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3 days ago
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Last phase of 265-home development at Eye Airfield approved
The last phase of a major 265-home development at a former airfield has been unanimously backed by councillors. On Wednesday, Mid Suffolk District Council discussed plans submitted by Persimmon Homes for the second and final phase of the development on land south of Eye Airfield in council granted outline planning consent for the whole project in 2018 for up to 280 homes, before giving reserved matters permission for its first phase in 2022.A single objection was received for the latest phase, citing concerns over a lack of community consultation and overdevelopment, which added to the 55 objections received after the initial submission. The second phase decision was initially deferred by councillors in April, so changes to the plans could be made. The amendments included alterations to the design, the materials, the layout, the scale of two plots and the number of street trees, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported. Christopher Smith, senior planner at Persimmon, said the company believed the development was of a high quality following the said concerns had been adequately addressed and recommended the plans for approval, subject to conditions which included making homes future-proofed for the installation of solar final phase will see 53 homes built that were considered "affordable". Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
4 days ago
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Dedicated team to patrol Mid Suffolk fly tipping hotspots
A council is enlisting the help of a dedicated team to deal with fly tipping and graffiti - and issue warning notices to those caught in the two-person "respond, enforce and clean team" - or REACT - will patrol litter hotspot areas in the Mid Suffolk District Council will be funded by £360,000 from the council-owned Gateway 14 development. The authority's cabinet member for environment, Tim Weller, said the new taskforce would "increase the council's capacity to respond to urgent and reactive street cleaning issues". The team has a dedicated van and will be patrolling the entire district, and will "gather evidence and issue warnings and notices". Mr Weller added: "Introducing REACT operatives mean reactive cleansing incidents, such as fly tipping, and our scheduled work, aren't competing for resource and time." How bad is fly tipping in Suffolk? According to the latest figures released by Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), local authorities in England dealt with 1.15 million fly-tipping incidents last year, an increase of 6% from those reported in 2022/ Suffolk, there were a total of 4,099 incidents of fly tipping reported in 2023/24, with East Suffolk Council accounting for nearly half of all fly tipping the area of Mid Suffolk District Council there were 399 reported incidents, with the majority of them being on highways. Budget surplus The Green Party-led authority was the only council in Suffolk to freeze its portion of the council tax. It was able to do this because it has surplus funds in its budget from its ownership and sale of the Gateway 14 development on the outskirts of 14 is part of Freeport East, a government scheme which has relaxed customs and planning regulations, plus tax incentives for companies which base themselves there. Business rates collected on the development get reinvested into the local community. The decision to make the investment into Gateway 14 was made by the previous Conservative administration. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
