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Nick Timothy MP: Listening to residents about the future of Lakenheath

Dear Lakenheath resident

Lakenheath is growing quickly. A total of 720 new homes already have outline or detailed planning permission. This means the village is set to grow by more than a third by the mid-2030s, with around 1,700 new residents joining the community.

A new school is being built to support this growth, and it is due to open in September 2026.

As Lakenheath continues to change and grow, I welcome the announcement of up to £20 million in Pride in Place funding for the village over the next ten years. This is a major investment in Lakenheath’s future — one that builds on the Conservative government’s work to strengthen local communities and restore pride in place.

Now I want to hear from you how you think this money should be spent.

To shape how the funding is directed, a Neighbourhood Board will be created, made up of residents, a ward councillor, community organisations, local businesses, and me as your MP. The Board will be chaired by an independent appointee chosen by the local authority after consultation with me.

The Board’s job will be to develop a ten-year vision for Lakenheath, supported by a detailed Regeneration Plan. This plan will set out specific projects and investments, designed to complement other government funding in the area and, where possible, combine with other sources to deliver the best results.

Possible projects include improvements to the High Street, new green spaces, better roads, and enhanced bus services.

The make-up of the Neighbourhood Board is expected to be confirmed by July 2026, with the Regeneration Plan submitted to the Government by winter 2026–27. Decisions on approval are expected by spring 2027.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Lakenheath — a chance for all of us to shape the future of the village together. But to make it a success, I need to hear from you.

If you are a resident of Lakenheath or the surrounding area, I would be very grateful if you would take a few moments to fill in your answers to the questions below.

Best wishes

Nick Timothy, Member of Parliament for West Suffolk

Have your say

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* 1. The Pride in Place Funding aims to support projects under the following eight themes. Please rank them 1–8, where 1 equals the highest priority and 8 equals the lowest priority.

Tell us what matters most

The questions below are based on the pre-approved funding options in other existing Pride of Place areas.

Please select, or write in, the options that matter most to you.

Regeneration, High Streets & Heritage

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* 2. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to six, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

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Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street	Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street 1	Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street 2	Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street 3	Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street 4	Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street 5	Improve the village centre and Lakenheath High Street 6
Create or improve green spaces and community gardens	Create or improve green spaces and community gardens 1	Create or improve green spaces and community gardens 2	Create or improve green spaces and community gardens 3	Create or improve green spaces and community gardens 4	Create or improve green spaces and community gardens 5	Create or improve green spaces and community gardens 6
Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects	Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects 1	Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects 2	Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects 3	Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects 4	Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects 5	Support energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects 6
Invest in community or heritage buildings	Invest in community or heritage buildings 1	Invest in community or heritage buildings 2	Invest in community or heritage buildings 3	Invest in community or heritage buildings 4	Invest in community or heritage buildings 5	Invest in community or heritage buildings 6
Back local arts and cultural activities	Back local arts and cultural activities 1	Back local arts and cultural activities 2	Back local arts and cultural activities 3	Back local arts and cultural activities 4	Back local arts and cultural activities 5	Back local arts and cultural activities 6
Improve digital infrastructure for community use	Improve digital infrastructure for community use 1	Improve digital infrastructure for community use 2	Improve digital infrastructure for community use 3	Improve digital infrastructure for community use 4	Improve digital infrastructure for community use 5	Improve digital infrastructure for community use 6

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Housing

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* 3. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to five, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

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Modernise social housing	Modernise social housing 1	Modernise social housing 2	Modernise social housing 3	Modernise social housing 4	Modernise social housing 5
Renew neighbourhoods and improve local environments	Renew neighbourhoods and improve local environments 1	Renew neighbourhoods and improve local environments 2	Renew neighbourhoods and improve local environments 3	Renew neighbourhoods and improve local environments 4	Renew neighbourhoods and improve local environments 5
Provide safe spaces for those at risk of homelessness	Provide safe spaces for those at risk of homelessness 1	Provide safe spaces for those at risk of homelessness 2	Provide safe spaces for those at risk of homelessness 3	Provide safe spaces for those at risk of homelessness 4	Provide safe spaces for those at risk of homelessness 5
Encourage healthy, climate-resilient homes	Encourage healthy, climate-resilient homes 1	Encourage healthy, climate-resilient homes 2	Encourage healthy, climate-resilient homes 3	Encourage healthy, climate-resilient homes 4	Encourage healthy, climate-resilient homes 5
Support community-led housing schemes	Support community-led housing schemes 1	Support community-led housing schemes 2	Support community-led housing schemes 3	Support community-led housing schemes 4	Support community-led housing schemes 5

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Work, Productivity & Skills

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* 4. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to five, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

