Application in for first phase of 1,250 new homes

The first planning application for a development that could eventually provide 1,250 new homes has been submitted.

The Beccles and Worlingham Garden Neighbourhood, if approved, would be built on land to the west of Ellough Road in the Suffolk area.

It could also provide retirement facilities, a primary school, open spaces, a community hub and more.

The development will be submitted in phases, with the first application for outline consent for up to 721 homes submitted by WSP on behalf of Larkfleet Ltd.

The wider development has been split into an east parcel and a west parcel, divided at Oak Lane.

This first planning application for 721 homes is for the east parcel, with a separate application for the west to follow in the near future, the council said.

Thirty per cent of the 721 homes would be affordable, and 5% would be custom-built homes.

The east parcel application also included plans for an employment development, a local centre, a continuing care retirement community, a primary school, a pre-school, open spaces including playing pitches and parks, and other associated infrastructure.

Residents can have their say on the east parcel plans until 14 January, before the council's Strategic Planning Committee make a decision at a later date.

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