Hargrave - Suffolk
West Suffolk is at an early stage in preparing a new local plan for the area. First steps in this process have included publication of a local plan timetable and scoping consultation in June of this year. A ‘call for sites’ consultation has also been undertaken to inform preparation of the new local plan. Sites have been submitted by landowners and developers for consideration for a range of uses including housing, employment, infrastructure, and green infrastructure.
In total we have had 328 sites submitted by developers and landowners, some of whom have decided to carry out their own public engagement about their sites.
Each site is now being assessed by West Suffolk Council in accordance with government guidance to understand if it is potentially suitable, available, and deliverable. We are working to publish a map including details of all 328 sites next month, and then our initial assessment of them in the autumn. This initial site assessment process does not make decisions about the allocation of sites in the Local Plan.
The outcomes of the scoping consultation and site assessments will inform the next stage of consultation on the local plan in 2027 which will seek the views of local communities on how new housing growth is to be distributed across the district over the plan period. There will also be a further public consultation scheduled for 2028 on a draft Local Plan for West Suffolk.
The 2025/26 Annual Report of the Suffolk Police and Crime Panel has now been published, and is available on the County Council’s website at the following link: Suffolk-PCP-Annual-Report-2025-2026. The report gives an overview of the work of the Panel over the previous year.
The Parish Council publish a newsletter every few months updating residents of the parish councils activities.
The newsletter is delivered to every household in the village. Below is a link to the newsletter.
