Stop Urban Sprawl

Against the gradual construction of homes in the East of England.

South Cambridgeshire housing development and new homes

South Cambridgeshire sits under intense housing pressure next to Cambridge — from Histon and Impington to the Mordens, Northstowe’s orbit, and villages along the A10 and M11. This page is the campaign view of that load.

The government wants to build 1,205 homes a year in South Cambridgeshire. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 36,150 homes on the 75,102 dwellings already in the area.

Housing development in South Cambridgeshire

The district’s thirty-year starting point is enormous relative to existing stock. Some growth is already channelled into larger planned places; much still arrives as incremental edges on villages that never get city-scale water, grid or health investment.

Sewage spill hours and school capacity figures for the district show a system that is not waiting comfortably for another generation of bolt-ons. GP provision varies by practice area, but list sizes across the wider East of England leave little slack.

Use settlement pages for named villages, the planning tracker for medium and large schemes, and the petition if you want infrastructure-first rules before the next allocation round.

District infrastructure snapshot: about 1,793 patients per GP FTE; 3,652 sewage spill hours; 9 schools over capacity.

Shareable infographic — South Cambridgeshire homes over 30 years · Petition for South Cambridgeshire

There are 77 towns and villages in South Cambridgeshire. That is an average of 15.6 new homes a year across every settlement — about 469 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in South Cambridgeshire

What we've got now

Now they want another 36,150 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 36,150 homes for South Cambridgeshire, with no infrastructure to carry them. We want building concentrated in fewer, larger places with schools, health, water, sewage and transport built in — not another estate on the edge of every village.

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New homes by town and village in South Cambridgeshire

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Questions about housing in South Cambridgeshire

How many new homes in South Cambridgeshire over 30 years?
The government starting point is about 1,205 homes a year — roughly 36,150 over thirty years if sustained (+48% on the 75,102 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in South Cambridgeshire go?
Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 77 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in South Cambridgeshire?
Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

Sign the petition — South Cambridgeshire

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