The Government recently issued a White Paper called Planning for the Future. It will mean a major overhaul of the whole planning system, changing it from decision-based to rules-based, and West Suffolk are just about to start their consultation on a new Local Plan which will become the local rules in the new process. But houses are not built in West Suffolk they are built in its towns and villages, so we need to have our own Lakenheath Rules. We cannot change national or district rules, but we can say how they will apply to the Parish, and perhaps what extra things developers will have to take into account. You will understand how really important it is that everybody has their say.
The first step in finding out how the people of Lakenheath want the parish to develop and how much, what is important and whats missing; the link takes you to the Survey which is how we establish priorities for our Plan. Do fill it in, and you could win one of the great prizes in our raffle!
The survey closed on the 2nd of April, 2021.
Raffle Results
Thanks to the generosity of Lakenheath Coop, Central Garage, Shanrye Surveying and Architectural and anonymous residents, we have had our raffle and can announce our lucky winners! In no particular order they were
- · Shirley Sharpe
- · Danny Amey
- · Colin Butcher
- · Richard Bond
- · D Taylor
Between them they received a luxury Hamper, an MOT and intermediate service, six bottles of wine, £30 cash and £20 cash. Congratulations to them and thanks again to all six hundred and fifty two who took part in the survey!
