‘New neighbourhood’ with 78 homes planned for bus station and car park

The developers want to build up to 78 new homes and bring new businesses into the town centre

A Cambridgeshire town could lose its bus station and a car park amid plans for a “vibrant new neighbourhood”. Capital and Centric has announced plans to redevelop Huntingdon’s bus station and Princes Street car park.

The developers say they want to “transform” the sites and turn them into a “vibrant new gateway neighbourhood into Huntingdon”.

A Capital and Centric spokesperson said: “We want to revitalise this part of the commuter town by delivering new homes, a public facing café, loads of new amenities for residents and lush green landscaping for everyone to enjoy, creating a vibrant new neighbourhood with bold architecture, lush green spaces, walkable streets, buzzing social spaces and heritage-inspired design, creating a lively new gateway that reconnects people, place and community.”

The plans could see up to 78 new homes built at the bus station and car park site. Other proposals include:

• A centralised hub with an onsite café. This is proposed at Cowper House which will “form a central zone to connect the development to the rest of the community”, said a Capital and Centric spokesperson.
• Green spaces including trees, planting, and pocket parks.
• Worker’s cottages, which will sit within the neighbourhood scheme.

Capital and Centric have proposed similar plans in St Neots and St Ives. In St Neots, the developers seek to transform Tebbutts Road with new businesses and homes. In St Ives, they propose up to 120 new homes, new businesses and green spaces in the old cattle market square and gatehouse.

Capital and Centric seeks comments on its plans for Huntingdon. Anyone who wishes to make a comment can do it here by Friday, September 4.