East Suffolk Council

Statement of Community Involvement and Local Development Scheme

Statement of Community Involvement

The Statement of Community Involvement sets out how and when people can have their say on planning policies and planning applications. The Consultation Statement includes a summary of the comments received during the consultation on the Statement of Community Involvement and the Council's response. The Adoption Statement gives an overview of the process and reasons for adopting the Statement of Community Involvement.

The previous Statement of Community Involvement for the former Suffolk Coastal area was used in the preparation of the Suffolk Coastal Local Plan. The previous Statement of Community Involvement for the former Waveney area was used in the preparation of the Waveney Local Plan.

Local Development Scheme

The local development scheme sets out the timetable for local plan preparation and other planning policy documents. 

• Local Development Scheme for the former Suffolk Coastal area
  Previously published in October 2015, this has now been amended to reflect the delay in the Local Plan adoption date. These amendments came into effect from Friday 26 June 2020.
• Local Development Scheme for the former Waveney area