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Championing the rural economy, environment and way of life.
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.
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
Find us on social media
Follow latest updates from CLA East on Twitter here.
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 Samuel Whitbread KCVO; 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; Matthew Neilson; 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: Jonathan Douglas-Hughes OBE DL
Chair: Caroline Ratcliff
Vice-Chair: James Gray
Committee: Simon Brice; Nicholas Charrington; Keri Constantatou; Simon Dixon Smith; Jeremy Finnis; Nicholas Harper; Simon Marriage; Robert McGowan; Peter O'Donnell; Edward Rout; Archie Ruggles-Brise; Andrew Schwier; Hugh Simpson; William Sunnucks; John Frederick Strutt; 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; C 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; Nick Collingridge; Anthony Downs; Kenneth Grant; Guy Halsey; Henry Holland-Hibbert; Edward Lytton Cobbold; Louise Newton; Jack Panton; Ian Pigott; Victoria Sandberg; Ed 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:
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; Joanna Knight; Richard Langton; Thomas Nelthorpe; Stafford Proctor; William Price; 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: Chris Allhusen
Chair: Charlie MacNicol
Vice-Chair: Alexis Brun
Committee: Alice Atkinson; Edward Bailey; Thomas Blofeld; Dominic Buscall; Tom Dye; Sarah Exton; James Keith; Sophia Key; The Earl of Leicester (Tom); Mark Little; Alexander Mann; Rebecca Mayhew; Peter Mitchell; Gavin Lane; Emily Norton; Edward Parsons; Lord Tom Raynham; Justin Ripman; Michael Sayer; Nick Sandford; 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
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Sir Hereward Wake Bt MC DL.
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; Rebecca Ruck Keene; Sam Rees; Dan Richmond-Watson; 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 Andrew Buchanan Bt.; Sir Edward Nall Bt.; and Sir John Starkey Bt., DL.
Chair: James Helliwell
Vice-Chair: Henry Murch
Committee: Tim Bradshaw; Mark Chatterton; Michael Chennells; Liell Francklin; Chloe Gill-Issacs; 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; James Harris; Ellie Hay; Tom McVeigh; William Notcutt; John Pawsey; James Pearson; Alison Provis; Edward Tollemache; Hugo Upton; 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.
