The Martlesham Heath branch of Jonathan
Waters Estate Agents covers the village, Old Martlesham, Grange Farm and
Kesgrave as well as the towns and villages on the eastern side of Ipswich such
as Waldringfield and Newbourne, and Woodbridge.
“I have been fascinated by the history of the area between Ipswich and Woodbridge, between east Ipswich and the River Deben, for as long as I can remember. Having grown up in the area I have many memories of life in the Kesgrave, Rushmere-St-Andrew and Martlesham areas”.
Hundreds of leaflets and very sore feet
later.....
I think it was about 1986. I suppose you could say I was
involved in it right from the very start.
I’m talking about Grange Farm.
From my time working in the planning department at Suffolk Coastal
District Council I was lucky enough to be involved in a number of large and interesting
projects – the Grange Farm development was without doubt the biggest and most
exciting.
There I was, in my early 20s, sat in front of the computer to
register the day’s planning applications. The first one was for a
tiny 3ft square porch extension on a bungalow in Kesgrave. The
second one was for 3,000 new homes to be built on farmland at Kesgrave – the
biggest single residential development that Suffolk Coastal had received for
years.
All was going well until a voice said: “Jonathan, we need someone
to go round and deliver a leaflet about this planning application to every
property backing onto the Grange Farm land.”
I didn’t mind, I always relished the chance to get out of the
office and actually see the areas that the applications were relating to.
By late afternoon, having completed the task I was collapsed in a
chair in the Kesgrave Kitchen Cafe with my boss, Linda, who had also come to
help with some of the leaflets. he Grange Farm development had begun!
The completion of the Taylor Wimpey site to the west of Cedarwood
School was the last major part of Grange Farm to be finished. This means
that, from start to finish, Grange Farm has taken more than twenty five years
to complete.
Martlesham Health Estate Agents - To
book a valuation appointment for your Grange Farm home, or for any other
property in the Ipswich area, contact
Jonathan Waters or one of his senior valuation team.
625 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ND
01473 721133
35 Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1BH
01473 281188
Bristol Court, Betts Avenue, Martlesham Heath Business Park,
Martlesham IP5 3RY
01473 620222
or visit www.jonathanwaters.co.uk
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Some of the former farm buildings on Grange Farm
just as
work on the development was beginning.
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