Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I don't think we need more houses. We should use what we have. The birth rate is going down. Majority of immigrants would like to move to their country of origin. Moreover,there are houses,which seem to be council ones and they are empty. New settlements should be built next to big cities or towns. In the villages there are no infrastructure and some people want to be like that.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I used to live in Basildon.As much as having new huge block of flats doesn't look very British, I think it is better to build in towns and cities then villages.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small estates round existing towns and villages means no extra doctors or dentist or schools

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For worse. The doctors are overwhelmed. The parking at the doctors to so small. The roads feeding into the Main Street from new estates are not fit for purpose.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Housing and accosiated infrastructure needs to be planned. Small developments don’t look at the big picture and are led by the private developers. Local councils, majors and government should be leading building self contained developments. New towns not more housing estates.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live in a new small development in a village. Some additional infrastructure have helped along with some private development in shops and cafes. But next village has huge developments with little added infrastructure.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because our villages barely have a shop or pub so would mean more traffic to and from all the time if more housing was added to them

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Thankfully has stayed much the same so far

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because they would have to put proper infrastructure in place..hopefully, as towns like St Ives can't cope with what it's already got.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worst, not enough doctors, schools,roads cannot cope with the existing traffic traffic now.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

small villages cannot take a new influx with the resulting drain on water, schools and doctors surgeries

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It has enlarged the town so much that the feeling of community has changed so that we no longer know most of the people and faces locally

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I live in a very small village in Essex and here with surrounding villages,we being turned into a town by the addition of thousands of new build.The infrastructure is not there to cope, specifically the lack adequate roads.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Much more traffic and the prospect of a further 7000+ properties is a nightmare scenario.Myself and many others live in village locations because we love a rural lifestyle which is inclusive of open space and countryside.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Dedicated larger estates would have their own infrastructure and would not affect already struggling areas with things like GP surgeries, roads, dentists, schools etc

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I have moved to a very rural area but I am worried that the agricultural land that surrounds me could be used for huge swathes of housing which would change the landscape forever in a bad way.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

So the builders have to put everything in place, ie,school, doctors surgery, rail and bus links

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Apart from noise and traffic congestion, most construction in my area is at it's early stages

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure is falling short with all theses add ons. Construction companies rely on add on clauses, and have for decades to avoid spending on infrastructure. Maldon is another example. The country needs investment in infrastructure otherwise the current system will implode.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Tollesbury has approved numerous new builds recently. The Dr's and schools are oversubscribed, the road network is already inadequate without new builds and as a consequence traffic is now impacting on main routes around the area, which will worsen with planned new builds. Salcott, is one area which is dependent on accessing road networks via a cross Rd which has seen far to many accidents for safety.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Several smaller estate have been built around St Ives but there are no new schools, doctors etc. The traffic at times is gridlocked and there are real problems if the one bridge crossing the river is blocked or closed for some reason. This will only get worse if the proposed developments go ahead. If 'new towns' are built with the necessary infrastructure - including a new river crossing and no building on current car parks - it will stop villages joining up and stop urban sprawl.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The building of Abby Retail Park has added to the cause of flooding of our home in 2020; it is noisy and there is a massive increase in traffic because of this and the development and the building of Morrison's and Aldi; we have to live with the smells from McDonalds and other food retailers which, at times, even enter our house; the development has lights on all the time and the light pollution has really changed the visibility of the skies. We have also seen the change of use of the Manchester Arms PH so that the constant noise from inconsiderate, noisy customers and delivery vans with refrigerated units constantly running means there is constant noise.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Every bit of land & even fields are now being desecrated by concrete taking away the uniqueness of our town & villages and robbing the wildlife. There are no facilities, no Drs etc life is becoming a nightmare! It’s laughable when so many houses on the estate agent sites are not selling and being reduced in price because people from out of the area want brand new houses in the country.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

There is no better around Braintree for all the new buildings it has made every journey a living nightmare and the outlook now instead of nature is little boxes!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Those estates are already established, so "tacking on" extra houses to those already established would readily blend with those established. To push extra to the small towns and village would overcrowd then unnecessarily.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The current new build levels are wrecking hamlets & villages and destroying these communities. Planning must include transport, education amd health needs for all.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Causes ridiculous levels of traffic on minor roads, total gridlock when there is a accident on a major road and longer and longer waits to see my GP or dentist. Insufficient parking provision on new builds estates just leads to more parking on roads. How does a house developer or planning officers actually forsee the building new estates without good public transport or infrastructure is going to work longterm? Existing housing stock should be better utilised by incentivising downsizing by more elderly owners.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We don’t want our towns and villages ruined

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Not lived here long enough to compere

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Larger new places will have infrastructure built as part of the development where as tagging a few hundred housed onto existing settlements does not

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

St Ives can be gridlocked during the rush hours no NHS dentists and overstretched doctors

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Each new area needs it's own local facilities Dr's schools etc

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Unchanged at present but we do back onto farm fields. Also new houses have just been built but not currently occupied.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We live in Whittlesey and they have built so many houses its unreal we struggle to get Docs appointment our schools are nearly at capacity. The roads are ridiculous. Whittlesey can't take anymore houses without the infrastructure been updated

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

As above

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We need the infrastructure ie doctors, schools, better road networks. Colchester is already struggling in all those areas

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Overwhelming current infrastructure destroys the quality of life for the existing residents, and creates new low quality of life estates for new residents. Everyone loses except the developers and the local councils.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The road infrastructure, schools and doctors are all struggling to cope with the increase in population. The developers can't actually sell the homes they are building; and yet the expansion is continuing.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because you cannot increase capacity without increasing infrastructure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Any new homes on this scale need GP surgeries, schools and good infrastructure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Building Alconbury Weald had an impact on my local GP surgery. It had to accept 1000s more patients. Its also increased traffic volume through Alconbury and the surrounding area

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

New infrastructure would be of benefit as existing cannot cope let alone adding more load

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Put more load on local Dr's surgery

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Hopefully his would ensure the correct infrastructure is provided instead of piggybacking onto existing overstretched facilities.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Sprawl is an excellent word which sums up what is happening in Burwell and Exning . The natural outcome will be to join the two together and all become an extension of Newmarket who's high street and shops are in decline already. Again there is no evidence of additional infrastructure but houses are already occupied.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

A large new town would need to have the necessary infrastructure, road links, doctors surgeries, schools etc. Adding to existing towns ad lib does not do this.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The massive increase in road traffic. The lack of dental and doctors surgeries. Overcrowded schools.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

New places will have to have infrastructure included

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too much traffic for existing roads too many undesirables foisted on villages.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Towns don’t have the infrastructure to cope with all the new housing developments and not enough jobs for people in the areas that there building these houses in

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The worse bit for me is building on fields I use to walk around which was a nice little walk to the shops with out going near main roads but now I have to walk near traffic and a lot of dust everywhere makes me feel upset

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Rural green spaces are important, as is infrastructure. Small villages and towns are hard pressed to cope with the need for schools, surgeries, bus services and access roads to name just a few.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic, long waiting times for appointments.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The character and community of small towns and villages are that have developed often over centuries are ripped out and destroyed in a couple of years from over development of housing and underdevelopment of infrastructure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic less public transport availability, harder to find school spaces, get doctors and dentist appointments. Communities swept aside by mass house building

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Brownfield sites need to be used. No applications should be considered without the right infrastructure and amenities available in addition to what is already in place.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Made it far worse than ever before. Congested roads, no additional facilities to deal with the current population

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

They would get their own Gp,s and schools, dentists and would be away from the elderly population and young British girls

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The whole of Whittlesey has changed the shops are all in decline in the town centre it’s all cafes and hairdressers and supermarkets , no diverse shops like there used to be we once had shoe shops clothes shops everything now we have to trek into Peterborough

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because small towns, like Mildenhall, can't cope with increased traffic, etc given existing road network

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Nothing yet but big plans for the future

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because they can build the infrastructure to manage the newer places.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, more and more and more building without infrastructure in place to support it.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Adding to existing villages dilutes all services from schools to doctors. Huntingdonshire is a rural county but as housing expands it swallows farmland and destroys the rural nature of the county and reduces the ability of UK to feed itself.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For the worse, more traffic, increased waiting times for doctors.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Most existing villages are already struggling with poor infrastructure, and the county is generally losing much of its character due to semi-urbanisation. With the effects of the Net Zero programme alone, I feel Suffolk has taken its share of "grief". Living a rural existence has always come with the penalty of poor services etc but this is the choice we have made. Please do not destroy our way of life and give some thought to nature too - human beings are not the sole consideration !

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

In the general area, an increasing population appears to have heralded the loss of small independent shops and businesses, also the "community spirit" which used to be very much part of village life is fading fast. I have lived in mid-Suffolk for almost 30 years and still love it, but life is changing, and not for the better.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Where I live gridlock

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because if the needs are not met and infrasture not dealt with then choas reigns

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

To spread out the new houses rather than creating more congestion in one town or village. With new roads etc this would be the best way I believe.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Roads are more congested and less green space. Doctors appointment etc are a nightmare to get. Far worse than before the building began.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It will stop the stress on existing infrastructure and the current communities will remain intact as villages.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Green space and grade 1 agricultural land has been built on. The sprawl is starting small but already the debris and aesthetics have been changed. Disruption is now happening to roads and our infrastructure.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I would prefer not to be building on more green space

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I believe that the continual adding to "Villages" eventually means that they cease to be just that. We need to protect village life. I am not saying that new homes shouldn't be built in villages as that's how they developed over the centuries but it should be limited to individual homes or very small clusters not estates.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live in Bacton and recent developments have near doubled the size of the village there has been a noticeable increase in traffic (two cars per new household minimum) and light pollution. However, from a positive side it has been good to see the Village pub, shop and garage benefit from additional trade in what are difficult times for small businesses.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Established local villages and towns struggle to accommodate add on estates

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, busier, more traffic, struggling at shops.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

These areascant cope with further expansion

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Terrible or village to see this safe to walk and push a wheelchair now it's like the m25

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I moved out of town to the country to get away from the mess and over population that our once lovely market town has become, over run with barbers, nail bars, car washes and vape shops and foreign supermarkets

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It’s everything I moved here for at the present, a lovely community spirit where we all feel safe and where neighbours still look out for each other We have a lovely little primary school,1 shop,one pub/restaurant,a village hall and community centre which are always well supported by all the villagers.It would be a sacrilege to loose it by building endless new houses for whom?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Larger developments have more chance of planned infrastructure to support it than ad hoc developments

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic on roads that are not capable of handling the level of traffic before the area was developed.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There are far too many existing houses plus new houses but no extra sewage or GP services & schools etc!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No open spaces or green nature parks or play areas. Not for the better!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Sewage arrangement cannot cope with expansion of housing development, and more schools

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No open recreation or green space will be left for families to enjoy and rear children in an environment that is slowly disappearing.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

How can anyone allow new developments without insisting that suitable infrastructure should be up and running first? Medical services, schools, fitness centres, retail, etc

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

So that the whole infrastructure is in place but not on green belt or farmland

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too many estates with no green spaces and no infrastructure to support it

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We need places where there is appropriate infrastructure including a new hospital, GPs that are accessible etc. Just adding houses to existing villages is ruining them and changing their character completely.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I have recently moved from Flitch Green to Stebbing as the urban sprawl around Felsted, Flitch and Little Dunmow has wrecked what was a beautiful area. Dunmow was once a small town and has now become unrecognisable with mass building and no decent facilities. It is a disgrace. Agricultural land should only be built on as a last resort. Also local councils need to push back on government to stop the urban sprawl enveloping much of the Essex countryside.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Then they can be planned properly with their own schools, Doctors surgeries and Chritian church, and suitable road network

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Much more traffic, not helped by council closing of several roads which forces even more traffic onto already crowded roads, (these decisions must be being made by unqualified non drivers)

