How many new homes in Uttlesford over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 818 homes a year — roughly 24,540 over thirty years if sustained (+59% on the 41,255 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in Uttlesford go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 37 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in Uttlesford?

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.

Uttlesford housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in Uttlesford or new homes in Uttlesford? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 24,540 homes here — +59% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 818 homes a year in Uttlesford. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 24,540 homes on the 41,255 dwellings already in the area.

There are 37 towns and villages in Uttlesford. That is an average of 22.1 new homes a year across every settlement — about 663 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in Uttlesford

What we've got now

2,670
hours of sewage spills in Uttlesford in 2025
Worst at Abbess Roding WWTW
Sewage →
2,445
patients per GP in Uttlesford
GPs →
11
schools over capacity in Uttlesford
Schools →
730 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Pelham
Energy →
36 mins
to the nearest A&E
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Hospitals →
31.0s
delay per mile on A-roads in Essex
Worst on the A1019
Transport →

Now they want another 24,540 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 24,540 homes for Uttlesford, 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 Uttlesford

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Questions about housing in Uttlesford

How many new homes in Uttlesford over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 818 homes a year — roughly 24,540 over thirty years if sustained (+59% on the 41,255 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in Uttlesford go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 37 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in Uttlesford?: 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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