We published a timetable for preparing the plan
The West Suffolk Local Plan timetable was published on 16 June 2026 and is kept up-to-date monthly. The timetable shows when we expect to carry out different stages for preparing a plan including consultation stages. It helps us check if and how we can adopt the plan within the 30-month timeframe. We will keep this updated as we make more progress.
To help deliver our plan within 30 months, we:
- are working jointly with the Suffolk Local Authorities to undertake early engagement with infrastructure and/or service providers and government agencies. This has helped to identify key issues for local plans in Suffolk and how engagement and joint working can be improved.
- have proactively engaged with local communities and stakeholders as part of our scoping consultation
- will promote the use of a digital response form and use digital tools to help us analyse responses more efficiently.
The engagement we have done so far has helped to identify key issues and what the plan should contain. This has also helped to ensure that our local communities and stakeholders are aware of the new planning making system early on. We will work continuously with these groups as we prepare the local plan including through our consultation periods.
Below is the current timetable for preparing the West Suffolk Local Plan 2045, which will cover the administrative area of West Suffolk.
Forward to Establishing project management and governance arrangements about the preparation of the local plan