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I don’t want any more in my village/tiwn. We’ve got enough going on with Sizewell!!!!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse - too many new estates and people. We came to live in the country not an extension of another town!!!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I move FROM a city to a village for a quieter existence- that’s gone now and it’s all about me net for the developers!!!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Gridlocked roads and traffic lights where common sence says it should be roundabouts !!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because we cannot cope with the infrastructure/amenities as it is!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse re answer to question 2.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Destroy Village life if new homes are built

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The Village is too bagel ready

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I am all for providing housing but we have a shortage of infrastructure (roads, water) and a shortage of schools, doctors and no 24/7 A&E. We have to stop just adding houses without the afore mentioned things

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far more traffic in the roads with rush hours starting earlier and finishing later.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We do not have the road infrastructure, water or power. Dentists, schools or doctors

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic pollution

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small villages haven’t got the infrastructure or facilities to accommodate large developments.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse for the above reasons.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Attaching new developments to existing small towns in rural areas that have insufficient road structures in place, increased dr appointments, no places in local schools, these developers promise everything and delivery nothing . Wild life is also significantly affected by the destruction of the local habitat as well as destroying farmland used for crops

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live in a small town and development is being granted all-round my area not 100 or 200 but up into 1000+ in my area alone We have no roads to take increased volume of cars etc no facilities Doctors, Schools , Shops etc to accommodate all these new developments

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

infrustructure in Fenland is very limited. Only 1 bus a week for our village. Only shop is about a mile away and its very dangerous to try to walk to it. No pavement or walkway and speeding cars to contend with. No regular bus service. No shops.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Vital farming land is already being lost at an alarming rate and villages are becoming uncontrolled ribbon developments. Unsustainable building projects with housing that local residents cannot afford.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Housing development on farm land that was needed for vital school expansion or, better still, continued food production. No doctor’s surgery, increased traffic. The village has definitely become a worse place to live.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Bolting on multiple developments to existing smaller villages and town overstretches already breaking infrastructure. Roads with traffic they were never intended for because the majority of new residents have to commute to areas with more work. Services trying to facilitate demands they were never set up to cater for.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The size of the village is doubling yet not a single new job provided other than for builders. Every working person coming in will need to commute along B roads and an A14 that at times resembles the M25.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Less change to the lives of people already livid here and better support for new homes

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because all new estates are so huge and tearing up the country side.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

This would ensure new transport links, surgeries and schools are also built.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Additional traffic on local roads.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Lack of infrastructure. Out of date surveys. No management of projects

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Flooding, accidents. Doctors nor avaikable. Schols full

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Then the need for schools, GPs, hospitals, transportation may be considered more than they do when just building on the edge of already established places!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Need to be larger new places with dedicated main roads because Colchester already has terrible congestion. Also Essex is one of the driest regions in the UK so water and sewage needs to be properly investigated before houses are built

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Colchester has become one massive sprawl of housing, in all directions. Infrastructure not put in place so surgeries, schools and roads under massive pressure to cope. Obviously none do which is why everyone is so unhappy.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Roads are crowded, at a complete standstill a lot of the time.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Present towns and villages do not have the facilities to cope with expansions and they never seem to be given extra when this happens. Better a “new” town as long as it has the full services included at the build stage

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

So far we have avoided the worst but our days are numbered here ?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The villages are unsuitable as no infrastructure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Infill

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Better infrastructure could be built in with less reliance on car use.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It is ridiculous that thousands of houses are being built in north Ely with no provision of a supermarket or doctor/dental facilities. All those residents have to cross the city to access the 3 main supermarkets invariably by car

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

My thoughts 1oo percent

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

it will.be worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Need more doctors and more roads shops and schools

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Adding to existing towns and villages increases strain on the already overstretched infrastructure. New developments should be independent with their own required infrastructure to support that new and increased community.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Nothing has changed it for the better, recent building has increased traffic congestion, increased strain on GP/hospital services, overcrowded schools, caused flooding in local area due to insufficient drainage and a negative impact on local wildlife habitat, in some cases for protected species.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure of the areas mentioned is already inadequate and would not be able to cope with further development.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More noise and traffic congestion.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

By building fewer but larger places would mean that an infrastructure has to be included, schools, gp surgeries, clinics, hospital, places for people to visit i.e libraries, road system to suit area, bus services, local jobs, high streets back, also out of town shopping to be included. etc. for example. Milton Keynes in the early years, maybe Stevenage and Harlow could be used as examples.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far far worse. Traffic is a nightmare, no new surgeries, no new schools, hardley any new roads to compensate for the amount of new traffic, noise of traffic and heavy good lorries going through small village roads. Villages traffic locked with parked cars, school runs a nightmare as parents have to travel distances from their homes to the schools with no bus routes available.i

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

No infrastructure, it will end up being on huge estate going into other areas

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure in existing locations can only just provide support to locals.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Energy infrastructure projects have decimated the area.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Common sence. Additional water resource, schools, shops, libraries, doctors surgery, hospital, pub, dentist etc. are all required to support mass home building. Existing historic towns & villages should not be overwhelmed and the character destroyed

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Additional traffic and assoicated gridlock, overwhelmed services inc. Water shortages, lack of local jobs, loss of traditional values and support of established amenities, architecture not in keeping, additional unmanaged dog fouling, etc.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Bigger houses, not affordable, needing fewer amenities hopefully.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The houses built near us have been of poor quality. Plumbing, poor. Windows having to be replaced.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Current village and small town infrastructure can barely cope as it is. New villages/small towns should be designed with their own schools, doctors, shops, which in turn generates jobs etc for the new community

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic, less on supermarket shelves, greater pedestrian congestion

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because they keep adding to areas which are already full, and then they add more and more, without adding roads, shops, dentists, schools or anymore facilities so every thing becomes unmanageable.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

They keep adding a few here and a few there. Now they want to put 3,000 more houses with no extra roads, shops, schools or doctors also taking farmland which is producing food etc.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because larger places will attract the faculties needed rather than building on villages in particular and towns that are already under pressure from added building.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

In my village we have no shop so trips to towns are the only option particularly for young families. We have already had some building here in spite of the lack of amenities so a build up of traffic here now.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Infrastructure needs to be built with the new houses so not in villages.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The houses are too big and expensive so the locals. Too many bought as second homes standing empty most of the year

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

So that most of Suffolk is unchanged

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic everywhere and queues and huge waits for doctor, no dentists.... And of course houses where farmland used to be changing Suffolk forever.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small villages cant not cope or have the infrastructure to cope with more traffic and people so doctors and schools

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

it will be much worse with traffic schools and doctors, one recent development for retirement house most if not all are still up for sale

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I firmly believe that no new builds should be done unless there is complete new infrastruture to cope with the people who take up residence we all have to suffer with creaking police health traffic parking in a word its out of control

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think the drain they are placing on doctors schools etc if they had their own in a larger place would be less upsetting and less strain on small towns and villages

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I think it will be disturbing as we are quite a rural town and more and more houses are being built and amenities are being reduced which in turn leaves the youth nothing to do and they cause problems due to boredom. The impact on an elderly population would be catastrophic in my opinion

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Saxmundham already over developed.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic increase

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Existing town should not creep out and consume outlying villages. People live in small villages in preference to large towms

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Village growth has happened without an increase in facilities, doctors, dentist, shops and schools.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Bunching everything into make an even bigger sprawl, does not kick start another GP service, bus route or school.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, trying to get through is nearly impossible Stanway in Colchester is ridiculous

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Since I have lived in Stowmarket (2001) the population has almost doubled but none of the Infrastructure has improved. The A14 must almost be a capacity. Housing estates have been built but access roads have not been bigger or bettered (Starhouse Lane)

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic volume around the town increased. Antisocial behaviour has increased around the town. People riding electric bikes up Onehouse Road like idiots. Parking in residential areas is becoming dangerous with people parking right up to junctions making it very difficult for people to pull out onto the road.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Moved to a smaller town out of choice. Bury became too big and impossible to get around by car. Stowmarket is facing the same problem and will continue to get worse the bigger it gets. Most places can be comfortably walked to that will change if it gets too big.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse much more traffic. Fast food outlets more rubbish, poor conditions of road surfaces. Pot holes!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Infrastructure isn’t being added to existing villages prior to house building, this is restricting access to services for existing residents.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Significantly worse, to the point that I will be leaving the area I have lived in for over 40 years as soon as my children have finished school. There are no nhs dentists, it’s impossible to get a gp appointment I have been trying for months to get a routine evening appointment, traffic is horrendous making navigating the village on foot dangerous, crime and general anti social behaviour has increased significantly

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We need to sort out the infrastructure first, sewage works and reservoir need building to support the houses already built. they need to think about how water displacement will affect the surrounding area with regards to more flooding. Public transport needs addressing too

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For the worse, too much traffic, lack of doctors appointments available, as well as dental practices, more flooding during winter months causing extra congestion in town

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Many towns and villages don’t have the infrastructure to cope with new housing

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, GP appointments are 6 to 8 weeks to see a doctor, if you want to see your own doctor it’s 13 weeks, there have been power cuts because the grid can’t cope, schools are overcrowded, many people don’t even have a dentist, bus services are also struggling to cope with the influx of people

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

More infrastructure needs to be provided for all these new homes. There is not enough doctors, dentists, retail opportunities or things to do for the people who already live in the area.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The crucial thing about planning is that it should seriously consider infrastructure. Roads that can take the extra traffic, and local shops which would be glad of local customers, and schools with the staff and the budget to cater for new students. So often new estates surround old ones, and everything becomes a rabbit warren ..which is good for crime but difficult to police. So often new estates grow one beside another ..but the main roads cannot cope. So often villages find themselves surrounded by housing estates, with all the light pollution and the perpetual sound of traffic and lawnmowers.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live in Kesgrave and want to get away, because quality of life ..and therefore health, is adversely effected by ever increasing traffic congestion, light and sound pollution. There's new estates in Martlesham and anyone going into or coming out of Ipswich has to come through Kesgrave's small roads. The building of new homes is happening all around Ipswich, in every direction, and the infrastructure already cannot cope. .

