How many new homes in Fenland over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 602 homes a year — roughly 18,060 over thirty years if sustained (+37% on the 48,477 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in Fenland go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 17 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in Fenland?

Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

Fenland housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in Fenland or new homes in Fenland? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 18,060 homes here — +37% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 602 homes a year in Fenland. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 18,060 homes on the 48,477 dwellings already in the area.

There are 17 towns and villages in Fenland. That is an average of 35.4 new homes a year across every settlement — about 1,062 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in Fenland

What we've got now

3,065
hours of sewage spills in Fenland in 2025
Worst at Crowland STW
Sewage →
2,844
patients per GP in Fenland
GPs →
6
schools over capacity in Fenland
Schools →
3,267 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Walpole
Energy →
49 mins
to the nearest A&E
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn
Hospitals →
23.4s
delay per mile on A-roads in Cambridgeshire
Worst on the A1309
Transport →

Now they want another 18,060 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 18,060 homes for Fenland, with no infrastructure to carry them. We want building concentrated in fewer, larger places with schools, health, water, sewage and transport built in — not another estate on the edge of every village.

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New homes by town and village in Fenland

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Questions about housing in Fenland

How many new homes in Fenland over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 602 homes a year — roughly 18,060 over thirty years if sustained (+37% on the 48,477 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in Fenland go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 17 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in Fenland?: Use the planning applications on this page and the full planning tracker for medium and large schemes, then respond on the council portal and sign the Stop Urban Sprawl petition.

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