How many new homes in Mid Suffolk over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 757 homes a year — roughly 22,710 over thirty years if sustained (+45% on the 50,621 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in Mid Suffolk go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 58 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in Mid 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.

Mid Suffolk housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in Mid Suffolk or new homes in Mid Suffolk? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 22,710 homes here — +45% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 757 homes a year in Mid Suffolk. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 22,710 homes on the 50,621 dwellings already in the area.

There are 58 towns and villages in Mid Suffolk. That is an average of 13.1 new homes a year across every settlement — about 392 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in Mid Suffolk

What we've got now

3,299
hours of sewage spills in Mid Suffolk in 2025
Worst at Dickleburgh Water Recycling Centre
Sewage →
2,142
patients per GP in Mid Suffolk
GPs →
5
schools over capacity in Mid Suffolk
Schools →
1,806 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Bramford
Energy →
37 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 22,710 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 22,710 homes for Mid 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 Mid Suffolk

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Questions about housing in Mid Suffolk

How many new homes in Mid Suffolk over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 757 homes a year — roughly 22,710 over thirty years if sustained (+45% on the 50,621 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in Mid Suffolk go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 58 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in Mid 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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