Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area.
Search the Public Notice Portal What is the Public Notice Portal?What is the Public Notice Portal?
The Public Notice Portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood.
Search the Public Notice PortalPlans to build four new affordable homes close to a Suffolk port have been refused because of concerns about flooding and noise.
Housing developer Orwell Housing Association had applied to East Suffolk Council for permission to build the three-bedroom properties on land to the south of Adastral Close in Felixstowe.
READ MORE: Apartments built at Tehidy House in Felixstowe in Suffolk
However, the council rejected the application because the homes would have been developed in an area with a high probability of flooding, while the houses would have been built close to the Port of Felixstowe, meaning the occupants would have been exposed to high levels of noise.
Planners also cited a loss of open space as another reason for the refusal.
READ MORE: Felixstowe news
As well as the new homes, the plans also involved the relocation of existing play equipment and upgrading of current play equipment.
In a letter to the agents for the applicant, Boyer Planning, the council's head of planning and coastal management Philip Ridley said not enough information had been provided to demonstrate that it was not possible to locate the homes in other areas at low risk of flooding.
READ MORE: Suffolk news
Share