On Thursday 21st April Bawdsey Parish Council received the good news that Bawdsey Quay Visitor Centre has at last been given the ‘go ahead’ by Suffolk Coastal District Council. This is tremendous news for Bawdsey Parish and a major step towards achieving a sustainable development of the site. It was also a splendid outcome for the Working Group which has advised the Council over a three year period.
The Parish Council adopted the Business Plan at its EGM on 11th April and submitted it to SCDC four days later for its approval. After intense scrutiny, SCDC approved the Business Plan and the development of the Bawdsey Quay site.
Bawdsey Parish now has authority to proceed with the preliminary works of installing a new water supply and sewage disposal scheme to be followed by construction of the new Café and Visitor Centre.
The Business Plan is not a document full of figures: it sets out the background of SCDC’s proposed transfer of land to Bawdsey Parish, the development concept and how it fits with SCDC’s policies for tourist development and environmental conservation. It will be posted on the Bawdsey web-site and I commend it for your reading.
Brian Johnson, Chairman of BCP.