Planning

A new store is set to step into the shoes of a vacant farm shop on the outskirts of a town.

A fire safety investment worth £9.6 million has been unanimously approved by borough councillors.

Fresh plans have been submitted for homes behind a Suffolk pub following seven previous applications for the site and a number of appeals.

Planners are considering an application for a site used to store vehicles, tools, portable buildings, machinery and more.

Plans have been lodged to create a new flat in a town’s high street.

A resident has won permission for a new home after councillors came to his defence to overturn a ‘subjective’ refusal recommendation.

A Suffolk golf club’s hopes to keep shipping containers at its site have been quashed after plans were refused.

Plans for 400 new homes in a market town were labelled as a ‘well-needed injection’ as a final green light was awarded.

The opening of a new £20 million health club has taken a further step forward after a licensing application was submitted.

Plans for 26 new homes on a portion of a site previously part of an infamous development over Victorian chalk mines have been given the go-ahead.

A £200,000 grant from a charity will help fund a new learning space at a town’s museum as work to renovate the inside continues.

Planners have decided a former village post office and shop can become a home.

A planning appeal over the refusal of long-running proposals has been withdrawn – but another application for the site remains active.

Proposals for a new home on land behind an existing town house have been given the green light by planners.

A home could soon be used to care for children aged 11 to 17 who have experienced behavioural, emotional or social difficulties.

A town’s golf club is in talks to sell a section of its land to a nearby school for the potential construction of a new dormitory block.

Plans to revamp a popular theatre have taken a step forward as formal proposals have been lodged.

Vacant commercial units sitting at the bottom of a flats complex on a town’s waterfront could be converted into more homes.

Residents have been told they will have to book in advance to use a recycling centre starting from November.

Planners will demolish a town’s former gas works and fire station after permission was given to develop the site.