New housing in West Suffolk Council
We read West Suffolk Council's planning register every day. We hold 25,711 of its planning applications going back to 2011, and 56 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 89% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below 95%, so it must publish an action plan to speed up delivery.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 89% (2025): action plan
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 25,711
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 26 | 6 |
| 2025 | 39 | 18 | 13 |
| 2024 | 44 | 24 | 11 |
| 2023 | 52 | 30 | 11 |
| 2022 | 64 | 42 | 10 |
| 2021 | 66 | 33 | 19 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | Land Off Newmarket Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Hybrid planning application for a Full planning application - a. construction of new junction works with Newmarket Road and construction of associated adjacent drainage basin; and b. Outline planning application -… DC/24/0659/HYB | Refused | 15 May 2024 |
| 191 | Land North East Of Great Barton Suffolk EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered to have likely significant environmental… DC/24/1178/EIASCR | Approved | 9 Aug 2024 |
| 187 | Land Off Crown Lane Crown Lane Ixworth Suffolk Hybrid planning application - a. Full planning application - provision of 187 dwellings with access, public open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure, b. Outline planning application (means of access to the… DC/25/0666/HYB | Decided | 17 Apr 2025 |
| 187 | Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7UU EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered to have likely significant environmental… DC/24/1202/EIASCR | Awaiting decision | 15 Aug 2024 |
| 165 | Land Off Barrow Hill Barrow Suffolk EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered that there are likely significant environmental… DC/25/0715/EIASCR | Approved | 28 Mar 2025 |
| 160 | Land North Of Mount Road Rougham Suffolk EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered that there are likely significant environmental… DC/25/0586/EIASCR | Approved | 3 Apr 2025 |
| 160 | Land West Of Bardwell Road Ixworth Suffolk EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered that there are likely significant environmental… DC/25/0436/EIASCR | Approved | 12 Mar 2025 |
| 70 | Land South Of Cavendish Road Cavendish Road Clare Suffolk Outline planning application (all matters reserved except primary pedestrian and vehicular access to Cavendish Road) for: a. up to 70 dwellings (with associated infrastructure, open space, parking, drainage and… DC/24/1483/OUT | Approved | 25 Oct 2024 |
| 60 | Land South Of Hopton Road Barningham Suffolk Outline planning application - (means of main vehicular access from Hopton Road to be considered) for up to 60 dwellings DC/25/0963/OUT | Refused | 20 Jun 2025 |
| 40 | Land At College Heath Road Mildenhall Suffolk Planning application - 40 dwellings with associated access (following demolition of existing dwelling), vehicle and cycle parking, landscaping, drainage, substation and infrastructure (as amended) DC/25/0902/FUL | Decided | 30 May 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Bardwell
- Barnham (West Suffolk)
- Barningham
- Barrow (West Suffolk)
- Barton Mills
- Beck Row
- Brandon (West Suffolk)
- Bury St Edmunds
- Cavendish
- Chedburgh
- Chevington
- Clare
- Cock and End
- Coney Weston
- Culford
- Exning
- Fakenham Magna
- Fornham All Saints
- Fornham St Martin
- Freckenham
- Gazeley
- Great Barton
- Great Wratting
- Haverhill
- Hepworth
- Holywell Row
- Hopton (West Suffolk)
- Horringer
- Hundon
- Icklingham
- Ingham (West Suffolk)
- Ixworth
- Kedington
- Kentford
- Lackford
- Lakenheath
- Lidgate
- Little Eriswell
- Longfield Green
- Market Weston
- Mildenhall (West Suffolk)
- Moulton (West Suffolk)
- Newmarket
- Ousden
- Pakenham
- Red Lodge
- Risby
- Sicklesmere
- Stanton (West Suffolk)
- Stoke-by-Clare
- Tuddenham
- Upthorpe (West Suffolk)
- West Row
- Wickhambrook
- Worlington
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: West Suffolk Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.