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Our news

Councils have ‘no option’ but to review Joint Local Plan after Government’s huge housebuilding hike

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils say a huge rise in housebuilding requirements set by the Government has left no option but to review their Joint Local Plan.

Leader’s response to Devolution White Paper

Leader of Babergh District Council, Cllr Deborah Saw, said: “Local government must remain genuinely local...

Cllr Jessie Carter, Babergh District Council Housing cabinet member receives the keys to eight new homes in Lavenham from Malcolm Payne, Harthog Hutton Director with Chair of Lavenham Parish Council, Janice Muckian, Babergh Council deputy leader, Cllr John Ward, and ward councillors Paul Clover and Margaret Maybury

New affordable homes in Lavenham

Keys to eight affordable new-build homes in Lavenham were handed over to Babergh District Council this month, with tenants now able to look forward to a New Year in their new homes.

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