East Suffolk Council Lowestoft RATS
Appalling neglect of Normanston Drive rat infestation and overgrown properties. I am writing this to highlight the utter lack of action from East Suffolk Council and the local housing officer regarding the Normanston Drive area in Lowestoft.Multiple properties have front and back gardens with grass standing 4 to 5 feet tall, dumped rubbish, and abandoned food bins. This severe neglect has created a massive rat infestation in our back gardens. Residents can no longer use their outdoor spaces, and children are playing right next to where these pests are breeding. The council refuses to investigate these messy gardens, send warning letters, or properly involve Environmental Health. When tenants do cut there grass, they only do the middle, leaving overgrown or dead hedges, edges, and black sacks full of garden waste. creating perfect nesting spots for vermin and the council in East suffolk are doing NOTHING to clean up the area.
To make matters worse, food bin collection dates are constantly muddled, leaving food waste sitting out for up to a week or more. Green garden waste bins, no-one seem to know when to put them out. The whole new system is a terrible mess.
Just today (23rd July 2026), the system's failure was on full display when a standard open skip truck went by with staff manually throwing in exposed food waste. East Suffolk Council has the legal power to act under the Housing Act 2004, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and the Public Health Act 1936. Instead, they choose to do absolutely nothing, but sit on there backsides while continuing to take tenants' money. First Hollingsworth Road few month ago and the infestation of rats, now Normanston Drive — the council system here is a complete shambles. Environmental Health must intervene immediately.








