Southwold Neighbourhood Planning Referendum

Referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan for Southwold. A referendum will be held on Thursday 3 February 2022 to decide on the following question: Do you want East Suffolk Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan [...]

Southwold Neighbourhood Plan

The Southwold Neighbourhood Plan was prepared by Southwold Town Council following extensive consultation with the local community and sets out its vision for development to 2036. The examination of the Southwold Neighbourhood Plan was completed by [...]

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Climate Survey

Groundwork East is working with the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership to help communities and individuals reduce their carbon footprints. To make this accessible to all, we are focusing on everyday actions that we can [...]

Talk of the Town Video

This short Talk of the Towns in East Suffolk film was produced by us at the People & Places Partnership in association with East Suffolk Council. In publishing the Talk of the Towns in [...]

Employment Space Opportunities in Southwold

Organisations and business leaders encouraging future growth for Suffolk have endorsed the new flexible workspace development planned for Southwold. The redevelopment of Station Yard is designed to future-proof the town, creating a continuing legacy [...]

Boating Lake. An update on lagoon improvements

The regeneration of the Boating Lake and its 20acre site is one part of a comprehensive project to improve Southwold’s natural environment. In 2019 Southwold Town Council received funding to deliver a feasibility study [...]

Southwold Harbour Fender Repair Works

Coastal Partnership East are part of East Suffolk Council (ESC) and are responsible for coastal management. They have contracted J T Mackley & Co Ltd to complete repairs to the Southwold Harbour entrance North [...]

Bailey Bridge Refurbishment

Refurbishment work taking place to Bailey Bridge that crosses the River Blyth and connecting Southwold with Walberswick, from July to September 2021. Following an independent inspection of the bridge at the end of April [...]