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Community Land Trusts
Why set up a Community Land Trust (CLT)?
A CLT can protect an asset, including housing, employment, education or green space for future generations in perpetuity because it is held in ‘trust’. CLT’s are legally defined enterprises run by local people who are accountable to their community.
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Housing Land Supply
The National Planning Policy Framework requires planning authorities to update annually a statement setting out the supply of deliverable sites for housing to provide at least five years’ worth of supply against housing requirements. The Statement of Housing Land Supply for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2029 was published in November 2024 which identified a 5 year land supply in both Local Plan areas. In December 2024 an updated National Planning Policy Framework and an updated methodology for calculating housing need were published. Accordingly, the Interim Housing Position Statement (March 2025) outlines East Suffolk’s new housing land supply position.
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Approval for council’s innovative housing scheme
East Suffolk Council is delighted that an exciting and innovative scheme to redevelop the Former Deben school site in Felixstowe has received planning consent.
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Open Doors to the Community event
Residents living in the north of the district are invited to attend a virtual event, highlighting the wide variety of organisations providing services and activities in the area.
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Community Led Housing
Community led housing (CLH) is an umbrella term for housing that is owned or managed by the community in a not for profit basis. The term encompasses different models:
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Register for Social Housing
Gateway to Homechoice is the scheme for letting social housing across eight council areas in parts of Suffolk and Essex.
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Exchanging your council home
A house exchange is a way of moving to a new home by swapping properties with another tenant.
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Current gypsy and traveller encampments
There are currently no reported encampments within the district.
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Sheltered housing
Wait... Before you contact us, you might find what you're looking for on our Retirement Living page.
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Completed projects
Read more about "Completed projects"...Milton Road East, Lowestoft: New Build of 6 units 
The homes were constructed by Needhams ltd on behalf of East Suffolk Council. The build was completed August 2024.