Garden city could become UK’s first new city in half a century

The plans have piqued interest from residents not only in Suffolk but also in London and Cambridge - (Forest City)

Plans for a new garden development featuring almost half a million homes and a forest could become “Britain’s first new city in half a century”.

Businessmen Shiv Malik and Joseph Reeve are proposing to build ‘Forest City 1’ in Suffolk between Newmarket and Haverhill, on agricultural land east of Cambridge.