Sicklesmere
Across West Suffolk, the government wants to build 1,185 homes a year. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 35,550 homes - +42% on existing stock in West Suffolk.
Spread across the 51 settlements in our West Suffolk list, that is an average of 23.2 homes a year per settlement - about 697 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
- Near Sicklesmere in 2025, there were 37 hours of sewage spills, at HAWSTEAD GREEN PUMPING STATION. Sewage →
- About 2,137 patients per GP in West Suffolk. GPs →
- 1,044 MW still waiting to connect at Burwell. Energy →
- Local A-roads in Suffolk: 27.9 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A1021. Transport →
Now they want another 35,550 homes across West Suffolk.
It's clear that even our current infrastructure is struggling. Sign the petition to stop the urban sprawl around Sicklesmere.
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