DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL
East Suffolk Council
Referendum on the adoption of the Aldringham cumThorpe Neighbourhood Plan
on
Thursday, 12 February 2026
I, Karen Last, being the Deputy Counting Officer at the above referendum, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that:
The question in the referendum was:
Do you want East Suffolk Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Aldringham cum Thorpe to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
and the result of the votes cast is as follows:
Description Votes
Number of votes accepted 158
Number cast in favour of 'YES' 149
Number cast in favour of 'NO' 9
The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: Number of ballot papers
(a) want of official mark 0
(b) voting for more answers than required 0
(c) writing or mark by which the voter could be identified 0
(d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 0
Total number of rejected votes 0
Electorate: 693 Ballot Papers Issued: 158 Turnout: 22.8%
I do hereby declare that more than half of those voting have voted in favour of using the Neighbourhood Plan for Aldringham cum Thorpe to help East Suffolk Council decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area.
Dated: Friday, 13 February 2026 Karen Last
Deputy Counting Officer
Printed and published by the Counting Officer, East Suffolk Council
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