Economic Implications of Brexit for the UK

Brexit is now the elephant in the room that both Government and Major opposition refuse to mention. The effect of the divorce from the EU is now being felt right through the UK economy, from shortage of labour in the agricultural and hospitality industries, to lack of HGV drivers, leading to logistics problems leading to […]

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First Proposals for Greater Cambridge Local Plan approved by Cabinet for Consultation

Local plan is an important set of document for identifying development needs of our area, where they should be met, and how they should be met. South Cambs Cabinet on Friday approved the First Proposals for the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan for Public Consultation in November 2021.

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Planning a City for our Children to Inherit

Cambridge City Council Leader, Lewis Herbert wrote in this weeks Cambridge Independent, explaining again in clear terms the reasons for the preferred options, first proposals we have put forward in the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan. Too many are struggling to rent, never mind buy. Trainee nurses, newly-appointed teachers and hundreds of people in their […]

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Cambourne Proposal for New Local Plan

Cambourne Town started life as three linked villages of Lower Cambourne, Cambourne and Upper Cambourne, with up to 4250 homes and a business park. The 2018 Local Plan contained a new allocation Policy SS/8 for a new mixed use development at Cambourne West.

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GC Local Plan Rebuttal to MP

Setting the record straight for the benefit of those needlessly scaremongering

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North East Cambridge Proposed For New Local Plan

North East Cambridge and Cambridge Airport are two major brownfield sites that are proposed for new low-carbon neighbourhoods in the First Proposals for the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan. The current adopted local plans for South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City identifies both sites for longer term development beyond 2031.

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Cambridge Airport Proposed For New Local Plan

Cambridge Airport and North East Cambridge are two major brownfield sites that are proposed for new low-carbon neighbourhoods in the First Proposals for the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan. The current adopted local plans for South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City identifies the two sites for longer term development beyond 2031.

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First Proposals for Greater Cambridge Local Plan Is Centred on Greener Living

The two Councils, Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council published the First Proposals for the new joint Greater Cambridge Local Plan yesterday. This is also called the Preferred Options stage of the plan making process.

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Preferred Options for new Local Plan protects villages and provides affordable housing

Leading South Cambridgeshire Lib Dem Councillors have welcomed the publication of the preferred options for the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan which will make South Cambridgeshire greener and fairer.

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Consultation on Vision for Oxford-Cambridge Arc

The Government through the Ministry of Housing, Community & Local Government (MHCLG) has today issued a consultation paper on its vision for the Oxford-Cambridge (OxCam) Arc. The MHCLG is seeking views from the public that will help to create the vision for the OxCam Spatial Framework, which is to guide the future growth of the […]

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