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Search the Public Notice PortalA community leader has said that he is disappointed that work on the six-figure Kesgrave pump track is yet to take place despite it being approved by planners a year ago.
Stuart Lawson, a Suffolk county councillor for Kesgrave and general manager of the town's community centre, said that he wasn't sure why work hadn't been started on a project "that the majority of Kesgrave can agree is a good thing" .
On November 26, 2024, members of East Suffolk Council's planning committee unanimously approved plans for the six-figure pump track, which will be funded by Guy Nicholls of the Tru7 Group.
In June however, Kesgrave Town Council submitted an application to change the approved plans, which included minor alterations to the fencing, the moving of a bench and adjustments to the layout of the track to make it "more challenging".
Months on and the changes are yet to be approved by East Suffolk Council.
Mr Lawson, who represents the town as a councillor for both district and county level as well as serving as the general manager of Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre, said: "It is disappointing that it is taking so long, it a great community project that I think the majority of people in Kesgrave can agree is a good thing.
"At the annual town council meeting last year people did voice their opposition but it was a productive meeting and I think most people came away happy after discussing it.
"I think that it is a positive project for our younger people in our community and will be great for their mental health, wellbeing and get them out and about rather that just on the internet".
In October, East Suffolk Council said that "the application was still under consideration as we are currently awaiting some additional information".
Updated drawings were submitted to the East Suffolk Council planning portal last week.
What is the Kesgrave Pump Track?
In September 2024, consultations for the pump track were reopened Kesgrave Town Council submitted an amended application for the site, meant to address residents concerns.
Objectors to the plans feared that the site would become a hub for anti-social behaviour and damaging to the local environment but the plans were unanimously approved by East Suffolk Council in November last year.
In June, plans to alter the track were submitted to the council with work on the track able to get underway after the approval of the plans came through.
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