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South Cambs Tories and Lib Dems clash over government role in 25,000 new home development A developer has proposed a 25,000-home new town and villages to the south west of Cambridge South Cambridgeshire s Conservative MP, Anthony Browne (left), and Heather Williams, the leader of the Conservative group on the district council (right) (Image: South Cambridgeshire Conservatives) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. ....
The South Cambridgeshire District Council offices. Picture: Google Street View - Credit: Archant Councillors are reassuring residents that proposals published by developers for a new town in South Cambridgeshire have absolutely no planning status, and it is far too early to say whether the location is suitable for any development. Plans for 25,000 homes in a new town, with a series of connected new villages on land around Barrington, Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Foxton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell, Shepreth, Whaddon and Wimpole, will be assessed in the same way as over 650 other sites that have been put forward for the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan. ....
Updated: 6:31 AM December 10, 2020 A new town in South Cambridgeshire has been proposed by Thakeham. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Plans for 25,000 new homes on land around many of our South Cambs villages have been proposed by developer, Thakeham. The proposal is for land around the villages of Barrington, Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Foxton, Meldreth, Orwell, Shepreth, Whaddon and Wimpole. If approved, the plans would bring a new town and a series of connecting villages which would be the UK’s “first zero-carbon community,” the developer says. Thakeham said its vision is for an “infrastructure-led plan for 25,000 zero-carbon homes in South West Cambridgeshire” which would include 10,000 affordable homes and biodiversity net gain of at least 20 per cent. ....