Developers Guide to Infrastructure Contributions in Suffolk consultation

About this consultation

Suffolk County Council's “Developers Guide to Infrastructure Contributions” is a guidance document setting out the types of infrastructure contributions which may be sought from developers for major planning applications.

The guide also outlines the rationale for calculating the levels of contributions, assisting developers, district, and parish councils on the county council’s approach.

It has been written as a basic guide, not as a set of rules, for developers. It is to make them aware of what they should consider and the financial contributions they should take into account to mitigate for the impact of new developments.

A previous version of this guide has been available since 2011 and has been updated periodically. A public consultation ran in 2021 to update and refresh it.

SCC is now running a new consultation, following a review of the document with a focus on early years child yield, education costs, and libraries and waste infrastructure contributions.

The consultation on the draft Developers Guide to Infrastructure Contributions runs from Monday 28 April to Monday 9 June 2025.

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