Ben Goldsborough calls for more housing in south Norfolk

Ben Goldsborough, Labour MP for South Norfolk, said he wanted to see more homes built across his constituency despite many objecting to the expansion of their towns and villages. 

Recent plans for new housing in places like Loddon and Bracon Ash have drawn fierce opposition from locals who say schools and GP surgeries are already being stretched to their limits.

The Labour government intends to increase the rate of housebuilding and remove barriers in the planning system to allow large-scale developments to go ahead.

Mr Goldsborough, who was brought up in the area, said: "I had to leave Norfolk because I couldn't afford to live here.

"I'm pro more housing and think we need to encourage people to get on the property ladder - we're taking away that aspiration if we don't build more homes."

Mr Goldsborough has called for new homes to be built across his constituency (Image: Simon Finlay)

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Following his election as MP for South Norfolk, Mr Goldsborough, 33, has moved back into his parents' home in Snetterton.

Originally from Suffolk, Mr Goldsborough recently finished a spell as mayor of Flint, in north Wales, where he was a member of the town council.

He has lately called on the government to reform planning laws due to people living in Hethersett, Mulbarton and Loddon being "burnt" by housing without infrastructure.

He added: "The system is so backwards and a lot of unscrupulous developers get a huge opportunity with these rules.

"We need to flip the system - not stop building quality housing."

The Greater Norwich Local Plan has opened the door for hundreds of homes to be built in places such as Wymondham and Trowse, as well as commercial developments in Hethel and Brooke.

Mr Goldsborough says he hopes to find his own home in South Norfolk soon - but has prioritised finding a constituency office first.