Bury St Edmunds Abbots Vale 1,250 new homes start in 2024

The Abbots Vale project will see the huge development built on land off Rougham Road and Sicklesmere Road in the south-east of Bury St Edmunds.

Hopkins Homes and Denbury Homes acquired the 182-acre site at Abbots Vale in March this year and a statement from Pigeon Investment Management said development was expected to begin in late 2022.

Denbury Homes has now revealed that it will be bringing forward the northern neighbourhood of up to 875 homes and that it expects to start work on site in early 2024.

Denbury Homes land director Josh Hopkins said they are still making "good progress" with the plans for Abbots Vale.

In October, they submitted the reserved matters application for the primary infrastructure to deliver the northern neighbourhood with access coming off Rougham Hill roundabout.

This planning application sought consent for the reserved matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and means of access for phase one of the northern development.

This is in accordance with the outline planning permission given for the main spine road, vehicular accesses to residential phases, sustainable urban drainage, flood compensation and landscaping in 2015.

The reserved matters planning application for the first phase of homes will be submitted in early 2023.

Mr Hopkins added: "Abbots Vale will bring much needed new homes to the area, providing a carefully selected range of styles and sizes, including affordable homes, which will create a thriving new community.

"The development will also bring very significant financial contributions through Section 106, which will support educational, community and healthcare provision as well as other infrastructure."

The land allocation was part of a long-term development plan for Bury St Edmunds phased up until 2031.

Work is also progressing on the southern section of the development, but the plans from Hopkins Homes are still in the design stage.