They want to add 36,150 homes to South Cambridgeshire. And they have no plans to build infrastructure.

The government wants to build 1,205 homes a year in South Cambridgeshire. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 36,150 homes - +48% on the 75,102 dwellings already in the area.

There are 77 towns and villages in our list for South Cambridgeshire. That is an average of 15.6 new homes a year across every settlement in the area - about 469 each over thirty years, if the annual figure were spread evenly.

What we've got now

In South Cambridgeshire in 2025, there were 3,652 hours of sewage spills, at Foxton (Cambs) WRC. Sewage →
About 1,793 patients per GP in South Cambridgeshire. GPs →
9 schools over capacity in South Cambridgeshire. Schools →
1,044 MW still waiting to connect at Burwell. Energy →
Local A-roads in Cambridgeshire: 23.4 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A1309. Transport →

Now they want another 36,150 homes here.

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Towns and villages

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