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Please note that the Matter 3 - Settled Community Housing Needs and Affordable Housing Hearing Session due to be held on Tuesday 22 June has been postponed. Further details will be announced in due course.

 

Please note: Please be aware that there has been a change of venue, and a revised hearings programme, for the Examination hearings.

Notice of Commencement of Examination Hearing

The start date of the examination hearing for the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (JLP) 2018 – 2037, will be at 09:30 on 21 June 2021 at Ipswich Hotel (Old London Road, Ipswich, IP8 3JB).

For full details and explanation (including details of any changes), please visit our JLP examination homepage:

Visit our JLP examination homepage

Previous Updates...

Submission of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan for Examination (Regulation 22)

The Babergh and Mid Suffolk JLP was formally submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for independent examination on 31 March 2021.

For further information and all documentation, please visit our JLP submission webpage:

Visit our JLP submission webpage

Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan - Pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation (consultation closed)

The Babergh and Mid Suffolk JLP pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation opened on 12 November 2020 and closed at 12 noon on 24 December 2020.

To read the:

• Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan - Pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation (November 2020) or
• Sustainability Appraisal and Appropriate Assessment 2020

please visit our JLP pre-submission (Regulation 19) consultation (Nov 2020) webpage.

Local Plan Timetable (the Local Development Scheme)

A new Local Development Scheme (LDS), which sets out the revised timetable for the production of the JLP, was approved by Babergh District Council on 21 July 2020 and Mid Suffolk District Council on 23 July 2020.

The key stages and milestones of the JLP can be viewed in the document, which confirms that the next formal stage of public consultation is due in Autumn 2020.

View the new Local Development Scheme

Evidence Base Updates

The Councils have a significant evidence base relating to the JLP. It includes a sustainability appraisal and a habitats regulations assessment (HRA). It also includes information about:

• development viability
• infrastructure requirements and funding
• flood risk
• heritage impact
• landscape impact
• transport impact

You can view our current evidence base online:

Current Evidence Base

Local Plan mailing list

If you have already made comments about the JLP, you will be notified of any future information (unless you have chosen otherwise).

If you have not previously made comments about the JLP and wish to receive updates, please register for the Babergh and Mid Suffolk JLP mailing list:

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