I am attending the meetings of this group on behalf of The Ipswich Society; most of the members are neighbourhood councillors with some other interested parties represented. So far the meetings have been held remotely. At our last meeting, which are held bi-monthly, Andrew Owen for Crest Nicolson brought us up to date on the progress of the development.

The Country Park works in six phases: phase one will start at the beginning of March and last for 16 weeks, to complete by June 2022. The remaining phases will take until March 2024. It will be completed at about the same time as one hundred houses are occupied, probably over two years according to how sales proceed.

The planning of the two bridges across the railway is proceeding satisfactorily. The legal agreement with Network Rail will hopefully be signed off in March; a planning application can be made soon afterwards.

They will be prefabricated off-site and delivered by truck and crane for fixing to prepared foundation with planned completion by March 2023.  Crest Nicolson are paying Network Rail £160,000 for an upgrade to Westerfield station so that access routes should be safe.

Mike Cook

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