2023
SPS news – August campaign bulletin
This month’s round-up: including our support for the Belle Vue House proposals in Sudbury, the Norwich to Tilbury pylons...
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When are National Grid going to talk with us – and not at us?
SPS Director, Fiona Cairns examines significant recent developments which aim to speed up the delivery of new infrastructure to...
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Norwich to Tilbury pylons – SPS responds to the latest consultation
Today we have responded to the second non-statutory consultation into the proposed new pylon line from Norwich, through Suffolk,...
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SPS news – July campaign bulletin
This month’s round-up: including our support for CPRE’s campaign to use rooftops to deliver renewable energy. Plus our work...
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Communities need a stronger voice in the ‘great grid upgrade’
Great for who – and at what cost? Fiona Cairns, SPS Director
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SPS news – June 2023 campaign bulletin
This month’s round-up: The risk posed by National Development Management Policies – can government impose top-down planning policies on...
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We shouldn’t be demolishing our humble heritage – retrofit it!
the greenest building is the one that already exists Carl Elefante, former President of the American Institute of Architects....
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SPS summer garden party and AGM
On Friday evening, Suffolk Preservation Society members, staff and trustees gathered in the warm summer sunshine for a garden...
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SPS news – May 2023 campaign bulletin
This month’s round-up includes our response to the government’s review of planning policy on major energy projects and our...
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SPS response to review of National Policy Statements on energy
We do not support the proposed presumption for overhead transmission lines …. this should be a last resort solution....
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A rooftop revolution: turning possibility into reality
SPS is supporting CPRE’s campaign to urge the government to fully realise the potential of solar on rooftops and other...
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Tours and teas at beautiful Ickworth
We were delighted to welcome so many SPS members and new faces to Ickworth House yesterday for a thoroughly...
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