INQUIRY STARTED THIS WEEK
The pre inquiry meeting took place today 20th March

The developers are using Queens Council to present their case.
The Main issues are seen as:-
1) The effect on drainage, transport and Education
2) Changes in planning guidance since Cambourne was approved
3) Local Structure Plans

Nothing about the effect on residents sadly.

There is to be a "statement of common ground" presnted by the 24th May. So that issues that are not in dispute can be left out.

The inquiry will start on 22nd June and should last up to 8 working days, Monday to Friday from 10 am until 5pm (or 4 pm on Friday), it will be held at the new SCDC offices in Cambourne.

There was no request from Caxton or Bourn Parish Council to speak at the inquiry, Mike Jocelyn made a request that a representative from the new Cambourne Parish Council and any of the newly elected district councillors be allocated time to speak.

Daphne Spink our current Ward Councillor has asked to speak on behalf of all the villages, Cambourne, Bourn, Caxton, Eltisley and Croxton.

HOMES PLANS SHOCK

Published on 16 April 2004 by the Cambridge Evening News

RESIDENTS fear their Cambridgeshire villages will be dwarfed by two massive housing developments.

Longtanton and Oakington residents are concerned the new town of Northstowe will swamp their villages, while councillors are fighting proposals to expand Cambourne by 50 per cent.

A map of Northstowe, published tonight in the News,has reignited fears the nearby villages will be overwhelmed by the development, which will be about the size of the city of Ely.

Around 6,000 homes are set to be built at Northstowe - the site of the former Oakington airfield and Cambridge Golf Course - but there is the potential for a further 4,000 by 2021.

Councillor Alex Riley, Longstanton Parish Council chairman, added: "It's going to happen, there's no question about that.

"But quite how you put so much housing on such a small area and don't devastate Longstanton is a very big challenge. We're obviously very concerned about what is going to happen."

Elsewhere, residents in Cambourne are concerned at plans by developers to expand the village from 3,300 homes to 5,000.

Councillors turned this plans down, but now the consortium has launched a planning appeal.

Council leader Daphne Spink, who is also a ward councillor for Cambourne, said: "We shall be contesting the appeal completely. We promised the people of Cambourne that 3,300 houses was as much as we would tolerate.

"We are quite unanimous in the council and we have told the developers categorically that it is not in the interests of South Cambridgeshire to increase the size of Cambourne."