Progress So Far

Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Events - The Parish Council was able to hold events in both Aldringham and Thorpeness to gauge the local response for our Neighbourhood Plan which will shape our future progress up to 2035. The events were held at the Outside-Inn at the Parrot in Aldringham on Oct 18th and the Country Club in Thorpeness on Oct 19th. More than 100 villagers turned up in total, and pored over various maps, timelines and propositions and offered their approvals, disapprovals and suggestions as well as chatting to neighbours doing the same. All the comments and results are now in the Process of being reviewed and the draft Neighbourhood Plan document is now being written. We are now just over halfway in the process.

Parish Councillors and other members of the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group have beencompleting the Parish plan, which was submitted to East Suffolk Council at the end of March.

The Neighbourhood Plan is now with East Suffolk Council for approval and will then be sent to residents in the Parish to give it final approval through a referendum.

The Neighbourhood Plan has now successfully passed the independent examiner's scrutiny, and the decision statement will be published by East Suffolk Council before Christmas. The final step of the process to complete the Plan is carried out by East Suffolk Council, who will publish the Notice of Referendum early in the new year with the Referendum taking place in February. Watch out for the notice.