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Proper plans for schools, public transport and surgeries should be in place before these homes are even built, and should be structured so that the developers can't weasel out of their commitments.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

New builds are encroaching on our beautiful countryside.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

You need to balance the infrastructure in li e with amount f housing being built including new roads and congestion planning

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse of course. Traffic is the main problem in conjunction with services being overwhelmed

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We’ve had at least 4 large estates built in my village. No new doctors/dentists. Primary school has no new classrooms. No longer a village atmosphere.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too many people have moved to my village. Don’t recognise it now. Lived here since 1965z. There has been an increase in anti social behaviour as social housing has moved in problem families from other areas. Large numbers of new people do not slot into village life.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I believe one larger place with space for well designed transport infrastructure and facilities is going to be far better for residents than trying to shoehorn houses into spaces where the roads are already congested and schools oversubscribed. I feel Essex is already sufficiently populated, there are many counties with areas large enough to build along the lines of a New Town.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic gets worse, not better. Facilities and services harder to access - doctors phone rather than face to face

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Places like brightwell lakes are already large so a few more shouldn’t matter

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Dedicated infrastructure should be built into new population expansions

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Existing infrastructure breaking now. Where a new place is created it would give the planners opportunity's to include new road schemes, doctors, dentists, hospitals, schools etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse 1. Young village children struggle to get places in village schools 2. Building is encroaching on village by infill from Colchester and will soon just be another suburb 3. Road are at maximum certain times of the day making journeys painfully slow

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think it’s better to have smaller amount in one place as often doctor schools and places where there is suddenly these cannot cope with extra people

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Where I live the council has decided to build a travellers site opposite when there is one over the road this is not popular

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I am co-founder of East Suffolk Planning Alliance (ESPA). We are an Advocacy Alliance of 70 Parish/Town councils in our region calling for better community engagement with council planners - no further housing developnent in areas that do not have necessary infrastructure in place - the right houses in the right locations- more affordable and social housing and for house building/development to be taken out of the hands of the private sector. Our County is under siege even as homelessness is increasing.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Traffic levels are overwhelmingly increasing on narrow rural lanes with insufficient or no passing places causing drivers to use residents driveways, putting pedestrians and other toad users safety at risk and deterioration to road conditions resulting in endless road closures leading to diversions through rural villages where verges are being destroyed and local residents lives severely disrupted. New houses are being built in flood risk areas where homes have already been flooded and drainage, water and sewage services are inadequate. New large estates on the edge of villages causing light pollution at night with new street lighting, and integration of large amounts of new residents into communities is difficult.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Existing villages do not have surgery and school capacities, sewage capacity. Do not have employment capacity. Poor public transport etc

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The increase in size of villages and towns is causing separate villages to merge and lose their community feel, and is overloading infrastructure. Totally new, separated, towns should at least have the infrastructure planned in. Where we are going to find the qualified doctors, teachers etc prepared to move into the area is another matter!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Our village has more than doubled in size. The drains are poorly designed in some new areas, and overloaded and collapsing in others. Leading to storm flooding. Now HDC idiots are developing on the flood plains, and approving further planning at the very edges of current flooding limits. The planners appear to have not read the EA predictions for future flooding increases.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Villages do not have the roads, sewage, infrastructure to cope

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

14000 houses built near my previous home in Essex. No more GP services roads couldn't cope

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because there isn't the infrastructure available to support expanding our towns and villages

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Problems getting doctors appointments. Schools getting full. More fast traffic and social problems

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We need to build New Towns as we have before. With new infrastructure, incorporating GP surgeries, schools and shops. We should be mindful that, some people chose to live in quiet rural areas, whereas others like urban lifestyles

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

We now have very limited parking, our pavements in our small town are very narrow meaning people have to pass by stepping into the road. Our doctors surgeries are overcrowded and we have limited school and nursery places. The town now suffers lots more anti social behaviour than ever before, with our police horse over 10 miles away

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

East Suffolk is already being desecrated by sizewell construction with little regard to rural lifestyles or the countryside as an area of outstanding beauty, there no apparent consideration for Suffolk villages especially where second houses or air bnb predominately showing there is sufficient housing. but not for local people especially in villages which historically had larger numbers of residents eg supporting shops pubs and school which have become gentrified holiday settings. redistribution of homes has been lacking as housing policy for decades

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Framlingham has already expanded 30 per cent stretching doctors and schooling, car parking, traffic largely for worse. The sizewell related road infrastructures have been far from improvements and diminished quality of life in clusters of villages

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Villages are the jewels of England's crown. We cannot lose them. The smaller towns already have so much sprawl there is no longer a sense of place and belonging. People will have to live far from amenities.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Yes, but not terminally yet. The new estate doesn't mix much with the older part. The narrow main street is choked with cars. There is no room to expand the two shops, nor add to the school. We are being asked to build more but that is worrying. They will not be in walking distance of the shops.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because when adding lots jog small estates to existing towns and villages (and most are not that small) the promised additional services and facilities (schools, GP surgeries and GPs, transport links etc) rarely materialise as promised and so the existing ones become overwhelmed and inefficient - creating stress on all staff concerned and the general public.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The estates themselves are pretty well laid out with well equipped play areas, cycle tracks and green spaces. The effect on the village is not so positive - the schools are full to capacity, the roads are far too busy for a rural area. Junctions need upgrading, roundabouts or traffic lights are needed at various junctions to avoid the congestion. Water and drainage is problematic since the building of the estates. The main road through the village floods regularly after significant rainfall. There are often short interruptions to electric supply.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Havinng thought carefully about my responses in the earlier questions I have realised fewer larger (independent) new places would be a better way to ensure new infrastructure is in the mix.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It is changing for the worse daily. What is more planning is a joke. Local planners are being ignored and or overruled by District councils or worse still Government. Meanwhile the number of people interested in local poilitics has decreased significantly.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

No infrastructure In existing towns and villages to support more development

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic congestion and increased health care waiting times plus no increase in educational support

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

This would enable the appropriate infrastructure such as schools and healthcare provision thereby reducing commuting benefiting the overall environment

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Way too much traffic and an increase in mindless littering.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The roads and villages cannot take any more housing. The roads are already crumbling and narrow village roads would deteriorate even faster. There are not enough doctors, dentists or school places for any more new housing. There is nowhere to put new housing without losing agricultural land that the country needs to grow our own food. There is no public transport in many villages to our local town - that means more cars on already congested roads with even less parking spaces available.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Roads deteriorating faster. Risk of flooding has increased as roads and drains already not maintained. Too much traffic.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Current village is already struggling with recent building. No availability at the doctor, few School spaces, road struggling with the volume of traffic

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Destruction of countryside. Volume of traffic. Pollution need I go on.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The towns cannot expand without new infrastructure and new roads and that is not going to happen. We need a radical new approach.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too much traffic without new roads and infrastructure. That includes doctors and hospitals.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Its not right that people retire for a quieter life in their forever home after working their whole lives saving hard and contributing to the economy and finding every way they look is houses. Who is going to live in them. Where are they living now. The youngsters supposedly can't afford them???

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Small villages are being swallowed up by towns because of this government refugees are coming by the boat load unchecked. I have no problem with genuine ones fleeing persecution.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Too many new houses already in existing towns and villages.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The new housing estate at the edge of the village is awful. The feel of the village has changed. There are too many new houses.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

When adding to existing estates, no improvement to infrastructure is considered. Hopefully with a new town/village they would have to provide infrastructure.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic/congestion. More anti social behaviour. More difficult to get appointments anywhere. Leisure centres extremely busy. No positives that I can see. Who needs million pound plus houses?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I’d prefer none were built but if fewer larger places were built with their own infrastructure it may ease our doctors, schools, hospitals etc

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, so much more traffic, litter etc

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

No infrastructure on all the add ons to villages creates faster DS gerous roads and traffic

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Terrible traffic, fast driving and litter

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I live in Elmswell and it cannot cope with more trains per hour, the village is congested and becomes unsafe many times a day. It has tripled in size in the time I have grown up since moving here in 1994 at 3 years old to now 32.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Congestion, unsafe, struggles for GP appointments, schools being at capacity, drainage issues on old systems

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

To do otherwise changes the nature of villages and stresses to services.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

To approach the situation with this fewer, larger new places as the target reduces the strain on already over subscribed services and infrastructure. Creating completely new infrastructures as part of creating new homes should be a more feasible option. If this was the only option then they simply would not do it. That is why they instead defer to adding homes to existing areas with no intention of increasing the ability for the infrastructure to support the increase. It's cheaper and they make more money that way and hit their quotas for new homes.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Schools are over crowded, waiting times for any appt (Dr, GP, Dentist, Hospital, special needs, elderley services) is elongated, more cars, more strain on small local shops and services. Our children have to go to schools 8 miles away. Too many people already living in a small area that is already stretched to capacity will lead to a catastrophic failure if you just keep adding homes without considering this.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I personally think it’s a huge step backward to use farming and grazing land for houses this is planned in the area we live in ! 24000 homes are supposed to be built around st Ives and Huntingdon most on good farming land joining up both towns and villages destroying for ever land we will need to grow things on to help feed our people instead of relying on food Imported . These areas are built without any facilities at all which impacts all of the people living in the area all of the time!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For worse there are some areas that have been built which are nicely planned but most are to crushed together no proper pavements not enough parking how can people be allowed to build expensive 3/4 bedroom homes some with one parking place when most families have car each the estates become congested with parked cars Facilities are not built as previously stated! Shops and houses lie vacant can’t these be looked at for renting or buying?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Our area, Ramsey, Bury, Upwood, has thousands of new houses, with more planned, all within 4 years. No extra schools, surgeries etc. Flooding is now occurring to established houses. The country road is full of holes/patches and it's traffic survey was done during Covid, so totally unable fo handle more that ars planned.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Horrid. Hundreds of little boxes. One fairly new estate is having trouble with its houses I have been told, but I believe the developers have gone bankrupt, so no more warranty. However, they've changed name and are building just down the road. If fhis is permitted, we're going to have a country of crumbling homes. We had lovely countryside, but it's gone

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

People who live in villages, do so because they enjoy the countryside and quieter life. To keep adding houses to villages would spoil that way of life but a lot of thought as to where to build is needed so that wild life isn't compromised.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The established towns are losing their identity as they sprawl into outlying villages. This has led to a loss of community spirit. New estates, with the proper infrastructure, would allow communities to develop.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Feeling much less safe. Increase in litter (huge). Roads diverted/closed almost constantly. Loss of green areas for recreation/dog walking. Overcrowded schools. Overstretched GPs.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Repetitive expansion of villages without providing extra school places etc, is ludicdrus

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Village has tripled in size over previos 20 years with amenities unchanged

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small market towns do not have sufficient infrastructure for the existing population. There are a distinct lack of GP surgeries, very poor or non existant transport links, a distinct lack of retail outlets, the sewage infrastructure is not appropriate for a larger population etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Definitely for the worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I live in an historic village which is completely blighted, like so many others, by new estates and the huge increase in traffic, no extra schools, doctors or improved roads. Its like living in a town with none of the benefits and for those of us who chose to live in a village its actually heartbreaking. So noisy and busy.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

As above. No longer a sleepy village but a convenience for those working in towns but looking for cheaper homes on estates

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Old cities and towns do not have the layout eg roads to accommodate more traffic nor can any more be added to existing infrastructure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Definitely far worse. An old Roman town has been ruined

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Cannot keep changing existing villages and towns as the infrastructure is not there to accommodate more houses.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Horrendous housing estates built in Stowupland have now linked it to Stowmarket which has very limited resources. The shops are slowly dwindling. The roads are a disgrace and each new house will average 2 more cars on the roads

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Our town has been extended several times already with proposals to extend with now smaller numbers of houses. All this with little or no consideration given to infrastructure and support services such as GPs, Hospital, shops and water sewerage and drainage.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

A greater influx of people, that has brought vandalism, police intervention and traffic.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because rural villages don't have the infrastructure that large towns do. Villages lose their identity with lots of new houses just bolted on.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

We live on a new development in a village but it has added over 40% to the size of it. Any further expansion would really spoil it.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The character of Suffolks small market towns have or are becomiong spoilt by what is really unregulated development. ( By this I mean that local objections are overuled by central government. The infrastructure can't cope with lack of facilities and congested roads, restricted parking etc. New housing should be placed near existing major road networks.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Increased traffic movement and congestion. Lack of parking, overcrowded schools. Lack of doctors and other medical facilities. Increased flood risk in some ares.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

A single place to put the necessary infrastructure rather than placing more strain on inadequate infrastructure in unsuitable rural areas.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic on rural road network is beginning to destroy the very environment that people wish to enjoy and leave the larger conurbation to see.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

New housing must have its own infrastructure- GPs, schools, water, etc. The county cannot sustain more people on its current overloaded facilities. Quality of life for everyone must be a consideration in new developments!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Congested roads and delays

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Many places select have poor rural roads or roads already at capacity. brand new development would require the infrastructure to support it

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The roads are full so traveling times have increased, Doctors appointments hard to get, no dentists, lots of new people changing the dynamic of the community

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I live in thurston and it has got so big now, roads are so busy they get clogged up at peak times. We have no gps which for the size of our village we need

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Not as safe. Due to people moving from larger towns and not fitting into village life.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The existing infrastructure cannot cope with ever increasing population.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

New large housing development has increased journey time into town centre and for transport links.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We can't just keep building houses without any additional facilities.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. There is no additional medical facilities, or road upgrades. Traffic is at a standstill for much of the day

