They want to add 35,550 homes to West Suffolk. And they have no plans to build infrastructure.
The government wants to build 1,185 homes a year in West Suffolk. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 35,550 homes - +42% on the 84,601 dwellings already in the area.
There are 51 towns and villages in our list for West Suffolk. That is an average of 23.2 new homes a year across every settlement in the area - about 697 each over thirty years, if the annual figure were spread evenly.
What we've got now
- In West Suffolk in 2025, there were 1,415 hours of sewage spills, at HUNDON WATER RECYCLING CENTRE. Sewage →
- About 2,137 patients per GP in West Suffolk. GPs →
- 10 schools over capacity in West Suffolk. Schools →
- 1,044 MW still waiting to connect at Burwell. Energy →
- Local A-roads in Suffolk: 27.9 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A1021. Transport →
Now they want another 35,550 homes here.
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Towns and villages
See how many homes are being proposed in each town and village in the area.
- Bardwell
- Barnham
- Barningham
- Barrow
- Barton Mills
- Beck Row
- Brandon
- Bury St Edmunds
- Cavendish
- Chedburgh
- Chevington
- Clare
- Cock and End
- Coney Weston
- Culford
- Exning
- Fornham All Saints
- Fornham St Martin
- Gazeley
- Great Barton
- Haverhill
- Hepworth
- Holywell Row
- Hopton
- Horringer
- Hundon
- Icklingham
- Ingham
- Ixworth
- Kedington
- Kentford
- Lackford
- Lakenheath
- Lidgate
- Little Eriswell
- Longfield Green
- Market Weston
- Mildenhall
- Moulton
- Newmarket
- Ousden
- Pakenham
- Red Lodge
- Risby
- Sicklesmere
- Stanton
- Stoke-by-Clare
- Tuddenham
- West Row
- Wickhambrook
- Worlington
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