Babergh & Mid Suffolk

This Week at a Glance ⚠️ IN THE CHAMBER — Mid Suffolk approves Stowmarket parking overhaul: cheaper short stays, dearer all-day, free market-day afternoons ⚠️ HAVE YOUR SAY — Comments on the proposed closure of The White Hart, Stradbroke, close on 22 September • IN THE CHAMBER — Both councils back a Local Development

This Week at a Glance ⚠️ PLANNING WATCH — 55 planning decisions granted, 2 refused and 2 withdrawn since our last issue, plus 234 further applications validated or decided in the fortnight covered by the full register below • IN THE CHAMBER — Both councils publish forward plan notice of a Local Development Order

Babergh & Mid Suffolk Briefing THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE • PLANNING WATCH — 89 planning decisions reported since our last issue, alongside 70 applications of note validated (full detail below) • IN THE CHAMBER — Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee reviews Housing Solutions Annual Report • YOUR MONEY — Mid Suffolk awards contract for Stowmarket

This Week at a Glance * PLANNING WATCH — Full permission for 13 dwellings off Middleton Road, Sudbury, refused following demolition of the existing building * PLANNING WATCH — Wind turbine proposed at Eye Airfield, accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment * IN THE CHAMBER — New joint Local Development Order proposed for "nature-based

This Week at a Glance ⚠️ HAVE YOUR SAY — Representations on a new premises licence at Nedging Tye close 19 August ⚠️ IN THE CHAMBER — Call-in deadline of 17 August on eight housing contractor appointment decisions • IN THE CHAMBER — Both councils submitted a joint closing statement to the Norwich to Tilbury

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE ⚠️ HAVE YOUR SAY — Comments on the Great House pavement licence in Lavenham close on 11 August ⚠️ IN THE CHAMBER — Both Cabinets meet on 11 August; papers published for four housing policies, a £500,000 community energy programme and a parish-first affordable housing rule • PLANNING

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE ⚠️ HAVE YOUR SAY — The Joint Local Plan scoping consultation closes at 5pm on Friday 31 July ⚠️ PLANNING WATCH — Sixty-six-bed care home proposed at Sproughton • PLANNING WATCH — 76 homes granted at Mendlesham; office-to-home conversion refused at Sudbury • PLANNING WATCH — Falconry attraction approved

This Week at a Glance ⚠️ PLANNING WATCH — Outline permission sought for up to 210 homes at Chilton Industrial Estate • IN THE CHAMBER — Birds of prey attraction approved at Lawshall despite objections • YOUR MONEY — Babergh Cabinet approves £742,000 CIL programme for Hadleigh, Sudbury and Great Cornard • PLANNING WATCH — Weybread'

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE • PLANNING WATCH — Long-running Norton Road scheme for up to 10 homes and allotments in Thurston finally granted after three years • YOUR MONEY — £18m Stowmarket Innovation Gateway officially opens, backed by £16.66m from Freeport East • JOBS & TENDERS — Councils seek contractors for a joint

This Week at a Glance ⚠️ THE COUNTDOWN — Suffolk County Council's judicial review claim against the Government's reorganisation decision was formally filed ⚠️ PLANNING WATCH — Overnight construction working continues at the East Anglia Three converter station in Bramford until 10 July • IN THE CHAMBER — Babergh Council designates a