Both East and Mid Suffolk Council have launched new consultations seeking future development land as of 20th October.
East Suffolk District Council, which covers both Waveney and Suffolk Coastal, have recently announced that they are starting a Local Plan review. The Local Plan directs growth in the District, including allocating land for specific uses. East Suffolk currently has two local plans, for Waveney and Suffolk Coastal, adopted in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
From 20th October 2025 until 9th January 2026, landowners are able to put forward their sites for consideration as future allocations for housing or employment uses as part of a Call for Sites exercise. This process, known as land promotion, is usually the only way of obtaining planning permission of any scale, and is a long-term endeavour which may result in land being allocated and therefore suitable for development.
Mid Suffolk (which includes the Babergh area) have also launched a Call for Sites in the same timeframe as part of the preparation of their new local plan.
Durrants are able to submit sites for consideration on behalf of landowners, and would encourage anyone who is interested in doing so to contact buildingconsultancy@durrants.com or 01379 646603 to discuss further. Ideal sites are:
- Within, adjacent to or close to an existing settlement – i.e. a village, town or city
- Accessible from a suitable road (or access can be created)
- Not in a flood risk area
- Not heavily wooded
- At least 0.25 hectares or able to accommodate at least 5 homes or 500sqm of employment floor space
