Scheme Benefits

The high quality design and landscape led mixed-use scheme to the South of Saxmundham will deliver the following benefits:

  • 800 new homes with a variety of house types and tenures to suit a wide range of households looking to get on the housing ladder, buy a family home, or downsize (including affordable housing and custom and self-build).
  • Energy and water efficient homes with appropriate renewable energy production and supply mechanisms that meet the Future Homes Standard.
  • Enhancements to the existing footpaths between Benhall and Saxmundham as well as improved links between the new neighbourhood and the southern edge of Saxmundham.
  • A new primary school and pre-school on the edge of Saxmundham to improve education provision in the town.
  • New employment land that will provide new jobs, complemented by a service area on the A12 which could include a new hotel to contribute towards tourist accommodation in the town.
  • Contributions towards the delivery of leisure facilities within the town.
  • A new community hub within a community space at the centre of the new neighbourhood.
  • A substantial new network of publicly accessible SANG and a variety of open space for informal recreation.