South Cambs consulting on more houses on Arbury Park

Today I received a letter about the consultation Tory run South Cambridgeshire district council are running about trying to squeeze even more housing into the Arbury Park site. This seems bizarre at a time when work on many developments has all but stalled, but does need to be fought.

The two patches (in what the District now calls Orchard Park) are Preferred Sites 1 and 2 on the list. They provide some more information on their website. The document this is based on is hidden away, but linked from here.

The proposals to force more housing into the site at the expense of community facilities is not good sense and will not lead to a sustainable development that people wish to live in. Please get involved by either responding online to the consultation, or writing to Local Development Framework Consultation, South Cambridgeshire District Council, South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6EA.

We will of course be doing the same. See our earlier post for some of the arguments against this development.

South Cambs threatens IVC community funding

Whilst this is out of our patch being in Impington and not in the City this is a cause we should support.

South Cambs 'reviewing' the funding of dual use grants for facilities at Impington Village College. This is money that improves the sports facilities for children at the school and pays for them to be available for local people. More details available on Histon and Impington village website.

This directly effects those in the ward who go to the school or use the facilities.

The other issue is the effect cutting this money will have on demand for other services. For Histon and Impington residents, including those in Arbury Park, that means those provided by the City.

I hope you can join me signing this petition.