Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils approve £836,000 for projects in Stowmarket and Sudbury
More than £836,000 will be allocated to 19 local projects in Suffolk for for various improvements and upgrades.
Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have approved the latest round of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding to be used for footpaths, bridleways, village halls, sports pavilions and parks.
The Food Museum in Stowmarket will receive £200,000 of the funding, supporting the development of its Collection Store to make it more accessible for staff, volunteers, and researchers.
The funds will also contribute to the construction of fully accessible toilets at the museum.
Cllr Ollie Walters, ward member for St Peters, said: “I am delighted to see the development of the Collection Store, providing a more accessible, user-friendly space for staff, volunteers and researchers to work within.
“The conservation of the historic objects currently being stored within the Collection Store is not adequate, and the overall wider project for the Collection Store project will ensure that it is fit for purpose for the 21st century.”
Other notable projects include £100,000 for enhancements to Baylham Village Hall and £57,000 for the creation of disabled access and facilities at Belle Vue Park in Sudbury.
Cllr Sallie Davies, cabinet member for heritage, planning and infrastructure at Babergh District Council, said: “This has been a fantastic round of CIL funding for our local communities.
"Babergh really needs these projects and I am thrilled to see us allocating funds to allow these projects to take place. I look forward to seeing them come to fruition.”
Bids made for CIL funding are reviewed regularly by the councils and funding is earmarked for those projects that help enable local infrastructure to grow alongside housing developments.
This round of CIL will fund six successful projects in Babergh and 13 in Mid Suffolk.
A full list of awards can be seen below:
Baylham Village Hall Enhancements/Extension - £100,000
Extension to the Collection Store at the Food Museum in Stowmarket - £100,000
Toilets at the Food Museum in Stowmarket
Boxted and Hartest Institute Village Hall Energy Upgrade - £65,810.43
Provision for disabled access to the park, toilets, and changing places facility via the creation of two disabled parking bays and new level paving and revised foundation design for the toilets at Belle Vue Park in Sudbury - £57,513.37
Copdock and Washbrook– Copdock and Old Ipswichian Cricket Club Pavilion extension - £45,000
Upgrade to Wattisfield Road Public Rights of Way Route in Walsham Le Willows - £41,439
Provision of Oaks Meadow Car Park and Drainage project in Little Finborough - £26,488.33
Upgrade to Restricted Byway 13 The Green in Hartest - £25,495
Upgrade to Botesdale Byway 003 Bridewell Lane - £23,750
Upgrade to Footpath 052 Route from Village to School in Old Newton - £23,175
Upgrade to Footpath 008 Ashfield Road to Grove Lane in Elmswell - £21,661.67
Upgrade to Public Footpath 029, adjacent to Pinecroft Rise, Ballingdon in Sudbury - £20,275
Upgrade to Footpath 025 North Elmswell to South Elmswell via Lords Bridge - £16.161.67
Upgrade of Footpath 035 adjacent to Church Road in Stowupland - £14,950
(Delegated decisions for noting):
Provision of Boxford Playing Field Floodlights - £9,773.10
Upgrade to Footpath 026 Elmswell to Elmswell Cemetery - £8,666.67
Upgrade to Baylham Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) 40- Nettlestead restricted byway 002 - £4,000
Upgrade to Footpath 028 off Forest Road in Onehouse - £2,975