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The new developments that have already been built do not have dedicated rail,road or GPs and these need to be part of any further developments.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Extra traffic on already busy roads especially bad at school times when the roads by the schools are very congested with parents dropping kids off in the morning and again at the end of school.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Justify appropriate infrastructure for the larger estate

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Traffic issues on A1124. Lack of GPs. Public transport focused on Colchester centre rather than Tollgate retail park.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Our villages cannot cope with even more houses we need infrastructure put in first. It would therefore be better to create new towns or villages (brownfield sites, preferably) with the infrastructure included, if we have to have so many new houses.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far too many houses and pressure on local services.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The small villages are already over run, the doctors can't handle the amount off new people, the roads are gridlocked most off the time, causing more and more accidents, the kids are having to travel further and further on buses to get to school and in this day and age this isn't good, there is plenty off land outside side off Colchester and surrounding areas. Why not build a new town like Milton Keynes,,, problem solved

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The new buildings in the village have caused nothing butt problems, crime has gone right up, the traffic is horrendous, basically it has ruined the village IE it isn't a village anymore

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Every town and village is being spoiled by the ad hoc building of horrible housing with no additional infrastructure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The roads are busy, with delaysand damage due to the increased volume of traffic. All tge bew estates are the same...ugly and unimaginative. More litter. Hospital and gp much busier and reduced service as a result.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

This country is sooo lacking in real organisation. Build infrastructure first then add housing.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small villages and towns do not have the infrastructure in place to cope with more additions. A built from scratch, pre- thought out design with infrastructure and services added at the planning stage makes much more sense.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We want to keep Suffolk recognisable

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We won’t have any villages left soon, they’re just small towns. People choose to live in semi rural settings for a reason, for some their mental health and way of life is destroyed by this sprawl. Infrastructure can’t cope, surrounding ecosystems are irreversibly ruined and so is a shared heritage we’ve preserved for centuries.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Fields, farming, woodland gone. Eyesores everywhere. Noise and light pollution. Wildlife gone. It’s heartbreaking and antithetical to how so many of us want to live - quietly, peacefully and close to nature. We’ve been so overbuilt on in my area recently, with such a strain on our infrastructure, disappearance of flora and fauna and farming, and change to our lives… no more.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

All the small villages are struggling with doctors, schools, shops etc, the roads are damaged, the air quality is very poor

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live next to a B road which has now turned into a motor way, the traffic is horrendous, accidents all the time, speeding cars 24/7 it's absolutely horrendous

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because maybe there will be doctors and dentist put in the mix

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Lost of green fields and lost of animal habitat

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The villages and towns in this area at over capacity with hospitals, doctors, schools, roads. Separate new places with their own infrastructure would be much better.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It will be for worse as an estate is being built on the back of our estate and there is only one already inadequate road that they will come in and out from. There I'll be approx an extra 100 cars coming down our already congested road.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I feel this to be a better option, than spoiling existing small community based small towns and villages.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse , increased traffic, the doctors surgery full to capacity

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is no improved infrastructure to adapt these estates onto towns like Felixstowe. The roads, doctors surgeries, dentists and schools are struggling as it is.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I would prefer no more at all for the time being, and the money go onto the caving infrastructure that the already constructed new build developments have weakened, but there was no option for that

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I have lived in Bury St Edmunds area for the last 40 years. In that time a new estate has been established which now has 7homes. I have seen many green fields disappear and there are plans for further expansion of the same estate by over 500 homes, again on greenfield sites. There is a dearth of infrastructure. It is very sad to see how beautiful countryside has been turned into housing estates. The use of brown sites to create new towns with accompanying infrastructure makes much more sense and stops destroying our beautiful countryside.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The largest estate in Bury St. Edmunds (Moreton Hall) has one GP practice and one pharmacy. There has been exponential growth of the village of Thurston, four miles east of the Moreton Hall estate. It has no GP surgery meaning that residents have to access a GP in another village or the town. These two estates have created a huge amount of traffic. The main positive of these estates are the cycle routes, which are essential for people wanting to cycle into Bury St Edmunds as the roads are so busy and dangerous now.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

This incessant housebuilding is unsustainable...ill thought out with little considerarion for wider implications...immigration must be controlled as it is the root cause...there has been a supposed housing shortage for over 80 years with jo end in sight..this is not progress

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic, longer unpleasant journeys, air pollution, less mpg with vehicles, loss of open spaces and views...overcrowding and feelings of hemmed in...detrimental to mental health...not to mention the negative impact on the GP and NHS services and negative impact on loss of accessible countryside, loss of habitat and reduction in natural wildlife...there are no positives

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because the more houses that get added on get very few new facilities to go with them ,schools ,doctors etc are just added on to existing facilities.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It’s just seems to be the numbers more than anything!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

People move to villages and small towns because they are small communities. Once they flood them with huge housing developments devices get stretched and they are no longer what the people want. It can also change the demographics of the people.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The developments where I live have had an impact on the services and the area. Small development of a few houses is preferable to large ones.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure is already breaking down in our villages because it is so overloaded and the character of these villages is being destroyed.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It has added more noise, more light pollution and destruction of habitats and has added increase strain on the infrastructure.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is already a garden village planned between Elmstead Market and Colchester. The councils should increase the housing density here rather than building a further 2000 homes on site PP9. If PP9 is allowed there will be one massive urban sprawl from Colchester to Elmstead, insufficient wildlife corridor for wildlife, masses of valuable grade two farmland lost forever and 800 year old SSSI woodland threatened.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Already huge traffic problems in Colchester even before garden village and PP9 bring another 9000+ homes to the area (well more than 18,000 new residents, potentially 18,000 more cars!). A12 can’t cope with this volume of traffic. Accidents are a very regular occurrence. Colchester hospital is stressed beyond breaking point (ok they say they have planned extension but this isn’t in line with the amount of new residents) people are dying unnecessarily. Care isn’t sufficient. It’s truly shocking. Reservoirs are extremely low on water now (nearly into October). There is insufficient water for us all (for gods sake this is a basic for life -what are the government thinking!!). Sewerage systems overwhelmed. No GPs. Even if they build new surgeries don’t think they can staff them. Green spaces for rest and relaxation, vital for our wellbeing destroyed. Farmland destroyed at a time when the UK will need to grow more of its own food as global warming continues. Our poor wildlife doesn’t stand a chance of survival. Our government is destroying our country.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because adding more homes to places that are already population pressured is ridiculous. Many villages and small towns do not have the infrastructure to support more residents. Thinking education, health services, transport etc

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It would be better than spoiling our villages.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Made getting a doctors appointment worse and a lot more traffic in the village.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

New towns on brownfield sites is only answer

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

A new town or large village will need it's own infrastructure, taking pressure off existing schools and doctors surgeries.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, development style, pressure on GP surgery, schools and traffic through small villages that have no pavements, no street lights, becoming rat runs

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Expanding small villages deletes it's local identity. Already poor public services become strained and delays on roads rise due to lack of adequate infrastructure. Without new schools, shops, GPs and public spaces, a new expanded development puts strain on existing service that are already at capacity.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far more delays getting to work. Poorly planned 'upgrades' to roundabouts have added even more delays. Traffic now builds up where it didn't before. Local supermarkets crowded. Even harder to get appointments for local public services.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I moved to Suffolk to get away from the urban sprawl in Essex so don’t want to experience the same thing in Suffolk.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More strain on all local services

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We have far too many new builds in Thurston, it has to stop because we’ve had more than our fair share!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse! If the A14 is blocked the village is gridlocked.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because when they are added to existing towns and villages they don't have any extra facilities like playgrounds, GPS, dentists etc. There is more traffic on the existing roads and no parking. Parking is a nightmare as the newer cars are bigger and often there are 2-4 cars to 1 house. If they build towns from New everything can be planned for.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

They have built a few houses in great wigbough and Peldon but the roads they are on are thin country roads. No extra facilities. In great wigborough they built 2 houses where the village hall was so now we have to share the Peldon one. Which means we have to drive there as the road is too dangerous to cycle or walk there. There are no facilities in great wigborough at all. Although the church nave is now a community hub. It is difficult to see a gp now because of so many houses being built in colchester and traffic is dire in all directions.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Adding numerous estates to existing villages destroy their rural character and lack the right infrastructure.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Raised the pressure on infrastructure such as GP services, traffic etc.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think they should build a new town because they are ruining small villages which have no infrastructure or enough doctors and schools to cope.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

too many houses in small villages will turn into town then conurbations.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

worse. Still not occupied after 2 years.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Please stop building on green belt. We can never get nature back Country being desemated and loosing wild life habitats. Ruining villages and green spaces. Build on BROWN FiELD sites.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Building on green spaces. No one wants this. Listen to the general public. It is our country and we need to be heard.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

To prevent compromising our villages by overextending them and to prevent and putting more pressure on our GPs, schools, etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Lost fields and green spaces which MUST have affected wildlife and has changed the beauty of the village, more noise, parking issues, more litter, increased dog fouling.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Fewer larger places with their own transport network schools and GP surgery

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Recent building has had a terrible impact on roads esoecially, the roads are frequently congested all over, consistent roadworks make things worse, Colchester is a shambles, everything is impacted school places, GP appointments and the hospital is nowhere near big enough with not enough parking either, there have been some terrible decisions in Colchester over the years, currently St Botolphs roundabout, absolute chaos and for what benefit??

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Our countryside is being errorded spoiling our towns abd villages.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse overcrowded estates no extra infraestructur. Difficult to get GP Dentist or school or nursery place.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Dear Sir / Madam, I am writing to express my strong opposition to any future large-scale housing developments within the village of Bildeston, as well as similar unsustainable allocations across other small rural villages in the district. While I understand the ongoing pressure to meet central government housing targets, strategic growth must be directed toward larger towns where infrastructure can sustainably accommodate it. Bildeston is a historic, rural village with a distinct character and highly constrained local capacity. Forcing large developments onto communities like ours places an unacceptable burden on overstretched infrastructure, including: * Strain on Public Services: Our local social infrastructure—including GP appointments and school places—is already at or near maximum capacity. * Physical Infrastructure Deficiencies: Rural drainage, sewage networks, and water tables cannot easily cope with significant additional demand, increasing the localized risk of flooding. * Highway and Safety Concerns: Our rural roads are narrow, often historic, and poorly suited for a heavy influx of commuter traffic. Large developments generate high volumes of vehicular movements, escalating safety risks on minor roads and adding to regional congestion. * Environmental and Heritage Impact: Bildeston benefits from a unique landscape, a dedicated conservation area, and valuable local wildlife habitats. Large-scale, high-density construction actively threatens these irreplaceable natural and historical assets. Under Paragraph 78 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the councils' own local policy parameters, development in rural areas should be proportionate, sustainable, and reflective of local context. While highly contained, small-scale infill or exception sites may occasionally help sustain a small community, large-scale developments fundamentally contradict this objective. Larger towns in the district possess the foundational hubs,

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Our school and doctors surgery don’t have the space for the extra families. If new homes must be built they need to build new schools and surgery’s to accommodate them.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The roads are a nightmare. Busy with the lorrys and full of more potholes than ever. They haven’t even managed to sell the houses they have built so we are now stuck next to an empty, abandoned building site because the company went bust!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Leave villages and green areas for people to use, good for mental health as world health organisation recommends and save precious enviroment areas

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Building has Ruined country lanes as too much speeding traffic,wildlife affected too

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Fewer, larger new places

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Soon Colchester will be one big city, linked forever. We have nightmare traffic whenever there's an accident on A12 ( almost daily) already, before any more buildings go up. Our roads are falling apart from heavy lorries. Our structure is falling apart due to over use. Enough is enough.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Theres been a development built in our village, yet no one local can afford the houses. Oversubscribed Dr, school and other amenities.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think in small towns it can add to its wealth by having more people come into the town. Some villages could cope with having a small development attached as it would keep the local school open and corner shops (if any). I think if there is going to be a larger new development or even lots of little private builders but overall accumulate to thousands of new homes attached to a small town then the towns resources will not be able to handle this new influx. So a limit should be in place.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

3 years ago moved into a new development. But within those 3 years other development sites have been quickly put up. Taking the lovely green pastures, vanished and now it’s not like I have moved to the country!! Our water pressure is not what it was. Sometimes on very slow. Doctors and dentists have waiting list as long as ones arms! And are very few and far between!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Different areas can accept different development

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

A huge new housing estate on what was previously an equestrian centre

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Suitable available land varies by regions. From the local development plan the amount of required infrastructure should be set out by the approving authority and the contributions required from each development to reach the overall requirements.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

My village will have tripled in size in just over 40 years when all the developments with full or outline planning permissions have been granted. Only the primary school has been extended, nothing to the doctors surgery or roads - ludicrous!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The East of Engkand is becoming a very unpleasant place to live. Urban sprawls are unfriendly, impersonal, and unfriendly..

