Anthony Browne - South Cambs MP. Picture: Stephen Frost - Credit: Archant Politicians have slammed plans for 25,000 new homes on land around our villages, that were revealed on Tuesday. Ian Sollom is a the Lib Dem parliamentary spokesperson in South Cambs. Picture: Chris Sidell - Credit: Archant The proposal by developer Thakeham is for a new town and connecting villages around Barrington, Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Foxton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell, Shepreth, Whaddon and Wimpole. Conservative South Cambs MP Anthony Browne said: “I am extremely concerned about the impact of yet another enormous development on the character of South Cambridgeshire. Whatever the context, a new town is both unwanted and unsustainable.