Amenities
Martlesham: An overview
Martlesham is bisected by the A12 and home to BT Adastral Park, a sizeable retail area and the Suffolk Constabulary HQ. The Brightwell Lakes development has outline planning permission for 2000 homes with reserved matters coming forward in stages for consideration. Martlesham Heath Village is an internationally admired model of town planning with a theme of individuality running through each hamlet.
The parish is home to the ‘Martlesham Wilds’ nature reserve, a significant area of former organic arable farmland, marshes and saltings on the banks of the tidal Deben Estuary. The River Fynn flows though the Parish. Martlesham is also home to Martlesham Common Local Nature Reserve, the Western Corridor SSSI and incorporates part of a National Landscape Character Area and Special Landscape Area.
Against this backdrop and in recognition of the unique, diverse and special nature of our parish, it is Martlesham Council’s policy to consider all planning applications. The Council continuously strives to build and maintain effective external working relationships. We work closely with officers from East Suffolk Council, our ward councillors, and are represented on the Brightwell Lakes Community Forum, the Deben Estuary Partnership, the Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew, Martlesham, Carlford and Fynn Valley Community Partnership, SAVID, the East Suffolk Council Greenprint Forum and the West Deben Green Cluster Group. These groups are concerned with improving the natural and built environment here and in neighbouring parishes.