BABERGH AND MID SUFFOLK JOINT LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION (July 2019)

Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council are launching a second round of consultation on a new Joint Local Plan. This consultation is starting on 22^nd July 2019 and will run until 4pm on 30^th September 2019. This consultation is part of the initial stages of plan production and is being carried out under Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Plan) (England) Regulations 2012.

The Joint Local Plan will inform how our Districts will develop over the next 18 years. It will establish how much housing and land for businesses will be needed and where it will go, alongside protecting and enhancing the environment and delivering infrastructure.

We recently contacted you in relation to briefing sessions that we have set up for all Parish and Town Councils and Parish Meetings. The purpose of these briefings will be to explain the content of the consultation document and to outline the consultation process, and for you to ask any questions you may have. Details of these briefings are repeated below, together with details of public drop-in event.

Details of further events will be published on the Councils’ websites and through other communication channels.

Please also find enclosed with this letter two copies of posters and please can you display these around your Parish / Town and let us know if you require additional copies.

A paper copy of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan: Preferred Options document will be sent to you soon. You may wish to make this available to residents within your Parish / Town.

Paper copies of the Joint Local Plan document are also available at libraries within the Districts and at the Councils’ offices for the duration of the consultation period.

To view the consultation document online, and to submit your comments, please visit our websites at www.babergh.gov.uk/jointlocalplan or www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/jointlocalplan.

Comments should ideally be submitted online via the consultation system available through the websites. Alternatively comments can be emailed to localplan@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk or posted to Strategic Planning Policy Team, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX. A printable comments form can be downloaded from the websites or collected from the Councils’ offices or from libraries in the Districts. If you wish to deliver your comments in person please telephone us on the number below.

Please ensure that your comments on the Joint Local Plan are received by 4pm 30^th September 2019.

Following this consultation, we will consider all of the comments received before we publish the next version of the Joint Local Plan for further consultation.

Should you have any queries in relation to the new Joint Local Plan, please do not hesitate to contact the Strategic Planning Policy team using the contact details above.  (Please note that when calling our main telephone number, 0300 123 4000, you will need to select option 5, and then option 4 for Strategic Planning Policy Team).

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