Sears
Hon Vice-Presidents: The Lord De Ramsey, DL; Sir Hugh Duberly CBE DL KCVO.
Chair: Richard Crane
Vice Chair: Tom Martin
Committee: Tim Breitmeyer; Anthony Barber-Lomax; Chris Behagg; Hazel Church; Jeanette Dennis; Ellen Francis; Ian Gould; Martin Lines; Tom Mead; Alastair Morbey; Iain Nott; Edward Phillips; Emma Powlett; Guy Taylor; Robyn Ward; Charles Whitbread.
CLA Essex branch
The Essex branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county's members and ensure that your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Jeremy Finnis
Chair: Caroline Ratcliff
Vice-Chair: James Gray
Committee: Simon Brice; Nicholas Charrington; Keri Constantatou; Simon Dixon Smith; Nicholas Harper; James Hill; Simon Marriage; Robert McGowan; Ross McGowan; Peter O'Donnell; James Padfield; Judith Plummer Braeckman; Edward Rout; Archie Ruggles-Brise; Hugh Simpson; John Frederick Strutt; William Sunnucks; Charles Tritton; Simon Upton.
CLA Hertfordshire and Middlesex branch
The Hertfordshire and Middlesex branch committee is here to represent your interests and ensure your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Lindsay Sinclair
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Ralph Abel Smith; Harry A Bott MBE JP DL; Sir Simon Bowes Lyon; and The Hon Richard Pleydell-Bouverie DL.
Chair: Tom Williams
Vice-Chair: Ed Wainright-Lee
Committee: Thomas Abel Smith; Jessica Allen-Back; Becky Bone; Alexander Cherry; Nick Collingridge; Anthony Downs; Susannah Halsey; Edward Lytton Cobbold; Louise Newton; Ian Pigott; Hugh Richardson; Victoria Sandberg.
CLA Lincolnshire branch
The Lincolnshire branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county's members and ensure that your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Roger Douglas
Chair: Amy Jobe
Vice-Chair: Christopher Heneage
Committee: Tom Anderson; Timothy Banks; James Birch; Emma Blandford; Daniel Cross; Simeon Disley; Susanna Gorst; Ben Jackson; Joanna Knight; Richard Langton; Thomas Nelthorpe; William Price; Stafford Proctor; Kit Read; Graham Rowles Nicholson; Nicholas Scott; Peter Wiggins-Davies; Ben Wills; Duncan Worth; Phillip Wynn.
CLA Norfolk branch
The Norfolk branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county's members and ensure that your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: James Keith
Chair: Alexis Brun
Vice-Chair: Edward Bailey
Committee: Chris Allhusen; Glenn Anderson; Alice Atkinson; Thomas Blofeld; Dominic Buscall; Tom Dye; Sarah Exton; Edward Fitzalan-Howard; Sophia Key; Gavin Lane; Mark Little; Charlie MacNicol; Alexander Mann; Rebecca Mayhew; Peter Mitchell; Emily Norton; Edward Parsons; Lord Tom Raynham; Justin Ripman; Nick Sandford; Michael Sayer; Nell Taylor.
CLA Northamptonshire branch
The Northamptonshire branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county's members and ensure that your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Rupert West
Chair: Mark Herrod
Vice-Chair: John Thame
Committee: Marcus Berridge; David Bletsoe; Robert Brudenell; Henry Clemons; Ross Collins; Rosie Davis; Stephanie Dennis; Alice Hare; Mark Henderson; Fred Hilsdon; David Hutchinson; Justin Mumford; Sam Rees; Dan Richmond-Watson; Rebecca Ruck Keene; Johnny Wake.
CLA Nottinghamshire branch
The Nottinghamshire branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county's members and ensure that your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Tony Strawson
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Sir Edward Nall Bt.; Sir John Starkey Bt., DL.
Chair: Henry Murch
Vice-Chair: James Thomas
Committee: Tim Bradshaw; Mark Chatterton; Michael Chennells; Hannah Connors; Kate Cressey; Liell Francklin; Chloe Gill; Pamela Gladwin; James Helliwell; William Lee; Jonathan Morgan-Smith; James O'Donnell; Nigel Porter; Robert Wofinden.
CLA Suffolk branch
The Suffolk branch committee is here to represent the interests of the county's members and ensure that your concerns are heard at county, national and European levels.
Contact your committee via the regional office at east@cla.org.uk if you have any concerns you would like to address, or indeed if you would like to become more involved.
President: Graham Downing
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Countess Cranbrook OBE; Sir Edward Greenwell Bt DL; Bennett Swayne.
Chair: Edward Willis
Vice-Chair: Bruce Kerr
Committee: Jonathan Ascroft; Andrew Blois; Katherine Cross; Ben Crossman; Alastair Dixon; Beth Duchesne; Argus Gathorne-Hardy; Davina Greenwell; Ellie Hay; Lucinda Hutson; Tom McVeigh; William Notcutt; James Pearson; Alison Provis; Edward Tollemache; Hugo Upton; Mark Wells; Nicholas Woolley.
Become a member
There has never been a more important time to benefit from being a member of the CLA: if you are not already part of our organisation contact the regional office on 01638 590429 or email us to find out more.