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Help people move into secure employment	Help people move into secure employment 1	Help people move into secure employment 2	Help people move into secure employment 3	Help people move into secure employment 4	Help people move into secure employment 5
Support small businesses and social enterprises	Support small businesses and social enterprises 1	Support small businesses and social enterprises 2	Support small businesses and social enterprises 3	Support small businesses and social enterprises 4	Support small businesses and social enterprises 5
Develop local skills training and apprenticeships	Develop local skills training and apprenticeships 1	Develop local skills training and apprenticeships 2	Develop local skills training and apprenticeships 3	Develop local skills training and apprenticeships 4	Develop local skills training and apprenticeships 5
Promote the visitor and tourism economy	Promote the visitor and tourism economy 1	Promote the visitor and tourism economy 2	Promote the visitor and tourism economy 3	Promote the visitor and tourism economy 4	Promote the visitor and tourism economy 5
Encourage community wealth-building projects	Encourage community wealth-building projects 1	Encourage community wealth-building projects 2	Encourage community wealth-building projects 3	Encourage community wealth-building projects 4	Encourage community wealth-building projects 5

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Cohesion

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* 5. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to two, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

	1	2
Strengthen community ties and volunteering	Strengthen community ties and volunteering 1	Strengthen community ties and volunteering 2
Support youth and civil-society groups	Support youth and civil-society groups 1	Support youth and civil-society groups 2

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Health & Wellbeing

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* 6. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to five, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

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Support community-level health provision	Support community-level health provision 1	Support community-level health provision 2	Support community-level health provision 3	Support community-level health provision 4	Support community-level health provision 5
Integrate health and wellbeing services	Integrate health and wellbeing services 1	Integrate health and wellbeing services 2	Integrate health and wellbeing services 3	Integrate health and wellbeing services 4	Integrate health and wellbeing services 5
Improve local sport and leisure facilities	Improve local sport and leisure facilities 1	Improve local sport and leisure facilities 2	Improve local sport and leisure facilities 3	Improve local sport and leisure facilities 4	Improve local sport and leisure facilities 5
Fund preventative health programmes	Fund preventative health programmes 1	Fund preventative health programmes 2	Fund preventative health programmes 3	Fund preventative health programmes 4	Fund preventative health programmes 5
Provide drug and alcohol support services	Provide drug and alcohol support services 1	Provide drug and alcohol support services 2	Provide drug and alcohol support services 3	Provide drug and alcohol support services 4	Provide drug and alcohol support services 5

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Transport

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* 7. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to three, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

	1	2	3
Improve roads and local access routes	Improve roads and local access routes 1	Improve roads and local access routes 2	Improve roads and local access routes 3
Enhance bus services and active-travel links	Enhance bus services and active-travel links 1	Enhance bus services and active-travel links 2	Enhance bus services and active-travel links 3
Cut vehicle emissions and congestion	Cut vehicle emissions and congestion 1	Cut vehicle emissions and congestion 2	Cut vehicle emissions and congestion 3

Additional suggestions / comments:

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* 8. Do you believe that the Pride in Place funding should be used to develop more cycle and walking paths in Lakenheath?

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree or disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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Safety & Security

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* 9. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to four, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

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Design public spaces to deter crime	Design public spaces to deter crime 1	Design public spaces to deter crime 2	Design public spaces to deter crime 3	Design public spaces to deter crime 4
Target anti-social behaviour and re-offending	Target anti-social behaviour and re-offending 1	Target anti-social behaviour and re-offending 2	Target anti-social behaviour and re-offending 3	Target anti-social behaviour and re-offending 4
Support policing and village centre management	Support policing and village centre management 1	Support policing and village centre management 2	Support policing and village centre management 3	Support policing and village centre management 4
Promote community safety partnerships	Promote community safety partnerships 1	Promote community safety partnerships 2	Promote community safety partnerships 3	Promote community safety partnerships 4

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Education & Opportunity

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* 10. Please give each of the suggestions below a rank from one to four, or write your idea in the text box below. Alternatively if you do not consider this useful or urgent for Lakenheath, please leave this part blank.

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Support youth development in schools	Support youth development in schools 1	Support youth development in schools 2	Support youth development in schools 3	Support youth development in schools 4
Help families with childcare and cost-of-living pressures	Help families with childcare and cost-of-living pressures 1	Help families with childcare and cost-of-living pressures 2	Help families with childcare and cost-of-living pressures 3	Help families with childcare and cost-of-living pressures 4
Reduce child poverty and its impact	Reduce child poverty and its impact 1	Reduce child poverty and its impact 2	Reduce child poverty and its impact 3	Reduce child poverty and its impact 4
Expand community learning and social enterprise	Expand community learning and social enterprise 1	Expand community learning and social enterprise 2	Expand community learning and social enterprise 3	Expand community learning and social enterprise 4

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* 11. Would you support more dedicated places for special educational needs and disability provision being created at the old Lakenheath Primary School following the opening of the new school on Station Road?

Strongly support

Support

Neither support this nor against it

Against

Strongly against

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* 12. In order to make this survey representative, how did you vote in the 2024 General Election?

Labour

Lib Dem

Conservative

Green

Reform

Independent

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* 13. If a General Election were to be called tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

Labour

Lib Dem

Conservative

Green

Reform

Independent

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* 14. First name

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* 15. Last name

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* 16. Address 1

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* 17. Address 2

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* 18. Postcode

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* 19. Email

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* 20. Mobile number

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