An application has been submitted for around 400 new homes and a rural travel hub in Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire Live readers have expressed firm opinions on proposals for 400 homes and a “travel hub“. Many questioned what the hub entails, and whether existing local amenities can accommodate the growth.
Approximately 400 homes, a local centre, and a travel hub could be built in a Cambridgeshire village if proposals go ahead. An application has been submitted requesting an environmental impact assessment for the potential development of land at Crows Nest Farm in Papworth Everard.
The application was lodged with South Cambridgeshire District Council on behalf of Mac Mic Strategic Land Limited, Christine Elizabeth Peck, and Sarah Lemond.
Papworth Everard is 10 miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. While the proposed scheme could change, the application outlines roughly 400 residential homes, a local centre, and a rural travel hub, alongside highways and drainage infrastructure.
One of our readers, Wachoooo asks: “By the phrase ‘travel hub’ do they mean a bus stop with a bike rack?”
Bobbinbootsie says: “Yet more pressure on the NHS, schools, roads etc etc. Just keep building more houses, pile more people in to add to the congestion.”
On our Facebook page, Simon W asks: “Is a Rural Travel Hub what I think it is? Papworth Everard is about to get stuffed.”
Pauline G comments: “Will they not need water? Not enough now in this area?”
Geoffrey P questions: “Wasn’t there talk about a travel hub at Dry Drayton just up the road?”
Rosie A Rms comments: “The whole county is getting these boxes every time I drive to a place I have not been for a few months there are a load of new houses, on estates with silly names like willow woods, which of course have been cut down to build these little tacky boxes, which people will have to live in because that is all that seems to be on offer, they are built to make money for the investors in the companies and they don’t care about the region or their customers.”
Paul S says: “They should build in Burwell: there aren’t nearly enough properties there; it’s practically a ghost village.”
Helen B writes: “Unjustified and not needed housing on agricultural land. The council should focus on smaller developments on land that is already developed to provide truly affordable housing. We don’t have the skills, labour or resources to build the scale of development proposed.
“Our land and environment will be destroyed. We need it to feed ourselves and reduce imported food. Once this land is built on, we won’t be able to recover it. There are only so many people who can move out of London and the Home Counties. More people brings more burden on the NHS which drives the need for more people. House building is not production and economic growth in itself, but this government is using it as such.”
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