Redrow had carried out a public consultation and drawn up draft plans for the 329-acre (133-hectare) site at Chilton Woods, Sudbury. It has refused to comment on the reason for its withdrawal.

Cats could be banned from a new housing site at Cliffe Woods Residents on a new housing ... The developers say plans include a 30m (98ft) buffer zone from the Lodge Hill Site of Special Scientific ...

But then at the end of last year the Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, stepped in to overturn permission to build at the site ... in Cliffe Woods. “We urgently need a Local Plan in Medway ...