After extensive correspondence with Council officers and raising the matter at the Local Committee, we have succeeded in getting a very good display to brighten up the crossing outside Sutherland House, in the Brighton Road. The baskets are an attractive display.

This “Gateway to Sutton” area needs brightening up. We hope to get Sutherland House sorted out and occupied in the next year, despite the current delay (see our article below). If the project to build a dramatic-looking new building on the site of the Brighton Road car park were to come to fruition (and there is a long way to go on this, including consideration of a planning application against local development policies), the gateway to Sutton from the South would be much improved. The baskets are an important contribution.