About CLA East

CLA East is here to help you and your rural business in the region
About us
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.

Contact us

Our main office telephone number is 01638 590 429. Alternatively, send an email to east@cla.org.uk

Our address

CLA East, The Old Estate Office, Hall Farm, Newmarket, CB8 0TX

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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; Edward Dale; Jeanette Dennis; Freddie Fellowes; Ellen Francis; Ian Gould; Martin Lines; Tom Mead; Alastair Morbey; Iain Nott; Edward Phillips; Emma Powlett; Guy Taylor; 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; Simon Marriage; Robert McGowan; Peter O'Donnell; Edward Rout; Archie Ruggles-Brise; Andrew Schwier; Hugh Simpson; John Frederick Strutt; William Sunnucks; Andrew Tetlow; Charles Tritton.

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: Wilfrid Dimsdale

Honorary Vice-Presidents: Ralph Abel Smith; Harry A Bott MBE JP DL; Sir Simon Bowes Lyon; and The Hon Richard Pleydell-Bouverie DL.

Chair: Richard Pilkington

Vice-Chair: Tom Williams

Committee: Thomas Abel Smith; Jessica Allen-Back; Patrick Beddows; Becky Bone; Nicholas Buxton; Nick Collingridge; Anthony Downs; Guy Halsey; Henry Holland-Hibbert; Edward Lytton Cobbold; Louise Newton; Ian Pigott; Hugh Richardson; Victoria Sandberg; Edward Wainwright-Lee.

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: Duncan Worth

Vice-Chair: Amy Jobe

Committee: Tom Anderson; Timothy Banks; James Birch; Daniel Cross; Simeon Disley; Johnny Dudgeon; Jonathan Gibbons; Susanna Gorst; Christopher Heneage; Ben Jackson; Joanna Knight; Richard Langton; Thomas Nelthorpe; William Price; Stafford Proctor; Kit Read; Graham Rowles Nicholson; Nicholas Scott; Peter Wiggins-Davies; Ben Wills; 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: Charlie MacNicol

Vice-Chair: Alexis Brun

Committee: Chris Allhusen; Glenn Anderson; Alice Atkinson; Edward Bailey; Thomas Blofeld; Dominic Buscall; Tom Dye; Sarah Exton; Sophia Key; Gavin Lane; Mark Little; 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: Justin Mumford

Vice-Chair: Mark Herrod

Committee: Marcus Berridge; David Bletsoe; Robert Brudenell; Henry Clemons; Ross Collins; Rosie Davis; Stephanie Dennis; Alice Hare; Mark Henderson; Fred Hilsdon; David Hutchinson; Sam Rees; Dan Richmond-Watson; Rebecca Ruck Keene; John Thame; Alice Townsend; 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: Henry Machin

Honorary Vice-Presidents: Sir Edward Nall Bt.; Sir John Starkey Bt., DL.

Chair: James Helliwell

Vice-Chair: Henry Murch

Committee: Tim Bradshaw; Mark Chatterton; Michael Chennells; Liell Francklin; Chloe Gill; William Lee; Jonathan Morgan-Smith; James O'Donnell; Nigel Porter; Tony Strawson; James Thomas; 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; Ben Crossman; Alastair Dixon; Beth Duchesne; Davina Greenwell; James Harris; Ellie Hay; Lucinda Hutson; Tom McVeigh; William Notcutt; John Pawsey; 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.

Watch

A CLA East seminar held on the topic of carbon accounting for land managers.