![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/residents-at-uks-biggest-new-ghost-town-fume-as-it-has-no-shops-or-gp-six-years-on/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_SWNS_NORTHSTOWE_CAMBRIDGESGIRE_007.jpg&description=It's the biggest new town in Britain, but Northstowe still doesn't have any of the basic facilities that developers promised - and residents are furious about it Residents in England's biggest new town have been left furious after developers failed to live up to their promises - forcing them to live without necessities six years on. Northstowe, located 10 miles from Cambridge, has been left like a 'ghost town' with rows upon rows of newly-built houses, but not a single shop, café, pub or even a GP practice. Around 10,000 homes are planned with a total population of 26,000, making it the largest new town in Britain since Milton Keynes was built in Buckinghamshire in 1967. The construction started in 2017 and around 1,200 properties have been built, but families still don't have any basic facilities and have to drive to buy a pint of milk or coffee. Dan Greef, 42, moved to Northstowe last August with his wife and two young children - aged seven and four - and has been disappointed by the lack of necessities. He said: "A friend gave me a tour of the area in 2017, and back then the site only had a handful of houses. We're now past a thousand homes, and all we've got is a post box." Northstowe was supposed to be an eco-community, built to help ease the housing crisis in one of the least affordable parts of the country. On the outskirts of the town, a broken billboard looms into view, promising 'New Homes, New Community'. But residents say developers, L&Q Estates, have drastically failed to deliver on the latter, leaving them concerned and fed-up. Dan, who owns Deliciously Guilt Free baking company, has been renting a three-bedroom house for almost a year. He moved in when plans to build a community centre were firmly in place, and he believed strong public transport links to Cambridge would suffice while infrastructure development went ahead. But shortly after arriving, those plans were delayed, and the guided bus route always proves too busy to use when it passes throug){kind=link}
It’s the biggest new town in Britain, but Northstowe still doesn’t have any of the basic facilities that developers promised – and residents are furious about it
Residents in England’s biggest new town have been left furious after developers failed to live up to their promises – forcing them to live without necessities six years on.
Northstowe, located 10 miles from Cambridge, has been left like a ‘ghost town’ with rows upon rows of newly-built houses, but not a single shop, café, pub or even a GP practice.
Around 10,000 homes are planned with a total population of 26,000, making it the largest new town in Britain since Milton Keynes was built in Buckinghamshire in 1967.
The construction started in 2017 and around 1,200 properties have been built, but families still don’t have any basic facilities and have to drive to buy a pint of milk or coffee.