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The Sutton Community Award 2024 banner with Community Action Sutton, Sutton Housing Partnership, Volunteer Centre Sutton, and Sutton Council logos.
06 Sep 2024

Sutton's Finest: Honouring Local Heroes and Organisations

Each year, Sutton's Community Awards recognise remarkable individuals and groups across the borough.

Council Leader Barry Lewis standing in Sutton High Street
04 Oct 2024

Sutton’s First Literary Festival, with the BBC’s Louise Minchin

Also featuring children’s author Raymond Antrobus (Can Bears Ski?), poet Lucy Furlong, crime writer Vaseem Khan, artist Sheba Montserrat and many more writers and artists.

Council Leader Barry Lewis and Councillor Jake Short standing in Sutton High Street in front of the Moon Gate structure with an LBS employee and two women
01 Oct 2024

New town centre installation and urban garden opens to the public

Residents and shoppers visiting Sutton town centre can now see the final design for ‘Moon Bloom’ - a temporary installation by Adrienne Lau from Edgy Collective.

Aerial view of Sutton showing houses, cars in streets and construction work taking place
30 Sep 2024

Helping council leaseholders with the rising costs of essential works

Sutton Council’s leaseholders will be able to choose from six ways to help pay their bills for major works to their homes in the future, giving greater flexibility in light of the growing cost of maintaining national housing standards.

Council Leader Barry Lewis inside Throwley Yard for the opening night. Also in the photo are two men and a woman standing by a DJ deck and speakers.
27 Sep 2024

Throwley Yard: Sutton's new cultural hub is now officially open!

Throwley Yard, Sutton's eagerly-awaited new cultural destination, was launched this week by the Leader of Sutton Council, Councillor Barry Lewis. 

Picture of an older man in a light blue shirt, wearing glasses with a pencil in his right hand.
27 Sep 2024

Sutton Council set to provide support for vulnerable residents this winter

Sutton Council is set to continue to provide cost of living support to residents struggling financially this winter following the successful lobbying of the Government to extend the Household Support Fund.

Council Leader Barry Lewis with Preston Benson at Throwley Yard.
27 Sep 2024

For Sutton, For the Community: Transforming Sutton Town Centre

For Sutton, for the Community is the strapline of our brand new cinema at Throwley Yard, which I had the privilege of attending the official opening of this week. 

23 Sep 2024

Sutton residents warned about parking scam text messages

Residents in Sutton should be on the look-out for scam text messages about an outstanding parking fine - also known as a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).

New council homes
20 Sep 2024

Sutton to spend £22m extra on tackling homelessness and helping Afghan refugees

Sutton Council will spend an extra £22m on buying at least 57 new homes for homeless housing applicants and refugees in the next two years.

Council Leader Barry Lewis standing by the moongate structure in Sutton High Street
20 Sep 2024

Reaching for the Moon in Sutton Town Centre

We are celebrating the Moon Festival this Saturday 21st September and the installation of Sutton’s first ‘Moon Bloom’ and urban garden at Sutton’s Mid Autumn Festival. Join us in Trinity Square from 4.30 pm through to early evening where there will be a food market, performances, family friendly activities and lantern making.

Single use plastic cutlery, containers and straws
19 Sep 2024

Cracking down on single-use plastics, cleaning up our streets

Sutton Council has adopted new measures to crack down on litter and pollution caused by single-use plastics in the borough. The new policy is targeted at the borough’s businesses, and sets out how the Council will provide advice, education and enforcement to reduce single-use plastics use in our borough. 

Two females talking in front of some boards at the Elm Grove Regeneration
18 Sep 2024

Residents celebrate next steps for new housing at Elm Grove

Current and former residents joined the Council and its newly selected development partner - Lovell Partnership - for a day of fun and activities on the Elm Grove Estate in Sutton town centre last Saturday!