How many new homes in East Suffolk over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 1,658 homes a year — roughly 49,740 over thirty years if sustained (+40% on the 123,768 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in East Suffolk go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 71 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in East Suffolk?

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.

East Suffolk housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in East Suffolk or new homes in East Suffolk? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 49,740 homes here — +40% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 1,658 homes a year in East Suffolk. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 49,740 homes on the 123,768 dwellings already in the area.

There are 71 towns and villages in East Suffolk. That is an average of 23.4 new homes a year across every settlement — about 701 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in East Suffolk

What we've got now

2,767
hours of sewage spills in East Suffolk in 2025
Worst at Caister- Headworks PS
Sewage →
2,118
patients per GP in East Suffolk
GPs →
13
schools over capacity in East Suffolk
Schools →
1,670 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Sizewell
Energy →
36 mins
to the nearest A&E
Ipswich Hospital
Hospitals →
27.9s
delay per mile on A-roads in Suffolk
Worst on the A1021
Transport →

Now they want another 49,740 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 49,740 homes for East Suffolk, 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 East Suffolk

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Questions about housing in East Suffolk

How many new homes in East Suffolk over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 1,658 homes a year — roughly 49,740 over thirty years if sustained (+40% on the 123,768 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in East Suffolk go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 71 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in East Suffolk?: 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.

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