Housing
Local Plan Consultations
We’ve responded to two local plan consultation which close in the week before Christmas: The West Suffolk Local Plan...
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Planning Reform White Paper – SPS writes to Suffolk MPs
Dear Member of Parliament, I write as Chairman of the Suffolk Preservation Society (SPS) – as you know we...
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Enough brownfield land for 1.3 million new homes
CPRE’s ‘The State of Brownfield report 2020‘ reveals · Capacity for 1.3 million homes on brownfield registers revealed representing...
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Should we trust an algorithm to set where new housing should be built?
with professional planners, campaign groups such as the society and the very communities expected to absorb the numbers in...
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Planning Reform: The White Paper
The government is consulting on the Planning White Paper, entitled Planning for the Future. Its stated aim is ‘to...
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Application for housing estate at Haughley Park refused
SPS welcomes the recent decision by MSDC to refuse a second application for housing on the site of the...
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Housing Design Audit report available
This week saw the publication of a report, A Housing Design Audit for England, produced by CPRE in partnership...
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Debenham and Fressingfield housing schemes back in
Two villages in Mid Suffolk which successfully fought off the threat of large housing developments are facing a renewed...
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Housing development at Mendlesham rejected
An application for 49 dwellings has been refused at committee despite being recommended for approval by the planning officer....
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“The war against poor housing design continues. Suffolk can do much better”.
Fiona Cairns of the Suffolk Preservation Society says that East Anglia is full of interesting housing projects, but they...
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