The housing development on north side of the road to Sawston lies within Babraham Parish. Our Local Plan includes a larger development to the south side; a significant part of that location also lies within our Parish. Babraham and Sawston … Continue reading
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Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council have work underway on a new joint Local Plan that will affect the future of Greater Cambridge over the next 20 years. The Councils are preparing to carry out a public consultation … Continue reading
Following an extensive public consultation the draft plan has been submitted to government for examination in public. A planning inspector will consider both the proposed District Local Plan and the Cambridge City Plan at the same time – a sensible move. Our objections to the proposed housing developments on this side of Sawston remain and will continue to be pressed. One of the landowners has stated that they are opposed to access over their land on the grounds that it contravenes their charitable aims. This throws into question the viability of 200 of the proposed houses. Final decisions are unlikely until 2015.
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