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

We are short of water now. The more houses the more water will be needed so there will be even worse shortages. How can we live with that. Also my town is become less personal.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We have had 2 very large estates and various small areas built in the last few years all without any surgeries and places for elderly or disabled people to rent or buy. When they are built they seem to rarely stick to the quota for these that exists or perhaps that quota needs to change

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Although these larger sites have primary schools the existing secondary schools are full to bursting and as they have both been sold off by the council to Academies they are not fit to house more children in many ways. Doctors, dentist and other essential services ie police and fire services attached to the main ones but accessible to local people. More parking facilities for visitors etc

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

A mix is needed as new towns require new places to work however sprawls from existing towns need surgeries and schools etc as part of development as these are sadly lacking

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic is worse and surgeries pharmacies and schools oversubscribed

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Less impact on area as already homes in the area, services close by.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Much worse, we are now a over spill for the out skirts of London, and have noted the quick decline in the area, graffiti on building and services no longer able to cover the increase in the population.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Both options could be acceptable in the right place. An extension to an existing town or village can be suitable if the 'extension' suits the size of the existing settlement. For example a development of 40 houses could be a good use of brownfield land in an urban area, but would be wholly unsuitable using a greenfield site adjacent to a small or even medium sized village.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

We have lived in a small Fen edge village, north of Peterborough, about 1 mile away from a medium sized village, for over 40 years. Both stand on high quality farming land. These are 2 separate settlements, but every proposed Local Plan suggests a large area of housing between the two villages, up to our parish boundary. This gives the impression that the new houses will only impact the medium sized village. This is not true, as our children also need the school places, which would no longer be available, there are also very few facilities in either village and the increase in fast traffic makes the roads unsafe. If this was adopted, it would immediately set a precedent, leading to the next plan filling the remainder of the space and joining the two settlements together. We cannot let this happen.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Build new houses in regenerated previously developed areas (brownfield land) in towns before considering greenfield development. If a new town is planned, what the council approve should at least include a school, doctor's surgery, public transport link, ideally rail link, and central shopping area.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It is more difficult to get GP appointments or, in other words, the availability of appointments is decreasing so that the wait for an appointment may be 3 to 4 weeks when it was previously possible to see a doctor within a week or two. My appointment that was supposed to be today, cancelled by the surgery due to a staffing issue, has been rearranged for a date more than 5 weeks from now. I would estimate the population of the city/town is approximately 30% more than 20 years ago, but there are still only two GP surgeries. Similarly for dental surgeries, there are only the same three dental surgeries in the city as there have been for at least most of the 21 years I have lived here.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The whole 10,000 more homes cannot be accommodated by just adding to existing estates where facilities do not allow. New areas with dedicated transport links, schools, GPs, green spaces etc. must be used as well as adding to existing estates where suitable.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Luckily, there are currently very few new builds close to where I live but there are large green-field areas which seem ideal to be built on should the desire to be there. This would negatively affect the area, especially if no additional transport links, schools etc. are included in any plans.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Brightwell Lakes will be the size of a small town when finished, with no schools etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic,

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

No two towns or villages are the same so each should be individually assessed to ensure the least environmental impact on existing locations.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The two larger estates have become divisive and have better facilities than the older parts. GP and dentist waiting lists are much longer. Wildlife is being decimated.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I understand that people need houses, but doctors surgeries, schools etc need to be built as well.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For the reasons already stated - worse!!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The answer is NOT to keep building until no green spaces exist

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Our roads are in an appalling state as are all other commodities. Pushing more people into the equation will only exacerbate existing issues

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Houses built should be infil. Existing empty houses/buildings should be upgraded/converted. No more massive estates.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think there are enough houses,

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Taken up all farm land at Barham used for crops,

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Why are all these houses required ?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Too much building now villages now becoming part of Bury so loosing their identity

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

in a lot of places they don't think about schools or dr surgery's, parks etc and possible leisure activity

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

a lot extra traffic less council work cutting back hedges for road saftey being done ,road network for new builds but don't repair existing road

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Do not want green fields built on. So if brown field sites can be used in towns that is preferable.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For worse. More traffic - more cars and delivery vehicles. Busier roads.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

To give a balanced mix of housing

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More pressure on infrastructure and no sign of it improving

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Many existing places have room within them to either rebuild or redevelop e.g land from a closed down pub could hold 3-4 houses or a 2-3 story apartment building. Done several times over would reduce the need for spread. IF a there is a genuine need for a large area, there must to be a non-biased 'committee' to look at all possible areas that cause the lease disruption now or in future. We will never regain lost landscape to our cost.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I actually think the building should be on brownfield sites in towns and cities but there wasn't that option to choose

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Busier roads. Can't get a doctors appointment.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The estates here where I live at braintree have no surgeries. Sometimes a pre school and a shop.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

HA. Well we bought a thatched cottage backing onto an equestrian cenre 23 years ago. Now 575 houses. This week!! we get notice that the 3 fields opposite where we watch hare and other wildlife is up for 160 houses so we are going to marooned surrounded by housing and no views across the valley. We waited 3 yrs before puting our cottage on the market as houses being built. To be fair, as we fought to keep a hedgerow which are now trees, we cannot see houses and there is no noise. People working hard to pay bills. Now we have a new development opposite so goodness knows when we will ever sell.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

No infrastructure, destruction of natural green areas

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More house by, horrendous traffic jams - roads not acceptable dating the increase in traffic Pollution.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because we are losing our countryside, so if it has to happen then extending towns is better than odd houses built in the middle of farming land, but if we didnt keep importing people we wouldnt need these house which is even better

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too many houses are being built, and ruining our countryside

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Homes should go where the jobs, services and infrastructure are and developers should made to contribute a community asset.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Large estates have gone up with no community facilities even though these were promised in the original plans eg Marham Park BSE which is NOT a village style development, just a massive housing estate with no doctors surgery, small shops or community building.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Seems like a trick question. Basically I don't want a small market town over loaded with traffic and people from big cities all coming into small towns where older people want a bit of peace and quiet and not having to cope with an influx of noise and over crowding.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Nothing has improved! We're getting an incinerator we voted against, the roads are rule of pot holes, some dangerously huge, caused by HGV's. Many listed buildings ie shops been repaired but the shops keep closing down.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I would prefer the building to stop altogether, yes we need a new hospital we need new GPs we also need the people who are happy to allow our area and countryside to be destroyed by buying these ugly houses to use the A120 to access the new estates instead of the outlying villages. Uttlesford Council doesn’t care about the countryside or the people who live in the area they obviously benefit monetarily from the house building.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Where I live the area has taken a massive impact and it has destroyed and decimated the countryside the roads are crowded the hospitals and GPs overwhelmed and overloaded, graffiti in the area has risen, Tesco has turned into a nightmare, Dunmow and Takeley and Little Canfield and other areas of Uttlesford are being destroyed and destruction is happening.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I answered a mix but no more than 10 properties on a village for instance as there is at least some infrastructure there but new developments in towns ideally on brownfield sites. Much more consideration needs to be given as to how developments affect existing communities in relation to traffic density, schools, GP’s and local services. More development should only come with infrastructure and services being fit to serve the communities when the population increases to any great extent which at present many do not even when this is promised.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

A business shut down leaving a property that had been used previously as residential as well as business. Left empty! Has room for development into homes as there is space to extend and make 3/4 more affordable homes. More empty properties need to be reused not left standing to rot.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Building houses in small village Barrow Bury St Edmunds and no infrastructure being done..Also these numbers make us a town so need lighting, roads and school capacity, bus service etc all increased.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Much worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because I dont think that many new homes are necessary anywhere. stop housing illegal migrants.buy and repair houses already available are 2 cheaper solutions

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

New estates built in our village. Worse infrastructure not changed so getting very difficult to see our GP's waterways are useless and worst of all more of our beautiful countryside gone

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Don’t need anymore building as far as I’m concerned

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, no infrastructure, already have to wait for doctors etc. what used to be farmland now soulless developments with no amenities

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Who are these people moving in to the new homes ? Where are they moving from? Why are they moving to this location ? So many questions to be answered before answering the survey question.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Recent building is for the worse. Increased traffic at school times, in particular. Loss of wildlife and farm land ; even in my back garden. Increased anti social behaviour. And more.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Existing towns have more infrastructure already available

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Large estate's just end up being neglected

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No infrastructure to cope with new houses

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think more use should be made of derelict building sites rather than building estates on farm land and more incentive given to the farming community to retain their land, when descendants have little or no interest in continuing the family business

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

the distance between the towns has been "reduced" thanks to urban expansion

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Due to access to existing facilities and amenities.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Heavy traffic, particularly lorries.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I don’t believe we need all this housing the Government say we do! Demand is not outweighing supply in Braintree and surrounding areas. We need better help and support to help UK born citizens onto the housing ladder

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It’s worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Infrastructure needs to be in place first and foremost

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic and strain on getting doctors appointments, strain on schools.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The existing facilities are inadequate and not able to cope with any further development. Road traffic has increased considerably; roads are already poorly maintained and this is worsening the problem. Not enough GP surgeries or schools to cope with the increased population. Poor public transport services in some areas.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Increased traffic flow and poorly maintained roads.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We don't need new homes, as we have a large stock of existing empty homes need to be refurbished and used. This will stop urban sprawl, conserve our farmland for food and concentrate living within the area of any town which will help to energise the town centre and make it live again.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Lots of villages have been expanded on to farmland, taking away vital food resources.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The existing facilities are inadequate and not able to cope with any further development. Road traffic has increased considerably; roads are already poorly maintained and this is worsening the problem. Not enough GP surgeries or schools to cope with the increased population. Poor public transport services in some areas.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Increased traffic flow and poorly maintained roads.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think it’s good to add a few extra homes to a village or town as long as there is the infrastructure for it. Otherwise create a new town with its own infrastructure of drs dentist schools etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Nothing thankfully as I’m very rural

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

If any new developments are undertaken the utilities that are associated with such a development must also be improved or installed, otherwise chaos.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, we have had several new developments built in our village but the sewers are still the same as the 1950's. Consequently the sewers or the sewer farm cannot cope. As we are in the fens being flat, flooding can occur. Also GP practice is overwhelmed and it can take over 3weeks for an appointment.The water authority are considering a new reservoir but work won't start till 2030 andis unlikely to be finished before the middle of the 30's.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I don’t want to see more destruction than needed

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More road works more traffic jams less open space Built on land which had been protected

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The best places to live are villages that evolved, not foisted on us with mandatory individuals who have no interest nor contribute to the development

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Westminster I lived in for 38 years changed culturally with constant developments. I moved to Essex for community with an established neighbourhood New developments break down areas.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The options do not fit the question???

