Saxmundham Neighbourhood Plan

MONTHLY NEWS ARCHIVES: March 2018

 

Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 young-people

We’re committed to involving Saxmundham’s young people

A Neighbourhood Plan has the aim of looking at what sort of town we want 10 or even 20 years on. So it would be unthinkable for us not to...

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 local-economy-employment town-centre uncategorised

Can we bring new life to the Town Centre?

Town centres across the country are not only changing, but often are struggling to survive let alone thrive.  Saxmundham is no exception – we have some first rate retail businesses,...

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 town-centre transport-mobility-access uncategorised

Transport, traffic, mobility… how can we make Saxmundham better?

Saxmundham faces a lot of issues when it comes to questions of transport and mobility.  Here are just a few thoughts for starters – but we want to hear what...

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 environment-energy uncategorised

We must safeguard Saxmundham’s community garden

Employment and housing will rightly be major concerns for Saxmundham’s residents. But just as important, in my view, is the need for Saxmundham to ‘transition’ to a more green and...

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 events

What’s happening in and around Saxmundham

We propose to post and update a list of upcoming events and activities in and around Saxmundham each month, including those planned for future months.  This list will of course...

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Friday, March 16th, 2018 public-and-community-services uncategorised

A growing Saxmundham needs more social ‘infrastructure’ – like schools and health services

In early stage consultation on what residents think about our town, it soon became clear that there is a strong feeling that the town has grown considerably in recent years,...

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Friday, March 16th, 2018 housing uncategorised

Our Housing Working Group gets underway

By John Findlay, convenor of housing working group.  The Housing Working Group for the Neighbourhood Plan met on 1 March to look at the strategic issues for the new Neighbourhood Plan....

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Friday, March 16th, 2018 history-heritage uncategorised

Can Saxmundham draw on its past to inspire its future?

Like a lot of small market towns, Saxmundham has a long and proud history as a local centre, with many fine old buildings. But absent a castle or ancient mansion...

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Thursday, March 8th, 2018 uncategorised

We’re underway!

By Jeremy Smith, chair of Saxmundham Neighbourhood Plan Steering GroupIt's taken us a little longer than we had planned, but the Saxmundham Neighbourhood Plan is now well underway.Over the next...

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Thursday, March 8th, 2018 housing uncategorised

Housing & Saxmundham’s future

Housing is a key issue for our Neighbourhood Plan and the future of Saxmundham.Central government is laying down very specific targets for more housing, to meet its own target of...

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