90% of respondents strongly support the idea of establishing ‘healing woods’ in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The creation of healing woods and spaces will give more people better access to the natural environment, offering dedicated places for peaceful reflection ...
100,000 trees have been planted in just five months, since Suffolk County Council committed £228,000 from its Suffolk 2020 Fund to protect and encourage biodiversity in the county. Located in the Little and Great Waldingfield area, the 100,000th tree, a ...
Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are set to make further significant CO2 savings, thanks to a £1.4m Government grant for carbon-saving measures at their leisure centres, and other buildings. Funds are expected to see solar PV panels and air ...
Two Suffolk councils’ climate change ambitions have taken a step forward, following approval of over £600k in funding for solar carports. Cabinets at Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have approved an additional £350k and £300k respectively this week, for ...
The Way To Go Suffolk website provides information and advice on walking, cycling, public transport, car sharing and electric vehicles. Created by merging the existing content on Suffolk Spokes and the Local Links websites, the new website features up ...
More conservation areas are being created to benefit wildlife as part of East Suffolk Council’s commitment to increase biodiversity areas. Last year, 40 wild spaces were created across East Suffolk as part of the Council’s ‘Pardon the weeds, we’re ...
Suffolk Constabulary’s first fully-marked, electric police vehicle has been purchased following positive results of the trial of a BMW i3 in July. Joint Transport Services has now purchased an i3 which is being moved across both Suffolk and Norfolk Constabularies ...
Suffolk County Council is concerned about plans for electricity pylons to be constructed in the countryside, rather than using offshore solutions. The council is worried for the potential harm to Suffolk’s communities and their environment. It will be seeking further ...
East Suffolk Council continues to tackle the impact of climate change as it works towards becoming carbon neutral. Since its creation in April 2019, East Suffolk Council has had an ambitious environmental vision to build the right environment for East ...
East Suffolk Council has today welcomed progress from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) in addressing a number of concerns raised by the Council about their applications for offshore windfarm developments off the East Suffolk coast. SPR submitted two separate nationally significant applications ...