East Suffolk Council
Leiston Market Square Engagement
In 2023 East Suffolk Council (ESC) commissioned a masterplan framework to inform and better co-ordinate all wider regeneration activities in Leiston in the coming ten to fifteen years.
The masterplan framework acknowledged many of the existing opportunities in Leiston, and included a vision for the town with overarching principles that enable existing and future regeneration opportunities to be progressed in a coherent way.
A key output of the document was a masterplan for the town centre, which brings together indicative proposals for ten sites in the town centre including Market Square.
Market Square, inc. 16 – 22a Sizewell Road
The site south of Sizewell Road is one of the pivotal sites for regeneration activities in Leiston town centre.
This site comprises three land ownerships: the western parcel owned by Telereal Trillium, BT and Royal Mail; the central parcel owned by ESC; and a narrow strip of land along the eastern edge owned by a private landholder.
Following discussions with 3rd party land owners a decision has been made to begin to develop the proposal utilising East Suffolk Council assets as a first phase of development. Key to the brief is to ensure that any proposal will not block wider development of the site should the 3rd party land become available.
The feasibility and viability work are being delivered by IF_DO, who have been commissioned by East Suffolk Council. IF_DO bring extensive knowledge and experience to the project having worked on similar projects across the South East of the UK.
Local communities and stakeholders are vital to the development of the designs. To enable local people to give their views, an engagement event took place on Wednesday 24th July for key stakeholders and local communities and the feedback received has been taken in to account. Those unable to attend the event in person were able view the consultation documents and comment by completing the survey or by emailing leistonregeneration@eastsuffolk.gov.uk . If you would like to contact us please feel free to continue to use this email address.
The final report and updated design proposals will be added to this page by the end of September.