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Westerfield neighbourhood plan

Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan was prepared by Westerfield Parish Council following consultation with the local community and is used alongside the Local Plan when making decisions on planning applications in the area.

Made Plan

Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan was formally ‘Made’ by East Suffolk on 19 May 2025.

  • Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan
  • Decision Notice
  • Report to Council

The Neighbourhood Plan and other supporting documents can be viewed at Kesgrave Library, Kays Close, Kesgrave, IP5 2HL and East Suffolk Council Customer Service Centre, Woodbridge Library, New Street, Woodbridge, IP12 1TD (during opening hours).

Previous stages

Referendum

A referendum was held on Thursday 15 May 2025. Of the people who voted, 96% voted in favour of the Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan.

  • Referendum result
  • Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Version (March 2025)
  • Design Guidelines and Codes
  • Landscape Appraisal
  • Landscape and Biodiversity Evaluation
  • Examiner’s report
  • Summary of Representations
  • Decision Statement
  • Information for Voters
  • Information Statement

Independent Examination 

The examination of the Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan was carried out by independent examiner Andrew Ashcroft.

  • Response to Examiner’s Clarification Note
  • Clarification Note
  • Examination Arrangements

Comments on submission documents

  • Responses to Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan
  • Late responses to Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan

Submission

Westerfield Parish Council submitted their Neighbourhood Plan to East Suffolk Council ahead of it being submitted for independent examination. East Suffolk Council publicised the plan and invited representations between 21 August and 9 October 2024. Consultation notice. 

  • Visit the consultation portal to find out more
  • Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan – Submission Version
  • Consultation Statement
  • Basic Conditions Statement
  • Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Statement
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Opinion
  • Consultation notice
  • Design Guidelines and Codes
  • Landscape Appraisal
  • Landscape and Biodiversity Evaluation

Regulation 14 consultation

Consultation on the Draft Westerfield Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 14 Pre-Submission) ends on 19 January 2024.

Neighbourhood Area designation

The first stage was to designate the 'Neighbourhood Area' – the geographical area the plan will cover.

  • Application Form
  • Decision

In this section

  • Aldringham cum Thorpe neighbourhood area
  • Barnby neighbourhood area
  • Beccles and surrounding villages neighbourhood area
  • Beccles neighbourhood plan
  • Bredfield neighbourhood plan
  • Bungay neighbourhood area
  • Campsea Ashe neighbourhood area
  • Carlton Colville neighbourhood plan
  • Corton neighbourhood area
  • Earl Soham neighbourhood area
  • Easton neighbourhood plan
  • Eyke Neighbourhood Area
  • Framlingham Neighbourhood Plan
  • Great Bealings neighbourhood area
  • Halesworth neighbourhood plan
  • Henstead with Hulver Street neighbourhood area
  • Kelsale cum Carlton
  • Kesgrave neighbourhood plan
  • Kessingland neighbourhood area
  • Leiston neighbourhood area
  • Little Bealings neighbourhood area
  • Lound Ashby Herringfleet and Somerleyton neighbourhood area
  • Lowestoft neighbourhood area
  • Martlesham neighbourhood area
  • Melton neighbourhood area
  • Mettingham, Barsham, Shipmeadow, Ringsfield and Weston
  • Mutford neighbourhood plan
  • Oulton neighbourhood plan
  • Oulton Broad neighbourhood area
  • Otley neighbourhood area
  • Playford neighbourhood plan
  • Rendlesham neighbourhood area
  • Reydon neighbourhood plan
  • Rushmere St Andrew neighbourhood plan
  • Saxmundham neighbourhood plan
  • Shadingfield Sotterley Willingham and Ellough neighbourhood plan
  • Southwold neighbourhood area
  • Trimley St Mary neighbourhood area
  • Ufford Neighbourhood Plan (Update 12 May 2025)
  • Walberswick neighbourhood area
  • Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet neighbourhood area
  • Westerfield neighbourhood plan
  • Wickham Market neighbourhood area
  • Wissett neighbourhood area
  • Woodbridge neighbourhood area
  • Worlingham neighbourhood area
  • Tunstall neighbourhood area
  • Theberton and Eastbridge neighbourhood area
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