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More demand for dental and dr appointments! We don’t have school aged children so unable to comment. Roads are not large enough to carry the increased volume of traffic especially at holiday times travelling through Suffolk to Norfolk!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

A part from ruining the countryside there isn't the facilities to cope or water to supply them. I think to build anything we will have to build apartments or we will have a concrete jungle. Houses that have been empty for years in towns could be used or only brown fill sites. Also where is the employment coming from or is it for benefit only

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Houses planned but no thought about the destruction

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The green belt is disappearing quickly and we don’t want to live in big towns - that’s why we want to keep our beautiful countryside from ghastly new, sometimes far too large estates of houses.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far too many people arriving for our present very adequate infrastructure. We want to stay small and not increase the size and infrastructure of our little village/town.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Add to existing estates. This keeps as much rural land as possible. It preserves some rural life at least for those who choose/need it. It is better for nature, farming and the quality of life generally. If you spread the building around the environmental impact is total. The smaller developments just creep into bigger ones and there's no respect for nature and no boundaries. In the end, everything is covered with houses and concrete. Every patch of rural land is disturbed by constant 'traffic' of all sorts. The has to be more than development and that is a fact.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

There has been what can only be described as an apocalypse in my area. The construction of Sizewell C, solar build and a basic land grab for housing. There is an ongoing catastrophic destruction to the landscape, the wildlife is now seen wandering into people's gardens. The road works are a constant disruption and the terrain has changed so much it's not recognisable in some areas. The whole natural beauty of this place is being ravaged, without thought or care. It's utterly heart breaking to many who have lived here all our lives. A whole way of life is being obliterated, without it seems consultation or consent. None of these changes are for the better because there is no end in sight. People's mental health is definitely suffering. Whether you live in a town or not, it is important that people have places to go where they can be in touch with the natural world. It's a necessary part of education and being alive. Suffolk was an area this country could be really proud of. It had something to offer people and so importantly nature. Suffolk is now being ruthlessly destroyed, it's such an ugly change. This also includes the local economy. It's hard to sell a house because of the proliferation of badly designed new builds, there was a tourist trade but now there is little reason to come here...More than anything however, heart breaks for the animals and the absolute devastation this is bringing to their lives. In an age where we should be so aware of other species and the need for quiet green spaces, I see no mercy in sight.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Dot keep conceal the busiest and conjested areas. Don’t try to cover everywhere with buildings etc. Essex, for example, is desperately short of water and the infrastructure is not suitable for a large influx of more inhabitants. It’s not like a jigsaw where every piece has to be filled in. The dictators need together some sense.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It’s been a gradual sprawl over the past 50 years. The hospitals are not big enough for the population, and t he roads etc are not suitable. There is a desperate shortage of water. Valuable farm land has covered by panels which should have been on roofs etc. all new houses should have panels fitted when built.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

My home town of Whittlesey used to be a lovely little market town but it isn’t any longer! I live on the A605 and from 40 years ago the traffic on this road has increased a thousand fold. The two new big estates all feed onto this one road and is utter chaos!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far far worse. The infrastructure hasn’t kept pace with the awful added houses! They have built on our green arable land, why and how have they been allowed to do that?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It should be easier to make sure that required infrastructure could be more thoroughly considered

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The east of England hasn’t enough water to go round, and transport is already too congested. The countryside is not a jigsaw puzzle to be filled at all costs at the expense of farming and food. The hospitals etc are too small at t he moment.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worsening

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is not the support network in place to service these new developments. There is not the doctors, dentists, schools, water, roads, police, public transportation to name but a few.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The town has grown the services have not

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I would 99% go for larger new places but - I am also fearful that unless young families can find reasonable housing in and around the villages, then the primary and junior schools in those villages will see their generational populations gradually decline over the years until, as is happening in places, there are insufficient pupils to justify keeping the school open. Village schools are the lifeblood of village life...

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

All of the recent housing built in our immediate area has been 3,4 and 5 bedroom "executive" style homes. The majority of them, unsurprisingly, have been bought by people from outside the village. Few of the new occupants, if any, have children of primary/junior school age.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Spread the load

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Much more traffic

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think that they should go on brownfield sites .

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

3 large building sites within 2 miles of our house no extra infrastructure apart from a small primary school,

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Cambridgeshire has had its fair share of urban sprawl. The only people who benefit are the developers and extra council tax and no amenities. Take Cambourne supposed to have been a development of 3 villages... No school. The 1st 5 children were taught at 1st in a farmhouse.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

We have lost the rural effect.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I want additions as I think that they will take up less previously undeveloped land, but I want the additions to have shops, Drs, dentist, schools etc. Many places have lost some or all of these because of centralisation etc. If they are going to be expanded they should have them returned or created. I do not see that opting for expansion rather than entirely new should mean less provision of amenities, not should it mean putting pressure on existing water, sewage etc without expanding or renewing

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

A new estate waws built - people thought that "affordable" meant social housing. In fact few of the new properties are affordable to the people who want the size of properties, and many have been bought up and rented out at at prices which are more reflective of over extended landlords' need to service mortgages and make a profit than of the value to the tenant.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Because smaller villages and towns cannot cope with big estates being built on their edges and the atmosphere and culture of these places are completely changed by being surrounded by big builds, consequently the very thing that attracted existing residents to the area disappears. Roads are unable to cope, schools and health services suffer. If small developments are built(20 to 30 houses) it is easier for these to be integrated into the existing community. There may be areas of Suffolk where larger estates can be built with their own facilities and infrastructure incorporated into the building project and their own sense of community created, but not on the edge of existing towns and villages

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

There has been a significant number of estates built around the area I live in which has had a negative impact on the area. It is Increasingly difficult to get a doctors appointment, which makes me very worried about ever being ill. My husband has some health issues and doesn't get the care he should due to inadequate provision for the population of the area which makes me very fearful for his future health. It is impossible to get a NHS dentist. I have seen a very significant increase in the amount of litter at the roadsides, which speaks of a lack of engagement and respect for the community and its values.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There's an option missing. Houses should be built in areas where there are jobs available - not in villages or other areas where they will simply increase the traffic heading to jobs in towns.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic on local lanes. Grass verges being destroyed by traffic having to pull in to allow other vehicles to pass - and then the worn verges being filled in with tarmac in so called road repairs. Social fibre of the village is being destroyed by incoming people who view living in the countryside as just following a town lifestyle in a prettier place. Litter bring left everywhere, too. The village's sense of community is being ruined, and it's heartbreaking.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I answered not sure to avoid agreement with any of the options. The targets are too high & that's the issue. Colchester is regularly gridlocked because there are too many houses built around the outside of it.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Extreme traffic congestion,far more vehicles on the road,huge increase in noise & pollution,container lorries thunder along this road now on a rat run to Harwich,air pollution from wood burners - where I live all winter the air is heavy with smoke pollution but nothing in place to legislate against this,inside my home even smells of it, new people moving in cut down trees,pave over front gardens, nothing done to control this or mitigate,loss of green spaces, community music events in the park replaced by very loud events where money generation is now the main focus,loss of businesses like M&S & B&Q away from the town to Stanway but such badly designed access huge queues- I don't go there. Every single orchard & fruit farm I worked on when I was young have been built on & turned into housing estates- the last one Fiveways Fruit Farm- I feel so sad it's being destroyed, my old school playing field was built on, the beautiful garden my grandparents grew food in all their lives built on. The garden at the end of my parents' house built in,their old house in Layer extended & half the garden gone. Pressure to build on every green space in Colchester. Nothing is allowed to be left alone for nature & space. The more populated a town gets the more green spaces it needs. The opposite is happening & I am seeing my dear old town ruined.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We all need somewhere to live but building houses on masse without the proper infrastructure is crazy

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse,no new school,doctors surgery or shops

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We need a few houses for locals, not for people who want to leave Ipswich because they are sick of the ethics who have taken over areas. Ipswich needs sorting out and building on the thousands of acres of brownfield sites in and around it. They bring nothing to the local economy or communities because they treat the area as a dormitory

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Saxmundham and Leiston have been destroyed

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Living in Lowestoft we have massive brownfield sites such as former Bolton and Paul and Sanyou factories that are ripe for building but they sit dormant

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too many houses not enough Doctors and infrastructure

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

may help giving small villages the extras need, a shop, bus

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

new houses just too expensive

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

New developments in say Eyke are self contained developments not part of the village and wholly alien to the village. Large developments such as the Brightwell Lakes is an abomination. Look at Framingham: ruined. Sax the same.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

A whole lot worse. Suffolk is being ruined

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Stanway is gridlocked whenever their is an accident on the A12.. Also impossible to get out of Tollgate Drive during rush hour and SCHOOL PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES! This has GOT WORSE SINCE MORE HOUSES BUILT AROUND STANWAY!

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

All new developments around Stanway have made it WORSE.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The latest proposed developments for Kelvedon & Feering are Monks Farm & Kings Dene. The largest being Kings Dene 5,000 houses. Kelvedon & Feering are small villages which will be made into large towns. This will make this area a "concrete Jungle" Nowhere for the wildlife to go, no green space to walk to, nowhere nice to take your dog, etc, etc. Use brownfield sites instead.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

With the recent building that has taken place in this area, the increase in traffic has been substantial. The High Street in Kelvedon is regularly at a stanstill.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I prefer additional homes on existing towns to support local economy, provided that the infrastructure, including surgeries and schools have capacity.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No apparent benefit but increased traffic congestion.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We need to make sure current houses aren’t standing empty and discourage second homes before we build more. Homes need to be smaler - our country can’t support constant new large estates full of huge houses. I’m not convinced we need all these new homes. Who is buying them? They all seem to be large luxury houses with hardly any affordable homes for young people. And what happens to us and our wildlife when we have built on all our green spaces?

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The roads are awful, public transport is too expensive, you can’t get a doctors or a dentist, schools are rammed, they are building on all our precious green spaces! It’s not sustainable.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It would be more to the point if our very many brown field sites were developed and built on as a first priority before more countryside was swallowed up. There is a need for additional housing in established villages but any developments should be proportional to the size of the village and its amenities. Careful planning and siting is needed for 'new' villages. Our countryside cannot keep absorbing new estates of 4 bedroom 'exec' houses crammed onto plots because developers can make more money from these types of houses.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Traffic is appalling. We are practically queueing to get off of our drives in the morning. GP appointments are rarer than hens teeth. Some ridiculous plans were recently submitted to enlarge three towns in this area by building on ALL of the available car parking. A sure fire way to kill off the High Streets in all of the towns involved.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I lived in the city - I moved here to be in the countryside

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too much traffic Pollution

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Will there be jobs for those that are buying these homes and what about the infrastructure? The roads can’t cope now, same goes for hospitals, schools etc, then you’ve got the problem of will there be enough electricity generated for all these extra houses. Add to that drinking and washing water, which there’s a shortage of at the moment, then the question has to be asked, is it feasible before the problems are sorted?

