At Mid Suffolk District Council , we are integrating the Mid Suffolk and Babergh teams, reducing senior management and we hope “empowering” middle management and the front line people.  This is all to reduce costs but also to improve the service you get.

All councillors and senior officers are involved in “Community Engagement” asking you what the council does well and what it could do better.  What services you value and which you would be happy to go without.  So far Great Blakenham and Little Blakenham Parishes have given their views and Branford is on the list but we intend to get to Cherryfields, the WI and Businesses soon.

I am involved with the transformation of the planning service to make it more responsive and more efficient.  The Councillor team believe you want professional high quality decisions made quickly that encourage development but preserve the qualities of Suffolk that make it such a good place to live.  We also want the planning service to be a good place to work.

If we are wrong please let me know.