East Suffolk Council
Statement of Community Involvement and Local Development Scheme
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Local Development Scheme
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.
September 2025 – The Local Development Scheme contains an interim timetable for the preparation of an East Suffolk Local Plan, and acknowledges that the timetable will be heavily influenced by the timing of the introduction of the Government’s plan-making reforms. We currently anticipate that the new system will be introduced later in 2025.
The Council is committed to the preparation of an East Suffolk Local Plan and a Local Plan Timetable will be prepared under the provisions of the new system, once introduced. Further information is available in this Cabinet report - SCLP Review Assessment and Update to Interim Housing Position Statement, incorporating Local Plan update (September 2025).
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.