They want to add 24,540 homes to Uttlesford. And they have no plans to build infrastructure.
The government wants to build 818 homes a year in Uttlesford. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 24,540 homes - +59% on the 41,255 dwellings already in the area.
There are 37 towns and villages in our list for Uttlesford. That is an average of 22.1 new homes a year across every settlement in the area - about 663 each over thirty years, if the annual figure were spread evenly.
What we've got now
- In Uttlesford in 2025, there were 2,670 hours of sewage spills, at ABBESS RODING WWTW. Sewage →
- About 2,445 patients per GP in Uttlesford. GPs →
- 11 schools over capacity in Uttlesford. Schools →
- 730 MW still waiting to connect at Pelham. Energy →
- Nearest A&E: Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 36 minutes away. Hospitals →
- Local A-roads in Essex: 31.0 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A1019. Transport →
Now they want another 24,540 homes here.
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Towns and villages
See how many homes are being proposed in each town and village in the area.
- Arkesden
- Ashdon
- Barnston
- Birchanger
- Burton End
- Chrishall
- Clavering
- Debden
- Elder Street
- Elmdon
- Elsenham
- Felsted
- Great Chesterford
- Great Dunmow
- Hadstock
- Hatfield Broad Oak
- Hatfield Heath
- Henham
- High Easter
- High Roding
- Langley
- Little Dunmow
- Little Hallingbury
- Littlebury
- Manuden
- Newport
- Radwinter
- Rickling Green and Quendon
- Saffron Walden
- Sewards End
- Stansted Mountfitchet
- Stebbing
- Takeley and Little Canfield
- Takeley Street
- Thaxted
- Wicken Bonhunt
- Widdington
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