Bourn Airfield
Bourn Airfield Gains Outline Planning Approval at Committee
Bourn Airfield has moved to the next stage of its controversial journey in becoming a new village in South Cambridgeshire when it gained outline planning permission at the Extraordinary Planning Committee meeting held on 19th February 2021.
Bourn Airfield Outline Planning Application Going To Committee
Bourn Airfield, the former World War II airfield sandwiched between Highfields Caldecote and Cambourne was granted outline planning permission at the South Cambridgeshire Planning Committee meeting held on Friday 19th February 2021.
Battling for Direct Access to A428 from Bourn Airfield New Village
The planned new village of up to 3,500 houses at Bourn Airfield took another step forward in its journey to become reality on Wednesday 2nd October 2019. The Cabinet approved the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which sets out the design principles for the new village but without a direct access to A428 dual carriageway.
Countryside Properties Gag attempts on Bourn Airfield Development
The allocation of Bourn Airfield in the 2014 draft Local Plan met with a lot of opposition, from the neighbouring parishes and me. There were several reasons as already stated in a number of my previous blog articles. The Planning Inspector subsequently found the plan sound, and the Council adopted it in October 2018. Despite […]
Local Plan Adopted by South Cambridgeshire Councillors
The much awaited South Cambridgeshire Local Plan finally got to be presented to Full Council at its meeting on Thursday 27th September 2018. This was a date that for me came with very mixed emotions, given the events that led up to that point in time. I had spent considerable time thinking about what I […]
2014 Local Plan Found Sound by Planning Inspectors
The BIG news is that the Planning Inspectors examining the 2014 Local Development Plan have given their report and have found that the plan is sound subject to the main modifications. The announcement was made on 3rd September 2018 with publication by South Cambridgeshire District Council of the Inspectors final report and the Appendix that […]
Is Submission of Planning Application for Bourn Airfield Imminent?
That is the question I had to ask after I and other residents of Highfields Caldecote received a glossy A5 leaflet from Countryside Properties last week, inviting us to view their exhibition on their proposals for the “new village” at Bourn Airfield. They called it public consultation – I guess it ticks
South Cambs Main Modifications – My Submission
Firstly I want to thank all of the residents who took time to read my blog posts on the proposed modifications, particular my thoughts and some of the other blog articles about the proposals to build 3,500 houses on Bourn Airfield. The South Cambridgeshire District Council consultation pages were not easy to use, but
Bourn Airfield Development Consultation on Modifications-My thoughts
Is South Cambridgeshire District Council trying to build Cambourne East by stealth? That is the question that has been on my mind, and voiced by others, since Bourn Airfield was proposed for the development of up to 3,500 houses in the Draft Local Development Plan which is currently undergoing verification by