East Suffolk Council is delighted that an exciting and innovative scheme to redevelop the Former Deben school site in Felixstowe has received planning consent.
Read more about "Approval for council’s innovative housing scheme"...A funding programme which supports people struggling with social isolation and loneliness is now accepting new applications.
Read more about "More funding available to help tackle social isolation"...East Suffolk residents are being reminded of the importance of using their open fires or wood-burning stoves responsibly this winter to help reduce air pollution and improve their health.
Read more about "Using open fires and wood-burning stoves responsibly this winter"...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"...A new food support scheme has launched in Beccles to provide those in need with hot meals and drinks.
Read more about "Providing food for those in need"...Local communities in Framlingham, Wickham Market and surrounding villages are set to benefit as Community Partnership opens a second round of funding scheme.
Read more about "Local communities to benefit from further funding "...Over £49million is to be invested in assets, services and infrastructure across East Suffolk over the coming financial year.
Read more about "Millions of pounds of investment approved for projects across East Suffolk"...Members of the Beccles, Bungay and Halesworth communities will be able to chat with local stakeholders in new ‘pop along’ events beginning this week.
Read more about "‘Pop along’ to new events in Beccles, Bungay and Halesworth"...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 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2028 (published November 2023) identifies that a five year supply of housing land can be demonstrated, as follows:
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