Bures
Across Braintree, the government wants to build 1,132 homes a year. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 33,960 homes - +48% on existing stock in Braintree.
Spread across the 37 settlements in our Braintree list, that is an average of 30.6 homes a year per settlement - about 918 over thirty years.
When homes arrive here, they almost always arrive as a bolt-on: a field at a time, each application too small to trigger the reservoir, the substation, the surgery or the station. That is the pattern we are against — not homes themselves.
What we've got now
- Near Bures in 2025, there were 3 hours of sewage spills, at BURES HAMLET PS. Sewage →
- About 2,542 patients per GP in Braintree. GPs →
- 1,806 MW still waiting to connect at Bramford. Energy →
- Local A-roads in Essex: 31.0 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A1019. Transport →
Now they want another 33,960 homes across Braintree.
It's clear that even our current infrastructure is struggling. Sign the petition to stop the urban sprawl around Bures.
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