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Loads more traffic on the roads. When we moved here 45 years ago, it was a quiet country lane, now you have to wait ages before you can get out of your driveway.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Some places are better to add to as the infra structure is better to take more housing with doctors dentist shops car parking etc Other places are not equipped to be increased.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

West Mersea is not equipped to take increase in population with only one road out of Mersea doctors dentist building not big enough parking is hopeless there does not seem to be any commence sense

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think there should be no new homes at all, we should be working to reduce our population so our country can be self sustainable, rather than encouraging population growth we cannot support.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, more parking issues, less GP and Dentist availability, more cars, less green spaces, reduction in nature, water shortages, higher crime and less policing.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The whole infrastructure in towns and villages are already struggling, doctors hospitals dentists schools roads transport parking are all saturated with to many people cars and problems, resevoirs for drinking water and surface water drainage problems sorted out for existing properties. You want keep adding mores people homes more traffic without having more problems. Thought plan action comes to mind. Not just the muddle thats left at the end.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic is horrendous on foxhall road bixley road, Broke Hall is now used as a cut through. They drive so fast through Broke Hall needs to be more traffic calming plans in place. 20mile an hour in built up areas around people's homes would be good.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I don't think we need more housing, if the government stopped allowing economic migrants to come into the country and giving them residency that they shouldn't receive. Also, so many houses need refurbishing that are standing empty. Do that before building new ugly, nature destroying estates.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic, more pollution. More strain on services, lack of infrastructure and more concrete.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Brown field sites should be used first

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Pressure on GP and other NHS services

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Larger places are not going to fulfil the need. What we actually need is smaller ground floor living options, to get the older or immobile out of the 2+ bedroom houses that can then be used for families.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

What is this question asking as it doesn’t read well??? Small builds locally, adding to the population of small primary schools, no extra provisions for shops, supermarkets, schools, bus routes, taxi cabs and the list goes on. Builders are only after profit but not actually building what the community actually needs. It’s ridiculous that a new build is allowed to provide the builder a better way of life but doesn’t provide the same benefit to the buyer or the community.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It’s about consideration, communication and understanding but most importantly consent. Not every development is appropriate for many and varying reasons. But any new development should be considered by not only the opinion of the local authorities who grant permission but importantly with the consent of the local residents and in compliance with democratic permission. Local authorities seem to take the word authority to literally and should remember who they are responsible too. Therefore they MUST refer to the wishes of those who are at the highest risk of the impact from their decisions.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Too much, too fast and without cumulative consent

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Either way our countryside is being destroyed Why can’t brown field sites be used before we look sat our countryside?

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

For worse. So much more traffic with excessive speeding through our villages, much more rubbish and our council doesn’t have the funds to clean it up… that’s just to start. The whole aspect of village life is being ruined along with the villages themselves. Some of these villages go back centuries and are part of our heritage, many are listed and owners are unable to do as they please to them yet they can be surrounded by dozens of new build properties. Ancient trees are cut down, Nature Reserves are built over not to mention flood planes which has caused properties to flood that have never been flooded before. It’s truly disgraceful.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small is lot better than larger in existing towns

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It is hugely important to sort out infrastructure before building

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Definitely worse - living in Leiston - endless housing estates have sprung up all around us but same doctors & minimal dentists so not at all satisfactory…

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Use up vacant town centre properties and abandoned commercial spaces and brownfield rather than green belt. Improve current services in these areas Larger new places often use green belt and land or land suitable for farming and should not be used. The necessary infrastructure is never put in place so large developments have little in the way is bus routes, no extra health and education provisions. Roads get more congested as more use of cars is the result. Stop builders landbanking or being granted options on buying up potential future spaces for housing.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Large developments have added to the existing road congestion, often causing gridlock at rush hour, school start and end of day and even worse at weekends. Current works for a 420 house development have caused chaos due roadworks to deal with the extra cars, loss of the farmland being used for the houses and they haven't laid a brick yet. We have years of this to endure.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Nothing should be built on prime farmland.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Sometimes a village evolves and does need more housing to thrive. Admirals Quarter in Holbrook is self contained and there seems to be no mixing whereas St Peters in Stutton is placed and designed for access to the village and new inhabitants are mixing in well.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The conversion of The Compasses pub to several houses, three near mine with no land to speak of. They could be fitted into my garden. They are on the main bus route and have deprived Holbrook of somewhere to eat out: The Swan public House is a wet pub and does not do coffee, just alcohol and soft drinks. It has deprived the village of a meeting space. Equally, the CoOp is a facsimile of all the others in the area, is expensive and sells vast quantities of alcohol and UPF. No village atmosphere and no space to drink coffee.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Cambridgeshire does not have the capacity or infrastructure for additional homes. This includes schools, roads, NHS hospitals and surgeries.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I lived in St Neots before moving to Brampton. St Neots has seen extensive homes built and this has changed the whole town. Traffic is terrible, not helped by the Black Cat / 428 works. The Offords are just about to be exposed to a huge new estate, with again poor infrastructure.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure needs improving before building more houses

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

West Suffolk is losing its character. A mix of small developments would perhaps stem this. With infrastructure from day one.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Bury St edmunds, Thurston, Stowmarket, small villages... all changing. And no extra GPs,no dentists, schools or public transport.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We will have to build houses as it will be forced. A mix is probably the best way forward. I hope that our remaining green areas will be left alone.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Very high density on our green space not particularly good looking buildings. Not sure if all social housing which it should be.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure can not cope with more building. The roads are overcrowded. Water pressure is often low. Loss of green space impacts wildlife and mental health.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Traffic, low water pressure.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is insufficient water for the increase in population. Traffic is already getting worse. There is more pressure on services, schools, GPs etc Nobody seems to care about the impact on nature. There must be empty houses and brownfield sites that could be used.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I am in a small village with small amounts of new housing. There is I believe land that could add 160 houses to a village of about 360 houses. We already are getting more traffic using our village as a rat run

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Villages should take a smaller amount of houses and larger conabations more as the services are already there or can be easily added too.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Nothing is better about a lot of building but it seems inevitable. The problem is extenuated with massive solar farms which should not be happening

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There are plenty of brown field sits and older decaying houses that can be used. We need the fields for food not housing or solar

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse getting a GP appointment is like getting an audience with the pope Same with hospitals they are brilliant on 2 week appointments; however routine appointments have long waits

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Where are all these people coming from, where is the water coming from, life is becoming intolerable - it's madness

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Why do we need so many new houses? Where are these people coming from?

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

My town has gotten so much larger, with new houses popping up everywhere, not just houses but entire massive housing estates, surrounding the whole town. This isn't the place I moved to 22 years ago.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The country is being bricked over. Modest additions feel more organic than paving over huge tracts of our tragically diminishing countryside.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Near me, houses have been built on an old airfield, but where are the schools and GP surgeries to accommodate the increase in population?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I dont believe Colchester or surrounding areas have enough infrastructure to support any more housing at all. The city is already struggling with doctors, schools, the hospital, parking and traffic in general.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We are told that a certain number of new homes are required. However, these new estates swallowing up valuable land need not be so large. Many more smaller homes that are required could be built without causing further sprawl. There may even be space to accommodate schools, doctors facilities etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Increased traffic throughour village causes endless delays at the level crossing and inevitable traffic tailbacks and chaos. Getting a doctor's appointment used to be more attainable. Now, a doctor's appointment is impossible to get even for the chronically ill

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Should use existing buildings within existing towns etc before any new building, then convert empty business areas (offices, commercial, light industrial) to housing long before any new build is applied for, let alone the wholesale demolition of the countryside that is currently going on

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Increased strain on existing infrastructure without contributing financially or practically to said infrastructure

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Some villages are surrounded by good agricultural land with no facilities including very little in the way of public transport. . People living in these areas are reliant on the towns such as Huntingdon and particularly St. Neots and these are already bottlenecks when for example the road at Little Paxton is closed.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Many years ago Eynesbury and Eaton Socon became part of St. Neots yet still are not really fully integrated. People still identify as living in E.S or Eynesbury. The addition of Loves Farm and Winteringham are new villages BUT their residents don't identify with St. Neots. This is reflected in the polling figures.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The infrastructure needs to be in place for the existing towns before any new builds considered.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Insufficient doctors, dentists, hospital, schools, supermarkets, petrol stations...All worse than before.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is too much building going on. Every new development contains 4 and 5 bedroom houses- how does this help any housing crisis? It isn't just where the homes are out, it's what type. Where are starter homes, flats, terraces?

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. We've had lots of green land built and seen a huge drop in species visiting us. We used to get at least 3 hedgehogs a year, now there are none. They are on the red list: in danger of extinction by 2030. Blackbirds are down from 12-15 to just 1 seen over the summer. Starlings down to half a dozen every few days, used to be 20 to 30 daily. Finches and even sparrows, reduced from 10s every day to a few a week. Green spaces and wildlife is essential for health, especially mental health.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

If the proposed houses are for people born in this country I’m ok with new homes. Young people and families have been on waiting lists for years.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live in a small village next to the A12. Getting out of my road is difficult and will be worse if 250 more homes are built here.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I am sick of the countryside being destroyed we are loosing wildlife and the beauty of open spaces. We should build on brown land sites

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More traffic more antisocial teenagers

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Not sure

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse the infrastructure should match the increase of housing in the area

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I live in a town , impossible to get GP appointments.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse too many HMOs and Air BB

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Houses should be built in infill sites not on farm land. The energy projects in East Suffolk are bad enough without further depleting farm land. The area needs social housing not big estates with houses that local people cannot afford. These housing estates bring more people into the area and put further strain on services.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live in Friston, we have the full brunt of the off shore transformer stations plus the chaos in the roads from Sizewell C. There are 3 sites marked in our village for possible housing estates and yet, when it came to planning permission for the substations Friston was deemed to be unsustainable. How will it therefore support hundreds more people?

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

You need a mix to attract a mix of people

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Traffic is worse and surgeries and schools are full and over flowing.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It will ease the strain on any one place.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Increased road traffic, less available appointments at GP surgeries and hospitals

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Depends on area already. Infrastructure needs going in first! I'm fed up with seeing green areas just decimated when buildings in town stand empty and going to rot.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It's worse. More traffic buildup. The local dual carriageway always blocked somewhere. Kids with not enough clubs (older). I wouldn't walk through my local town alone at night.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

New estates need to be part of an existing communities, sticking an estate nearby does not make them part of that community.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

All of the above are destroying greenfield and agricultural sites. We should be repurposing brownfield areas especially disused factories and derelict buildings.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

It has made a narrow road much busier and more dangerous which has led to a suggestion of a new road. New road=New town!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

If immigration both legal and illegal were brought under control then we would not need these houses.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Roads are busier and don’t flow so well.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Use brown field sites that do not need car dependency and major changes in infrastructure- roads, sewage etc can be upgraded if necessary. There’s enough to absorb the building targets throughout the country. We need green areas to be the lungs of the country, too much has already been lost. The birthrate is falling. WHO are these homes for?

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Getting into Colchester from the North is much slower with increased roundabouts and traffic lights. (7 extra sets of traffic lights!) There is a so- called fast road into the city from the park and ride with a separate bus lane. But the P and R is in a remote position and very out of the way for most villages along the main roads. Poor thinking at enormous expense.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

No infrastructure in place for the amount of houses

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The semi infrastructure is already in place BUT all new additions to wherever must include upgrades of critical infrastructure schools energy water roads/transport etc if this were carried out before building the existing population would benefit

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. Lacking of the above infrastructure before homes are built

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

We are losing access to the countryside with the extensive building, our services are not coping at present, this will only add to the presure on gps, water, schools etc. Also, what happened to the rule of limited build in the area around nuclear installations such as Sizewell. What will happen in a nuclear emergency, it will be gridlock with all the new builds amnd potemtially more. It is madnesd to neglect evacuation plans. There current thinking seems to be, an accident hasnt happened in the past so it never will. That sort of policy is totally flawed.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More distamce to access countryside, rights of way now urban pavements

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I'd prefer new places as the whole solution but not at the loss of farming or woodland areas etc. So I suspect the answer is both. However with existing extensions I think it should really be areas where perhaps there are empty houses or buildings. And they should still have all infrastructure added including traffic management.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Made it far worse. I've had a new development right next to me which we had to fight including trying to out a cut through into our road which is already used as one when traffic is bad on the main road. We managed to cut down the number of houses being built with some effort. But it came with no new GPS, traffic flow management etc. But the roads are clogged already and getting worse and as I'm near the Orwell Bridge when that goes wrong it's chaos. Yet Bloor want to put another big build in nearby which will make it almost not worth driving anywhere yet the buses are limited. And I'm disabled and an unpaid carer and need the car for myself and my disabled father. It took me nearly 2 hours to drive the last mile home the other day when the bridge was shut.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Our villages are beautiful but get swamped when new builds come. The roads and public services cannot cope

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The mass building in Thurston has ruined a lovely village. The new building starting at Great Barton will choke the A143 and has stolen lovely fields where once many hares and deer could be seen.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Fewer larger estates would mean building on new and green sites, taking up beautiful Suffolk open spaces. A few smaller builds on grey or brown edges or even industrial sites wouldn't spoil our countryside.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Roads more congested - narrow village roads, making journeys tiresome. More angry, irritated drivers encountered, going too fast. Also more rubbish, more flooding. The sewage system has no spare capacity so new builds have cess pits - ridiculous in 2026!

