Forest City (or Forest City 1) is a privately led proposal to build Britain's first new city in over 50 years. The developers plan a settlement on 45,000 acres of greenfield land east of Cambridge, roughly the footprint of Bristol, with 400,000 homes for about 1 million people.
The developers' vision
The plan includes 12,000 acres set aside for new deciduous forest, six-storey "gentle density" buildings (akin to Paris or Barcelona), modular timber construction, and off-grid energy from solar and small modular reactors. Homes would be sold at around £350,000 using a Community Land Trust (CLT) model so that land appreciation stays with the city.
Why it matters
The scale and location have attracted growing opposition. West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy warned that the proposal would "erase ancient villages … destroying vast tracts of irreplaceable countryside and productive farmland." Local politicians have called it "completely unrealistic," "hubristic and environmentally reckless," and a "recipe for disaster."
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