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Thorpeness Survey – Your Village, Your Future
To ensure the wider Thorpeness community are prepared for a future shaped by rapid coastal change, residents, visitors and businesses in the village are being asked to take part in a survey to help inform future decisions.
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Authorities join forces for day of action in Saxmundham
Officers from East Suffolk Council have taken part in a multi-agency day of action with the aim of improving community safety in the Saxmundham.
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Improvements to play areas underway across East Suffolk
Work is now underway to redesign several play areas across East Suffolk, providing high-quality play spaces for children of all ages and abilities to enjoy.
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Helping town and parishes to support nature
Prepared by environmental charity Groundwork East on behalf of East Suffolk Council, a new toolkit is now available for town and parish councils to support conservation in their local area.
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Book your place for an evening with Ned Boulting
Tickets are now on sale for a special event with acclaimed sports broadcaster Ned Boulting, ahead of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men arriving in East Suffolk.
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Three Councils For Suffolk: Big enough to deliver, local enough to care
The five district and borough councils of Suffolk, Babergh, East Suffolk, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, and West Suffolk, have today (7 August) launched their joint Three Councils for Suffolk proposal, a locally led plan to reshape local government and deliver stronger, more responsive services to communities across the county.
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Cost-effective Council purchase for Better Recycling scheme
East Suffolk Council’s Cabinet has agreed a cost-effective purchase, from existing budgets, to help ensure that the new ‘Better Recycling’ scheme is as simple as possible for residents to understand.
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From 2026, East Suffolk Council will supply all households with an additional wheelie bin or other container to separate paper and card from plastics, metal, cartons (including Tetra Pak) and glass bottles or jars. This will be in addition to a brand-new weekly food waste collection service.
Better Recycling is a government initiative which every council must adopt, and all councils must seek compliance with what is expected, doing so in a financially prudent way. As part of this, all Suffolk councils, are expected - and have agreed - to standardise waste and recycling bin colours across Suffolk, as part of the government’s push for greater consistency.
With this in mind, changes are required to colours in East Suffolk, which are currently out of step with the rest of the county. Additionally, a colour clash will be resolved, helping to avoid confusion for residents.
However, rather than purchasing new bins, East Suffolk Council’s Cabinet has instead opted to introduce new bin lids, in the appropriate colour, at a fraction of the cost. To replace bins in their entirety would cost £875,000 plus distribution which would take the overall cost to over £1 Million. However, replacement lids, will cost around £350,000 to purchase and install, providing a far cheaper and more environmentally friendly option.
Cllr Sally Noble, East Suffolk's cabinet member for the Environment said: “When our garden waste subscription service was introduced some years ago, the previous Conservative administration decided not to follow the approved waste and recycling colour scheme, and introduced green bins for garden waste instead of the established brown.
“We said from early on that this could cause confusion when alongside the new green-lidded bin we are introducing for card and paper as part of ‘Better Recycling’. However, it is important that we address this as cost-effectively as possible, and replacing lids, only, is far cheaper.
“This money comes from an existing budget, where – thanks to excellent procurement work by the council – we have remaining funding in place which we are able to utilise.
“Ultimately, this is a step we must take, to ensure consistency and simplicity, and I am entirely satisfied that this approach is the most cost-effective way to meet our objectives.”
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Work to improve coastal assets set to take place
Read more about "Work to improve coastal assets set to take place "...Update: Following delays caused by significant wind and wave conditions, work to remove and install navigation markers between Hopton and Ness Point in Lowestoft is now intended to be carried out from Wednesday 17 September and will last approximately 2 weeks.
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Groups invited to be part of Sustainable Communities Action Day
Read more about "Groups invited to be part of Sustainable Communities Action Day"...Representatives from community groups across Suffolk are being invited to attend a free environmental action networking event happening next month.
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Councils ask communities to identify potential development sites
Residents, developers, landowners, businesses and other organisations are being invited to submit locations which could be considered for planned future development.
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