Hundreds of new homes are being built in Bacton, can the village cope with the pace of growth?
Bacton is booming. Hundreds of new homes are being built in the Suffolk village after a decade of limited growth. But is life there under threat from the pace of change?
Josephine Jackson, 84, says she has "fallen on my feet" after moving to the village, about six miles north of Stowmarket, 16 months ago.She is standing in the doorway of her new Taylor Wimpey home on the Beacon Green estate, which will have 81 homes when complete, and is one of six new estates either being built or planned for the village since 2017.
She has sat on the parish council for two years and now chairs it. She says the body supported plans for "smaller sites" but objected to some larger applications."I love having the new people here. It's great." He moved to Bacton nine years ago but fears its character has changed, feeling more like a "potentially urban area" than a village."Frankly, enough was enough, 100, 200, 300 houses ago."Housing rules have led to a "free-for-all" for developers in Mid Suffolk, according to councillor Andrew Stringer
Hundreds of homes are currently being built or have planning consent in the nearby villages of Thurston, Stowupland, Elmswell and Woolpit.While some of the Bacton estates were approved after Mid Suffolk regained its five-year land supply, statements supporting five out of six of the planning applications mentioned the issue.
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