They want to add 22,710 homes to Mid Suffolk. And they have no plans to build infrastructure.
The government wants to build 757 homes a year in Mid Suffolk. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 22,710 homes - +45% on the 50,621 dwellings already in the area.
There are 58 towns and villages in our list for Mid Suffolk. That is an average of 13.1 new homes a year across every settlement in the area - about 392 each over thirty years, if the annual figure were spread evenly.
What we've got now
- In Mid Suffolk in 2025, there were 3,299 hours of sewage spills, at DICKLEBURGH WATER RECYCLING CENTRE. Sewage →
- About 2,142 patients per GP in Mid Suffolk. GPs →
- 5 schools over capacity in Mid Suffolk. Schools →
- 1,806 MW still waiting to connect at Bramford. Energy →
- Nearest A&E: Ipswich Hospital, about 37 minutes away. Hospitals →
- Local A-roads in Suffolk: 27.9 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A1021. Transport →
Now they want another 22,710 homes here.
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Towns and villages
See how many homes are being proposed in each town and village in the area.
- Ashbocking
- Bacton
- Badwell Ash
- Battisford Tye
- Bedfield
- Beyton
- Botesdale and Rickinghall
- Bramford
- Claydon
- Coddenham
- Combs
- Crowfield
- Debenham
- Drinkstone Green
- Elmswell
- Eye
- Felsham
- Finningham
- Fressingfield
- Gislingham
- Great Blakenham
- Great Bricett
- Great Finborough
- Haughley
- Heckfield Green
- Henley
- Hessett
- Hinderclay
- Laxfield
- Mellis
- Mendlesham
- Metfield
- Needham Market
- Norton
- Occold
- Old Newton
- Palgrave
- Rattlesden
- Redgrave
- Sharpstone Street
- Somersham
- Stonham Aspal
- Stowmarket
- Stowupland
- Stradbroke
- Thorndon
- Thurston
- Tostock
- Walsham le Willows
- Wattisfield
- Wetherden
- Wickham Skeith
- Wingfield
- Woolpit
- Woolpit Heath
- Worlingworth
- Wortham
- Yaxley
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