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The local development scheme sets out the timetable for local plan preparation and other planning policy documents. On 12 December 2024, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning asked all local planning authorities to update their Local Development Schemes and to submit updated information on Local Plan timetables within 12 weeks (by 6 March 2025). An updated East Suffolk Local Development Scheme has been produced. This document sets out the council’s current position on plan-making, an indicative timescale for a future Local Plan and information on the preparation of other planning policy documents.
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Planning and Building Control Covid-19 newsletter - January 2022 |
Due to the restrictions in place at the time of adoption of planning policy documents, the council suspended elements of the Statements of Community Involvement and set out alternative ways in which physical copies of documents could be made available.
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East Suffolk is covered by the East Suffolk Council – Suffolk Coastal Local Plan and the East Suffolk Council – Waveney Local Plan. These cover the former Suffolk Coastal and Waveney districts.
Read more about "Planning policy and local plans"...East Suffolk Council’s Statement of Accounts for 2020/21 is now available to view here.
Read more about "Statement of Accounts for 2020/21"...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.
Read more about "Housing Land Supply"...Reporting on developer contributions helps local communities and developers see how contributions have been spent and understand what future funds will be spent on, ensuring a transparent and accountable system.
Read more about "Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS)"...The East Suffolk Cycling and Walking Strategy was adopted on 4 October 2022 and aims to create safe, coherent, direct, comfortable, and attractive cycling, walking and wheeling environments. This can lead to improvements in health and wellbeing, facilitate greater social interaction and play, encourage more environmentally sustainable lifestyles, reduce road congestion and support economic growth.
Read more about "East Suffolk Cycling and Walking Strategy"...Residents are invited to give their views on a draft Planning Position Statement for the Kirkley Waterfront and Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood, which will help bring forward development at the site in Lowestoft.
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