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Plans for 44 homes in village recommended for approval

26 September 2022
Plans for 44 homes in village recommended for approval

Plans for 44 homes in village recommended for approval

26 September 2022

Plans for a 44-home development on countryside land have been recommended for approval by council officers, despite residents’ worries.


Council to to vote on improved cost-of-living support next week

23 September 2022
Council to to vote on improved cost-of-living support next week

Council to to vote on improved cost-of-living support next week

23 September 2022

Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors will put forward motions designed to help combat cost of living pressures on residents and council staff.


Council seat numbers and ward boundaries may change as part of governance review

23 September 2022
Council seat numbers and ward boundaries may change as part of governance review

Council seat numbers and ward boundaries may change as part of governance review

23 September 2022

Changes to the numbers of councillor seats in some wards and the incorporation of other wards is likely.


500-home development could be moved to Bury St Edmunds

23 September 2022
500-home development could be moved to Bury St Edmunds

500-home development could be moved to Bury St Edmunds

23 September 2022

Ward changes planned across West Suffolk would see a 500-home development move into a town's boundary.


Care strategy signed off with less than 0.3 per cent of county's carers consulted

23 September 2022
Care strategy signed off with less than 0.3 per cent of county's carers consulted

Care strategy signed off with less than 0.3 per cent of county's carers consulted

23 September 2022

A strategy for those caring for family in Suffolk has been signed off but involved consultation with less than 0.3 per cent of the county’s carers.


Former Suffolk church will be new live music venue - despite concerns

21 September 2022
Former Suffolk church will be new live music venue - despite concerns

Former Suffolk church will be new live music venue - despite concerns

21 September 2022

A former Suffolk church is to be transformed into a live music venue.


Councillors object over plans to build retirement homes in park

21 September 2022
Councillors object over plans to build retirement homes in park

Councillors object over plans to build retirement homes in park

21 September 2022

An application to build 41 retirement living homes in a town's green space was objected to by a council's planning committee today.


Former church could be turned into a music venue

20 September 2022
Former church could be turned into a music venue

Former church could be turned into a music venue

20 September 2022

A former church may be changed from a tourist information centre into a live music venue, according to new plans.


Revealed: Suffolk district with most pharmacies with long opening hours

15 September 2022
Revealed: Suffolk district with most pharmacies with long opening hours

Revealed: Suffolk district with most pharmacies with long opening hours

15 September 2022

We reveal the district with the highest proportion of pharmacies with long opening hours in the county.


Town council’s fears fail to prevent holiday home extension

14 September 2022
Town council’s fears fail to prevent holiday home extension

Town council’s fears fail to prevent holiday home extension

14 September 2022

The approval of a planning application made by owners of a holiday home will see previously accepted proposals for a garage upgraded.


Application for house near family-run farming repair shop approved

13 September 2022
Application for house near family-run farming repair shop approved

Application for house near family-run farming repair shop approved

13 September 2022

Plans to build a house next to a Suffolk agricultural engineering business have been approved by a council.


Council to contribute £500,000 to festival and community projects

08 September 2022
Council to contribute £500,000 to festival and community projects

Council to contribute £500,000 to festival and community projects

08 September 2022

A council is to contribute £500,000 over three years to a festival in a Suffolk town and related community projects.


Grand staircase at listed Deanery to be kept as adaptation plans refused

08 September 2022
Grand staircase at listed Deanery to be kept as adaptation plans refused

Grand staircase at listed Deanery to be kept as adaptation plans refused

08 September 2022

An early twentieth-century staircase at Bury St Edmunds’ Deanery will be preserved, as an application to demolish it has been refused.


Nearly 100 homes at 1,100-home scheme approved by council

08 September 2022
Nearly 100 homes at 1,100-home scheme approved by council

Nearly 100 homes at 1,100-home scheme approved by council

08 September 2022

Nearly one hundred homes can now be built within a 1,100-dwelling development after West Suffolk Council approved details for their construction.


Access points and spine road approved for 400-home development despite safety concerns

07 September 2022
Access points and spine road approved for 400-home development despite safety concerns

Access points and spine road approved for 400-home development despite safety concerns

07 September 2022

Two access points and an internal spine road within a controversial 400-dwelling development have been given the green light despite concerns.


New strategy aims to support start-ups and boost tourism industry

07 September 2022
New strategy aims to support start-ups and boost tourism industry

New strategy aims to support start-ups and boost tourism industry

07 September 2022

A new strategy aimed at supporting the visitors and the tourism industry across East Suffolk has been implemented.


Council agrees to fund new cost of living co-ordinator

06 September 2022
Council agrees to fund new cost of living co-ordinator

Council agrees to fund new cost of living co-ordinator

06 September 2022

A one-off increase of 30% to core funding for a Citizens Advice and the employment of a cost of living co-ordinator have been accepted by a council.


District councils' overspend to be offset by reserves

06 September 2022
District councils' overspend to be offset by reserves

District councils' overspend to be offset by reserves

06 September 2022

Future financial challenges and lower than forecasted spending on capital projects were anticipated at the meetings.


£150k to be spent on renovating gallery in town

06 September 2022
£150k to be spent on renovating gallery in town

£150k to be spent on renovating gallery in town

06 September 2022

More than £420,000 is to be spent on community projects across Mid Suffolk and Babergh.


Renewed funding for railway station safety and access study

05 September 2022
Renewed funding for railway station safety and access study

Renewed funding for railway station safety and access study

05 September 2022

Renewed funding has been accepted for a new study into safer access at a railway station after Network Rail failed to complete the initial one.