A12<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n Those supporting a Yes vote argue the plan would give the town greater influence over the 800-home Garden Neighbourhood, including its design, infrastructure and green spaces, while providing protections relating to major energy infrastructure.\n<\/p>\n
\n But Suffolk county councillor Julia Ewart, who is calling for a No vote, argues the plan does not go far enough to protect countryside west of the A12. Concerns include the possibility of development such as a service station, hotel, warehousing and takeaways.\n<\/p>\n
\n Saxmundham Town Council says it also opposes the proposed roadside services development and argues the modified plan would strengthen the town’s influence over future plans.\n<\/p>\n
What happens whether the plan is supported or not?<\/p>\n
\n If approved, the modified plan’s additional policies would become part of the planning framework used to consider development proposals.\n<\/p>\n
\n It could also have financial implications for the town.\n<\/p>\n
\n Where development falls within an area covered by a made neighbourhood plan, the proportion of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) passed to the town council increases from 15% to 25%.\n<\/p>\n
\n If planning permission is granted for the Garden Neighbourhood and development begins, a made modified plan would enable East Suffolk Council to distribute 25% of CIL collected to Saxmundham Town Council to spend on its local infrastructure priorities.\n<\/p>\n
\n If the modified plan is not adopted, the existing 2023 neighbourhood plan would remain in place, but the additional site-specific Garden Neighbourhood policies would not come into force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A referendum is being held today over a modified version of the town’s Neighbourhood Plan, with the South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-817727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}