Elmswell
Across Mid Suffolk, the government wants to build 757 homes a year. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 22,710 homes - +45% on existing stock in Mid Suffolk.
Spread across the 58 settlements in our Mid Suffolk list, that is an average of 13.1 homes a year per settlement - about 392 over thirty years.
When homes arrive here, they almost always arrive as a bolt-on: a field at a time, each application too small to trigger the reservoir, the substation, the surgery or the station. That is the pattern we are against — not homes themselves.
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 →
- 1,806 MW still waiting to connect at Bramford. Energy →
- Nearest A&E: West Suffolk Hospital, about 25 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 across Mid Suffolk.
It's clear that even our current infrastructure is struggling. Sign the petition to stop the urban sprawl around Elmswell.
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