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Landscape
The quality of existing and proposed landscapes is an important consideration for East Suffolk. Landscapes help to create a sense of place, and good design should ensure that they are properly considered. East Suffolk is proud to have a dedicated Landscape team which provides advice across the council, predominantly focused on planning, but contributing to a wide range of matters.
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East Suffolk Council announces spending plans for 2024-25
East Suffolk Council will spend nearly £100million in 2024/25 delivering critical services for its communities, and projects to improve the district, as part of an ambitious four-year-plan.
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Pension Credit
Are you approaching or already at the current State Pension age of 66? You might be able to get Pension Credit – a weekly benefit that tops up your income.
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Local Validation List and Local Validation Guidance
The Local Validation List
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2015 (as amended) sets out the national information requirements for planning applications, often referred to as the ‘National List’, and it includes basic essentials for all planning applications such as specific plans and drawings, and specific requirements based upon application types.
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Residents asked to help identify commercial fly-tippers
Lowestoft residents are being asked to provide any information which may help to identify a business which is illegally dumping garden waste in a residential area.
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More homes eligible for energy improvements
More households can access free home improvements to make them warmer, healthier and cheaper to run, thanks to Warm Homes Suffolk.
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Helping people access affordable food
Community groups, organisations and town and parish councils are invited to apply for funding to help provide affordable food to East Suffolk residents in need.
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Half a million pounds for communities in new emergency response fund
A new fund has been established to provide immediate, short-term financial support to East Suffolk communities affected by future emergency events.
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New guidance for applications for Houses in Multiple Occupation
A new planning document has been adopted in East Suffolk to help guide proposals for the conversion of properties to Houses in Multiple Occupation.
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Council to consider transformation of recycling services
East Suffolk Council will consider proposals to radically increase the range and volume of products which can be presented for household recycling at a meeting of its Cabinet next week.
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Working together in response to Government legislation, Suffolk’s district and borough authorities - Babergh, East Suffolk, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk and West Suffolk Councils - are all reviewing their waste and recycling services to meet new nationwide ‘Simpler Recycling’ requirements by 31 March 2026.
With this in mind, East Suffolk’s Cabinet will discuss plans to vary the existing ‘dry’ recycling collection service by including glass and cartons; with plastic film to be incorporated the following year. This will be in addition to a brand-new weekly food waste collection, which is to be introduced across the county in the Spring of 2026.
As part of this refreshed recycling approach, East Suffolk will consider the adoption of ‘twin stream’ collections, where all households would be supplied 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.
Twin stream recycling would reduce the amount of processing required at the Material Recycling Facility (MRF) keeping paper and card away from the glass and moisture in the recycling, making these materials easier to recycle while retaining a higher resale value. Splitting the recycling into two separate containers is also shown to reduce overall contamination of the recycling compared with co-mingled collections.
Through this approach, Suffolk has the potential to divert over 58% of waste from rubbish bins to other recycling and organic waste collections. On this basis, and to encourage improved recycling habits, the report which councillors will also consider proposes to reduce the collection of non-recyclable waste from fortnightly to once every three weeks.
East Suffolk’s Cabinet will sit on 3 September, with Suffolk’s other district and borough councils considering their own proposals in due course, reflecting the necessity to meet Government legislation requirements and improve recycling figures.
Cllr Sally Noble, East Suffolk’s Cabinet Member for the Environment said: