Proposal for more houses in Lackford

As some of you may be aware, St Edmundsbury are considering their future development plans and have issued “Core Strategy Preferred Options (view online or PDF)” and “Strategic Sites (view online or PDF)”  documents on their website at http://stedsbc-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal. The relevant map of Lackford with the proposed sites is below.

Proposed sites in Lackford

SS51 is proposed for residential use, although the council comments that it is within a Special Landscape Area and that protected and notable species have been identified at this location. SS54 is for mixed use and again is within a Special Landscape Area.

I’m sure this will get discussed in the upcoming parish meetings, but in the meantime here is a little poll to see what the general feeling is.

Vandalism in Lackford

Dear Friends

I had a call this afternoon from the owner of the set-aside field. His tractor, parked by the pill-box has been vandalised by cutting the leads on the starter motor. He suspects this may be a reaction to the realigning of the fence at the bottom of the field as several of the posts have been removed and thrown into bushes. He wants to make it clear that he has no intention of withdrawing the permissive path round the field, and I have offered to cut a new path so that there should be no interruption of our enjoyment of this privilege. I cannot believe there is anyone in Lackford who would do such a silly act of vandalism, and suspect it is probably youngsters from outside the village. It would be such a shame if we lost the permission to walk round the setaside through someone else’s bad behaviour. Please keep a watchful eye (and ear) to help prevent further vandalism. If anyone has information about this incident, please tell Mr Aitkens or the police.

Kind regards

Colin Smith