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Self evident surely! Might help to delay the ever encroaching destruction of our vital and precious rural landscape

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No consideration re inadequate infrastructure

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There are some villages more suited to additional housing than others. For example historic dwellings such as Lavenham are completely unique in their layout and architecture and would not be suitable.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The sprawl around Barham is just getting bigger and bigger and it’s now almost a part of Ipswich. If this continues it will in time swallow up the smaller surrounding villages such as Coddenham, Hemingstone and Henley. All unique villages that make up part of the character that is what Suffolk is about.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

My small village/town has already had over 1500 new dwellings in the past 5 years. .

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No extra services, roads jammed especially at the rail crossing, and one estate has to store sewage as the treatment plant can't cope. No more GPS, schools at max. We are the drest area in the country, but no new or extended reservoirs and a decline rainfall.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I personally would like to see less built full stop in rural areas. All unused brownfields / offices / inhabited houses should be restored / revamped first. Rural areas should be the last resort as the land and nature should be a priority

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The way this government is acting there will be no countryside left

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Everywhere you drive there are new builds

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

They don’t want to integrate so they seem like they would rather be in their own groups

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

An estate which is struggling to cope with. Doctor not taking anymore patients. School has had a large extension,

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I personally think we cannot cope with more housing as schools at breaking point one doctors surgery with already a 3 week wait at some times to actually see a GP sooner if it’s a telephone consultation ? One overpriced spar shop & 2 pubs with one looking to close permanently.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

As stated above ☝️

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Stop concreting over the co7untryside

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think we do not need any more house building at all - there are already houses where there used to be fields - restore houses that are already here and use empty buildings as housing

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

estates where there used to be fields - not good for the environment

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

A mix of smaller developments in lesser numbers to integrate more slowly.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The numbers of large housing developments across Suffolk County as a whole has seen a marked increase in traffic volume on the A14. The numbers of incidents and road closures have escalated significantly. We are one of the driest regions in England, no new reservoirs built since 1992. The new housing proposals, along with utilities and services demands vastly outstrips supply. As usual, government planners are putting the cart before the Shire horse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Many towns, such as Felixstowe, are already being affected by very significant urban sprawl which also blights surrounding villages. Some towns can take more buildings, others can't.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Large, ugly developments have subsumed villages such as Trimley St Martin and Mary. There is a big increase in traffic, including in narrow lanes in surrounding countryside

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Brown field sites on existing towns and larger villages I think is preferable.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

No major effects better or worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I’d rather building was stopped completely unless it’s on brownfield sites.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Buildings are being foisted upon small villages who cannot cope. We don’t need more housing, the birth/death rates in the uk are on a par. We need to control immigration.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I live on the edge of a town

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Suffolk is being ruined by new estates. Houses are not selling especially new ones …. Look at Brightwell. No infrastructure considered. No thought or care about nature and wildlife. Most houses being built are just awful with no thought on proper gardens or communities. Is it an immigration thing all these new houses? Suffolk is being destroyed.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse worse worse Brightwells built on beautiful land on A12

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The houses being built are not addressing housing waiting lists. They are being built for maximum profit for the builders.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse! More traffic jams, fumes and accidents. Local doctors and hospitals are near to breaking point. Schools are overcrowded. Loss of local community feel and feel less safe. Loss of wildlife habitat and farmland.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

The three places mentioned already have huge extensions added to them. There are not facilities provided to cope. The doctors surgeries are full, the dentists are full and there is still not a place in the central Stowmarket which is large enough to hold public meetings.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse. There is far more traffic and the road layout is not fit to cope with this.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Every problem in this country (and the world) is down to the massive rise in population. Worldwide it has grown fourfold in 75 years. If allowed to continue there will be 10billion worldwide and 100 million in this country by 2050. This has to be controlled and the politicians are not facing this fact and looking to every other issue as an excuse.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Just made other infrastructure problems

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is a limit to what existing communities can absorb but that should be understood and used, before creating new, fully self contained including schools, etc.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

More demand for medical services and schools, as well as extra traffic.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Promises are made but are not kept for improving public transport, roads and transport infrastructure, building schools, surgeries, community centres, water harvesting and treatment, sewage, electricity… we need more investment in housing and communities throughout the country, not just in East Anglia. Extra housing means more traffic movements: rural roads are bursting at the seams. Make more communities that enable people to work from home or to walk or cycle safely to work or school. Piling extra people into small villages without intentional planning and adaptive growth destroys the environment and the quality of life we enjoy. Create more homes in towns, improve (free) public transport, make communities not ghettoes.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

My lovely quiet village street is now a rat run for commuters in cars and delivery vans. Many drive too fast for the narrow winding road and conditions, many can’t reverse their vehicles and they have killed three of my pets. There’s noisy traffic at all times of day and night and the roads are far less safe than they used to be owing to the massively increased weight of traffic: there are no pavements or street lights where I live.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Braintree are looking to destroy villages by putting 5000 homes between coggeshall & kelvedon- Thai is after both villages have taken 3 /4 mid size estates with zero infrastructure improvements - just bad outside gyms in the park as a payoff. There are areas that can sustain this - but the a12 /a120 corner has become rapidly over developed - it buffers Colchester and Maldon

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse - worse traffic worse wait times for gps over subscribed schools and a declining sense of community. Water pressure screwed

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

we are building homes for people not yet in the country,our birthrate in this country has levelled off in the past 20 years and increasing immigration is driving the need for yet more houses.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Woodbridge has a traffic problem not evident 10 years ago,driven by large scale house building in Martlesham.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Too many houses and no consideration of the road infrastructure and the use of other facilities.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse amount of traffic and poor design of roads

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There will not be any villages left. Country roads in Suffolk are not suitable for large increase in traffic. In used industrial areas should be developed before building on agricultural

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Doctors and schools at capacity. Loss of wildlife noticeable. Community fragmented. Coffee chain opened although council and local people protested- not wanted or needed. High street small businesses should be protected

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I think the question should be asked if all these new houses are needed in the first place. New housing estates should include more trees and green spaces, and incorporate wildlife areas and bird and bat boxes.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

My town has grown so much. The estates are soulless places, with too many houses crammed in and not enough parking. If trees are planted they are left to die for lack of water. I wouldn’t want to live on one of these estates. An appointment with a Dr is nearly impossible.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

East Suffolk has already supplied more than enough new builds.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Changed the whole feel for the town. It was once a Victorian seaside resort. Now as you enter it is one estate after the other. Many, many more cars and no inferstructure, just plenty of money for the builders. No thought for the people who are already here. Ruined it for them. They now want to move somewhere quieter, if such a place now exists. Very depressing.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

People live/move to villages because they want to live rural with less people less busy and quietness. People live in towns because they are happy living with lots of people and shops, busy town centres etc. busy places. So build on the edge of towns, make them bigger.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I have fields behind my house, that there are now plans written out to build homes. (Kessingland) we have victorian sewage systems, a Doctors that is impossible to get an appointment with a small village school.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There are too many developments already with no infrastructure in place, it really doesn’t matter where you put them, no one takes any notice of public opinion, local hospitals are not coping now let alone building more houses to bring more people to an area that just is not coping

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, too many houses, too many cars, building on green space, no consideration for wildlife, the countryside or public opinion

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There are many existing empty buildings, over shops for example, or disused military housing, which could be renovated into new homes without losing precious countryside we will never get back. Use brownbelt sites before the greenbelt. Revent

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Recent building in Elmswell, Woolpit and Thurston means our doctors surgery, and pharmacy in particular, is struggling to meet demand and there are long waits and queues. Although building close to the A14 does at least mean there isn't too much increase in traffic on narrow rural lanes.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Less disruption

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Changed slightly for the worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Haven't lived here long enough to fully understand how it all works

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Definitely worse

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Use existing brown sites not green belt. The extent of building in Thurston is ridiculous

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Villages are losing their identity turning them into small towns. In return this is bringing problems to the countryside

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

It is a very hard question to answer. I think it should be looked at on a case by case basis as well as an overall plan. I think often well placed small groups of small to medium sized houses added to existing towns and villages are a good thing

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Smallish new estates locally have added to housing stock have not so far been detrimental to the local area

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Villages should remain so, that's why me and thosands of others moved to one

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Far Worse. Roadworks everywhere, more traffic, delays, getting to work, more heavy delivery lorries danaging roads verges and kerbs, more pot holes. Gridlocked roads due to traffic problems. Roads closed for weeks due to utility companies providing to new housing sites.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Small estates on existing towns cause more pressure on all resources usually without any extra schools, doctors etc..

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

We have problems with the huge increase of traffic. No NHS dentists available, hospital and doctor appointments with long waiting times. The planning was approved for the upgrade of a major road which is vital due to the increase in traffic volumes from current extra estates added on to the outskirts of Colchester. This has been cancelled causing misery for road users.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There a lot of old and derelict buildings in and around town centres that need demolishing leaving land for redevelopment. This has got to be a smarter starting point taking public transport and amenities into account.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

I live on the outskirts of a town, very close to countryside. The development plans in my area are not taking traffic congestion seriously, nor schooling or medical services. Wildlife doesn't stand a chance with what is happening in the whole of this region.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

I don't think there should be any new house built anywhere. Use the housing that already exists. If you really must build, and I don't believe you should, then build in the towns. If you keep building in villages, they won't be villages for long.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Worse, the roads get clogged.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Smaller gives services a chance to develop

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Nothing

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

More, small estates on existing towns and villages

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

Many villages have virtually no facilities as it is. Adding an 'economically' sized estate to such a village can be hugely disproportionate, irreparably altering the character of the village.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Those who move into new housing seem to take very long time (if ever) to become involved in community activities.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

Not sure

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There seems to be so much going up in this area. The new builds are swamping the original towns and especially the villages.Suffolk is disappearing under concrete

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

Where I live all the fields are being built on. All wildlife is being displaced. Skylarks have all gone,no swifts or swallow s nesting, no owls and only a few bats. Pheasants are coming into the garden along with partridges and deer. Definitely a decline in a ll normal every day birds. All hares have gone.as well.as rabbit's. This area is drowning in new builds,that are not selling,and houses being bought up by London firms, instead of local people. The pollution is very noticeable now with all the extra traffic. Trying to get in and out the drive is horrendous and very dangerous. Traffic speeds through the villages taking no notice of the speed limit. We need the fields to grow our own crops instead of relying on foodstuffs from abroad. We need to support our own farmers first.

Q1. Would you rather new homes came as estate extensions, or as fewer, larger new places?

A mix

Q2. Please tell us, in your own words, why you answered as you did.

There is no infrastructure. Need more supermarkets, petrol stations, car parks to support people coming in from villages. Infrastructure is nord Ghana schools and GPs.

Q3. What has recent building changed about where you live, for better or worse?

The estates that are breng built are just ugly boxes. They pay no respect to the character of Suffolk villages. There is no following of the National Chracteristics Guidelines. Mid Suffolk is supposed to be claylands with farms. Most estates have no reference to this type of architecture and environment. Planting is not in keeping with Suffolk countryside. They plant topiary and cypress trees at ghe enterence to make estate look luxurious but its Suffolk and not the Tuscan Hills. Should plant native Suffolk plants and trees. Developers do not even replace trees or if they do they are just saplings. They should be made to plant mature trees.if you look at estates there is no shade and nothing for wildlife to survive in.