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Council urges travellers to clear waste from abandoned site after illegal encampment issue resolved

Council urges travellers to clear waste from abandoned site after illegal encampment issue resolved

Council urges travellers to clear waste from abandoned site after illegal encampment issue resolved

29 March 2021

Travellers have been urged to clear waste from a town site where they were based for six years.


Campaigners fight to keep open space for community

Campaigners fight to keep open space for community

Campaigners fight to keep open space for community

25 March 2021

A community campaign to try to block the sale of land for development has begun, with organisers seeking £20,000 for a legal challenge.


Garden village could bring 7,000 homes to rural site

Garden village could bring 7,000 homes to rural site

Garden village could bring 7,000 homes to rural site

25 March 2021

A proposal to create a new town of 7,000 homes a few miles from one of Suffolk's biggest towns has been revealed.


Church leaders urged to bring forward plans for town centre school site empty for over four years

Church leaders urged to bring forward plans for town centre school site empty for over four years

Church leaders urged to bring forward plans for town centre school site empty for over four years

24 March 2021

A heritage group has raised concerns that a former school site in a town centre has remained 'unused for a long period of time'.


Councils decry application to build KFC and Starbucks

Councils decry application to build KFC and Starbucks

Councils decry application to build KFC and Starbucks

24 March 2021

Parish councillors have objected to the plans to build fast-food outlets on a greenfield site.


Plans submitted to convert former drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre into restaurant

Plans submitted to convert former drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre into restaurant

Plans submitted to convert former drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre into restaurant

22 March 2021

A former drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre which closed more than two years ago could be converted into a restaurant.


Multi-million pound transformation of former health centre into apartments receives green funding boost

Multi-million pound transformation of former health centre into apartments receives green funding boost

Multi-million pound transformation of former health centre into apartments receives green funding boost

18 March 2021

A property firm which has broken ground on a £9 million eco-friendly development has received a financial boost from a sustainable initiative.


Plans for pavilion at pub to create more eating and drinking space

Plans for pavilion at pub to create more eating and drinking space

Plans for pavilion at pub to create more eating and drinking space

18 March 2021

A need for more eating and drinking space at a pub, accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, could be solved with proposals for a pavilion.


'Groundbreaking' dementia care village could be a UK first

'Groundbreaking' dementia care village could be a UK first

'Groundbreaking' dementia care village could be a UK first

18 March 2021

A unique dementia care village - the first of its type in the UK - could be built in Suffolk if the new proposals are given the go ahead.


Recycling company wins green-light for new industrial unit despite objections

Recycling company wins green-light for new industrial unit despite objections

Recycling company wins green-light for new industrial unit despite objections

17 March 2021

Plans for a new industrial unit on 'meadow' land have been given the go-ahead after councillors imposed strict conditions.


Redevelopment of former council HQ into new homes clears final hurdle to begin work later this year

Redevelopment of former council HQ into new homes clears final hurdle to begin work later this year

Redevelopment of former council HQ into new homes clears final hurdle to begin work later this year

17 March 2021

The redevelopment of former district council headquarters into new homes will finally go ahead this year.


Town council objects to downsized McDonald's proposals

Town council objects to downsized McDonald's proposals

Town council objects to downsized McDonald's proposals

17 March 2021

A Suffolk town's councillors have renewed their objection to plans to build a McDonald's after the fast food giant re-submitted its proposals.


Gym could be converted into retail unit under new plans

Gym could be converted into retail unit under new plans

Gym could be converted into retail unit under new plans

14 March 2021

A gym could be converted into a retail unit under new plans.


Council defends actions as boar farm row rumbles on

Council defends actions as boar farm row rumbles on

Council defends actions as boar farm row rumbles on

14 March 2021

A council has defended its handling of a licence application and planning issues connected to a wild boar farm near the Suffolk border.


First phase of Chilton Woods development given green light despite concerns of parish councils

First phase of Chilton Woods development given green light despite concerns of parish councils

First phase of Chilton Woods development given green light despite concerns of parish councils

11 March 2021

A reserved matters application for phase one of the 1,150-home development has won planning approval, after outline permission was granted in 2018.


Residents oppose ‘insensitive’ design of housing scheme

Residents oppose ‘insensitive’ design of housing scheme

Residents oppose ‘insensitive’ design of housing scheme

11 March 2021

Residents and councillors living near a 1,150-home development in Suffolk have voiced their opposition to the next 127 homes on the site.


Six bids to buy and develop council-owned land up for consideration at pivotal cabinet meeting

Six bids to buy and develop council-owned land up for consideration at pivotal cabinet meeting

Six bids to buy and develop council-owned land up for consideration at pivotal cabinet meeting

09 March 2021

The future direction of a Suffolk town site is set to be determined this week, as district leaders assess proposals for council-owned land.


Travellers leave permitted site after six years and set up 'illegal encampment' at lorry park

Travellers leave permitted site after six years and set up 'illegal encampment' at lorry park

Travellers leave permitted site after six years and set up 'illegal encampment' at lorry park

04 March 2021

A family of travellers have left a site where they have been allowed to stay for six years and set up an 'illegal encampment' elsewhere in a town.


Residents dismayed after developer submits new application in response to planning inquiry defeat

Residents dismayed after developer submits new application in response to planning inquiry defeat

Residents dismayed after developer submits new application in response to planning inquiry defeat

04 March 2021

Proposed changes to controversial homes in a village – ruled to have breached planning conditions – have been met with dismay from residents.


Pizza chain submits plans to convert former clothing store into new restaurant

Pizza chain submits plans to convert former clothing store into new restaurant

Pizza chain submits plans to convert former clothing store into new restaurant

03 March 2021

A former clothing shop in the heart of a town could be converted into a pizza restaurant, if new proposals are approved.


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