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Council welcomes end to second home tax loophole

tax loophole

Jasper King

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East Suffolk Council has welcomed the government's announcement of ending a loophole.
Halesworth care home

East Suffolk Council

Halesworth care home with 100 flats, and new sport pitches approved

Matt Powell

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Halesworth Campus site at the town's former middle school. Picture: NICK BUTCHER

Planning and Development

'Halesworth at risk of becoming a retirement town' if care home goes ahead

Charlotte Mclaughlin

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Trustees of the Worlingham Community

East Suffolk Council

New homes and community facility in village set for green light

Mark Boggis

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Timber framework of house roof trusses with scaffold on a building being built

Planning and Development

Plans for 171 homes in Norfolk town cause concern

George Thompson, Local Democracy Reporter

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Kessingland, near Lowestoft, is among the most in-demand seaside resorts in the country

Suffolk seaside village named among coastal property hotspots

Matthew Earth

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Charlotte Taylor hailed the community response after her home in Topcroft flooded overnight into Christmas Eve.

Prospect of repeating Christmas flooding trauma still 'worrying' 11...

Reece Hanson

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The A1101 at Welney is passible again after two months under water

Data

Revealed: The area of Norfolk where homes are at higher risk of flooding

Thomas Chapman

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James Sullivan and Ray Perry, residents of St Mary's Flats in Beccles. Picture: Danielle Booden

Council tenants in limbo with future of historic building in doubt

Reece Hanson

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Retirement

Plans submitted to develop retirement houses in Halesworth

Jasper King

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Deben School homes CGI

50 new council houses a year in East Suffolk 'not ambitious enough'

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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Lord Deben, John Gummer, stands in a field near his Winston home.EADT 2.6.12

Suffolk Live News

Use torches rather than streetlights in rural areas, says climate adviser

Angus Williams

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British houses with sold sign

The 5 most expensive homes sold in Suffolk in the first half of 2021

Angus Williams

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An artists' impression of the proposed £30m care home in Halesworth

Plans for £30m care home revised over transport concerns

Matthew Earth

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High-cost Airbnb lets in East Suffolk could be fuelling the few rental properties on Rightmove. 

East Suffolk Council

Concerns 'staycations' fuelling rental collapse on Suffolk coast

Charlotte Mclaughlin

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norton road

Opposition grows to proposed 130 home housing development

Jasper King

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Norwich Streets -- PPrince of Wales Road taken from the top of the Post Office building in Thorp

Census from 1961 reveals how life has changed in Norfolk

Thomas Chapman

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An artists' impression of the proposed new care village in Halesworth

Community leaders raise concerns over impact of new care village

Matthew Earth

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An artists' impression of the proposed new care village in Halesworth

Plans unveiled for new care village to 'address real shortfall' in town

Matthew Earth

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The site of the homes on land off Old Station Road in Halesworth

21 new homes approved in Halesworth

Matthew Earth

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Southwold town mayor Ian Bradbury is worried about the virus spreading to the Suffolk coast Picture:

Have your say on coastal town's proposed neighbourhood plan

Matthew Earth

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Mould at St Faith's Lane. Photo: Archant

One in five live in homes with mould or other issues, Shelter says

Dan Grimmer

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Aerial view of land north of School Road in Ringsfield Corner

Housing News

East Suffolk rural homes plan refused amid 'cramped' concerns

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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Michelle Tricker

Investigations

Broken heating and leaks: Buyers wait months for new homes to be fixed

Tom Bristow​

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RMG Photography photo of Tom Orford from Ipswich Savills

House prices rise by 6% as Suffolk 'ticks all the boxes' despite recession

Sophie Barnett

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field

Bid for 33 new homes in field sparks objections

Jasper King

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A builder laying a brick

East Suffolk Council

East Suffolk Council eyes 50 new council homes per year

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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The Bank of Mum and Dad is helping people to get onto the housing ladder

Where house prices have risen fastest in Suffolk in last decade

Oliver Sullivan

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The North of Lowestoft Garden Village relates to an area of land outlined in red on the aerial photograph.

Views sought on 1,300 new homes in landmark Garden Village

Mark Boggis

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A builder laying a brick

Council approves plan for joint venture to develop thousands of new homes

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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