The planning system plays an important role in our society by
helping to protect our built and natural environment. In this
section you will find planning guidance and policy documents and
links to other related sites which further explain the planning
system and the changes being introduced.
Copies of most planning policy documents can be downloaded or
purchased from our
publications list (new window PDF 27KB).
Documents can also be viewed during office hours at our Melton
Hill offices in Woodbridge and public libraries in the
district.
You may also find the
Planning permission and development
control and
Building control sections useful.
In this section...
Suffolk Coastal Local Development
Framework.
Local Plans are being replaced by Local Development Frameworks
following changes to the planning system introduced by the
Government. Find out about the new framework which will be a ‘route
map’ for the development of the district over the next 15
years, and beyond.
Suffolk Coastal Local
Plan.
The Local Plan sets out the Council's policies and proposals
for the development and use of land within the district and
includes detailed policies to guide planning decisions.
Review of policies on affordable
housing.
Suffolk Coastal reviewed the policies in its Local Plan which deal
specifically with affordable housing in advance of the production
of the Suffolk Coastal Local Development Framework.
Supplementary Planning
Guidance.
List of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents with
links to downloadable versions.
Suffolk design guides.
Information about the good practice and design guides for
development produced by the Suffolk local authorities.
Conservation areas.
Information about the conservation areas within the district and a
guide to the legislation that protects them.
Listed buildings.
Listed buildings are protected to ensure that they are properly
protected from neglect, inappropriate alteration, extension or
demolition. Includes information about making an application for
listing and listed building consent.
Felixstowe Master Plan.
The Felixstowe & Trimleys Peninsula Future Steering Group, in
conjunction with David Lock Associates, has completed a significant
stage in the development of an overall regeneration master plan for
Felixstowe.
A local strategy for
Felixstowe.
Report published in April 2006 setting out a vision of
the possible future for the Felixstowe Peninsular and the
challenges it faces.
Woodbridge Riverside Planning
Brief.
Explains how Suffolk Coastal expects the policies of the Local Plan
to be implemented specifically in the Woodbridge Riverside
area.