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Bourn Airfield development - so many benefits promised but would they be delivered?

13/2/2018

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The consultation on the Main Modifications to the Local Plan closes on Friday 16th.  The Plan is heavily reliant on new settlements and much is promised in the Local Plan documents supporting this development strategy.   Plans for Bourn Airfield include 'shops, services, leisure and other town centre uses of an appropriate scale for a Rural Centre' as well as 'employment development of a quantum type and mix to meet the needs of the new village'. But are these deliverable?
Cambourne 20 years on... failing to deliver on promised benefits
Cambourne is now 20 years old and a quick photographic survey (see above) of this new settlement clearly shows that it has failed to deliver on similar promises. Cambourne Business Park remains largely unlet and the High Street is effectively an expanse of grass. The promises to deliver a town centre and significant employment in Cambourne have not been fulfilled and here we are making the same empty promises for Bourn Airfield and other new settlements. Isn’t it time we all woke up to the empty spin? ​
Don't forget to register your objections to the Main Modifications by Friday 16th February - see here for our easy to use downloads.
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John tasker
9/3/2018 04:12:24 pm

Perhaps increased numbers on BAD would give impetus to continued commercial development in Cambourne.
The idea of a traditional High Street is outmoded. Rents too high for local/interesting shops, leaving the way for chains which aren't attracted to the relatively small population of Cambourne.

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