Have your say in South Cambridgeshire's development
A public consultation that seeks residents’ views on how South Cambridgeshire should be developed over the next 20 years will enable everyone to give their views to help make sure the new homes, jobs and services South Cambridgeshire needs will be located in the most sustainable places while protecting the best of our built and natural heritage.
It will run until 28 September, giving extra time on top of the standard six weeks normally allowed due to the holiday season, when some residents and parish councils may be away.
The consultation events across the district will take place between 3.00 and 8.00 pm on:
17 July at Sawston Spicers Pavilion
18 July at Barton Sports and Social Pavilion
19 July at Cambourne Business Park Marketing Office
23 July at Milton Primary School
24 July at The Swifts, Fulbourn
25 July at Bassingbourn Village College
26 July at Waterbeach Primary School
3 September at Longstanton Village Institute
4 September at Gamlingay Village college
5 September at Great Shelford Memorial Hall
10 September at All Saints Church Hall, Cottenham
12 September at Linton Village College
14 September at Histon & Impington Recreation Ground Centre
The consultation will also ask residents about the number of new jobs that should be planned for over the next two decades – 14,000 (700 per year), 23,100 (1,200 per year), or 29,200 (1,500 per year).
To support the new jobs, there will also be three suggested options for the number of additional new homes needed – 4,300, 7,300, or 9,300.
The new homes needed over the next two decades would be in addition to the 14,200 new homes that have already been given planning permission, or are part of the Council’s current Local Plan – including the new town of Northstowe and sites on the edge of Cambridge.
As well as views being invited on the sites that have been assessed as being better for development, residents will be asked their opinions on whether most homes should be built on the edge of Cambridge, as a new town or village, or on land in and around the district’s larger villages that have more amenities, such as shops and schools, and where good transport links exist.
Two possible sites – Waterbeach barracks and Bourn airfield – were assessed as being most suitable for a new town or village, but smaller sites in 17 South Cambridgeshire villages will also be consulted on.
A second consultation may be carried out by the Council around the end of the year to consider specific site options on the edge of Cambridge.
Cllr Pippa Corney, South Cambridgeshire District Council’s cabinet member for planning policy and localism, said: “This consultation gives residents and local businesses the opportunity to help shape how South Cambridgeshire should develop over the next 20 years.
"I would urge as many people as possible to visit one of our events to see and discuss the proposals with planning officers, and to submit their own ideas and comments. Residents’ comments will be taken on board before any decisions are made and will help to ensure the Plan reflects the needs of local communities.”
Contact South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Phone 03450 450 500.
- Fax 01954 713 149.
- E-mail scdc@scambs.gov.uk.
- Website www.scambs.gov.uk.
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