Michael continues to oppose new town at Waterbeach Barracks
The East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) has recently called for proposals for new towns in Cambrigeshire (see my earlier post on the topic).
On April 7th, I went along to a meeting of a committee called the Joint Cambridgeshire Regional Spatial Strategy Review Panel. This is producing recommendations to EERA about options for development and I was concerned that Waterbeach was in a list of sites labelled ‘worthy of consideration’. I was able to ask some questions at the meeting, and I am very pleased that the County Council Cabinet has now come pretty firmly down against all new settlements (apart from those already agreed or supported by District Councils), and Waterbeach is in the group of sites labelled ‘Serious difficulies identified ..’. Incidentally, Mereham, the site up at Haddenham-Wilburton, was ruled out as ‘No longer worthy of consideration’.
The saga goes on, and the developers will continue to press their case, but hopefully we shall be spared large scale development for some years.
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