Local plans

The adopted local plans covering the former St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath areas (and all related policy documents, including guidance and SPD’s) will continue to apply to those parts of the West Suffolk Council area until a new Local Plan for West Suffolk is adopted. This is currently scheduled for mid-2023.

Neighbourhood planning

Local communities can help shape their neighbourhood, to find out more, read:

Neighbourhood plans

Neighbourhood development orders

Neighbourhood area	Area designated	Plan formally made
Barrow cum Denham	26 June 2019
Barningham	18 April 2017
Exning	15 June 2018
Freckenham	02 November 2018
Great Barton	16 June 2016 (updated 14 January 2019)
Hargrave	18 November 2015	17 July 2018
Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe	20 July 2017
Newmarket	15 June 2018