How many new homes in Babergh over 30 years?

The government starting point is about 790 homes a year — roughly 23,700 over thirty years if sustained (+53% on the 44,411 dwellings already here).

Where would new homes in Babergh go?

Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 39 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.

How do I track housing development in Babergh?

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.

Babergh housing development and new homes

Searching for housing development in Babergh or new homes in Babergh? Over thirty years the government starting point is about 23,700 homes here — +53% on existing stock — with no matching commitment to water, grid, surgeries, schools or transport.

The government wants to build 790 homes a year in Babergh. That annual figure, sustained for thirty years, is 23,700 homes on the 44,411 dwellings already in the area.

There are 39 towns and villages in Babergh. That is an average of 20.3 new homes a year across every settlement — about 608 each over thirty years if the annual figure were spread evenly.

Infrastructure under pressure in Babergh

What we've got now

430
hours of sewage spills in Babergh in 2025
Worst at Holbrook STW
Sewage →
2,408
patients per GP in Babergh
GPs →
2
schools over capacity in Babergh
Schools →
1,806 MW
still waiting to connect to the grid
At Bramford
Energy →
23 mins
to the nearest A&E
Colchester Hospital
Hospitals →
27.9s
delay per mile on A-roads in Suffolk
Worst on the A1021
Transport →

Now they want another 23,700 homes here.

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We can stop this

Another 23,700 homes for Babergh, 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 Babergh

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Questions about housing in Babergh

How many new homes in Babergh over 30 years?: The government starting point is about 790 homes a year — roughly 23,700 over thirty years if sustained (+53% on the 44,411 dwellings already here).
Where would new homes in Babergh go?: Without a different pattern, growth lands as edge-of-settlement estates across the 39 towns and villages listed below — each too small to fund strategic infrastructure.
How do I track housing development in Babergh?: 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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