Updated: 5:19 PM February 9, 2021 The future of Chilton Woods has been under discussion for years - this was a public consultation in 2015. - Credit: Gregg Brown Suffolk County Council has completed the sale of development land at Chilton Woods to developer Taylor Wimpey - allowing planning to start on a new development of more than 1,000 homes near Sudbury. The £35m sale should lead to the creation of a new community in the parishes of Chilton, Acton, Sudbury and Long Melford. The Chilton Woods site had been allocated for development in Babergh Council’s Core Strategy and was granted outline planning permission by the district in 2018.