A number of applications to build hundreds of new homes have been approved by East Cambridgeshire District Council in 2025.
More than 700 new homes are due to be built across large housing developments in East Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire District Council, which is responsible for local planning decisions, has approved plans for hundreds of new homes.
Some of these homes are due to be built on smaller sites, but some are due to be built on larger housing developments with more than 50 at each site. Across four of these larger sites, permission has been granted for up to 746 new homes.
Here is a breakdown of exactly where these new homes are due to be built.
61 homes – Burwell
Plans were approved in June to build 61 new homes on the edge of Burwell, as part of the wider Millstone Park development off Newmarket Road.
The development was proposed by This Land Limited, the development company owned by Cambridgeshire County Council. All of the 61 new homes are proposed to be made available as affordable housing, and will range in size from one to four bedrooms.
300 homes – Ely
Later in the year the district council approved plans for the next phase of the Orchards Green development in Ely. Up to 300 new homes are proposed to be built on land to the north of the Isle of Ely Primary School.
The homes are due to be a mix of one and two-bedroom flats and two to five-bedroom houses, with 120 of the homes proposed to be made available as affordable housing.
Councillors shared concerns when the decision was made about the “lack of amenities” proposed at the site. However, it was highlighted that a convenience store is proposed to be built in a separate phase of the wider development, and that a toddler play area is also proposed.
286 homes – Littleport
Detailed plans were approved in October to build 286 new homes on the edge of Littleport, on land off Grange Lane. The homes are due to form part of a wider development on the edge of the town.
The developer Grange Lane LLP said the homes would be a mix of one and two-bedroom flats, and two, three, and four-bedroom houses.
Planning officers at the district council said at the time that proposed development would “bring about social, economic and environmental benefits”, and would make a “significant contribution” to the housing supply in the area.
99 homes – Soham
The district council granted outline planning permission to build up to 99 new homes on land off Mereside on the edge of Soham. The developer, Butler Walsall Ltd and H P (Soham) Ltd, said 20 per cent of the new homes would be made available as affordable housing.
Some objections to the development were raised by people living nearby, who shared fears the new homes would make existing flooding problems worse.
The developer told the district council that it had carefully considered the drainage on the site, and that the proposed development would improve the flood risk for existing homes. As an outline application, more detailed plans will need to be submitted and approved before the homes can be built.
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