Early preparation has begun on a new East Suffolk Local Plan. This will set out how and where development, including new homes, employment land and infrastructure, should take place up until at least 2044. The new plan will replace the existing Suffolk Coastal and Waveney Local Plans. The new Local Plan is anticipated to be adopted in 2029.

A Call for Sites was held between Monday 20 October 2025 and Friday 9 January 2026 and invited submissions of sites for consideration for inclusion in the new Local Plan. This is the earliest stage of the Local Plan process and it purely helps us to know what land is available for our consideration.

East Suffolk Council has published a map showing the submissions received during the Call for Sites. The map can be viewed on the following link A new Local Plan for East Suffolk | East Suffolk Council. The published map displays the sites’ location and the use proposed by the submitter (for example housing or employment).

At this stage the map has been published for information purposes only and we are not inviting comments, however there will be opportunity for you to comment on these sites later in the process. Anyone who wishes to be notified about future consultations, can join our mailing list .

It is important to note that:

• No assessments have been undertaken and no decision has been made on which sites will be included in any future Local Plan, this map simply displays the submitted sites. It is important that we share this map early for transparency purposes.
• The new Local Plan, including any future allocations, will be informed by a range of evidence, assessments and the outcomes of later public consultations.
• The sites have no planning status (other than sites which are already allocated or permitted, in which case a submission does not alter this status).
• Sites have not necessarily been submitted by the landowner – submissions were invited from anyone who wished to submit a site.
• We recognise that communities may wish to express their comments on sites, however we will not be formally inviting or considering any comments received at this time. Submission of comments should be reserved until future consultations.
• Existing allocations and permissions are not shown on this map. This map shows sites submitted during the Call for Sites only, further sites may come forward through the Local Plan process.

Full details are available on the East Suffolk website.

If you have any questions in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact the Planning Policy and Delivery team at planningpolicy@eastsuffolk.gov.uk or on 01394 444557.

Map of the sites