This article explores the increasing housing demand in Cambridgeshire, highlighting key infrastructure projects supporting this growth, including the potential relocation of the Cambridge Wastewater Treatment plant and the development of solar farms. The piece also touches upon ongoing projects like the Hilton hotel in Peterborough and the new train station in Cambridge.
The Prime Minister and Deputy prime minister unveiled new housing targets on a visit to Cambridgeshire in December. Cambridgeshire is growing. As you travel around the county you will notice cranes and building sites.Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have been given new housing targets. Development s in Northstowe, Waterbeach and St Neots are amongst the larger ones that will contribute to those targets - And those homes need infrastructure to support them.
We take a look ahead to a few of the projects that are due to progress in the next 12 months and the decisions that are being made for more development in the future.Before the 12 January, a decision is expected on whether the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment plant will be relocating. Anglian Water were asked by the government to move from its current site, in the north of Cambridge, so the area can be developed for housing. It consulted on plans to build a new facility on green belt land near Horningsea, known locally as 'Honey Hill.'If the treatment plant is moved then it would allow thousands of new homes to be built on the existing siteSolar farms are one of the ways the government is planning to reach its Net Zero target.Then in the west of the county, East Park Solar are putting together plans for a farm on land west of St Neots which will stretch into Bedfordshire. A statutory consultation finished in October and the company says it is now preparing a development consent order, which it expects toWork started seven years ago to build a new Hilton hotel in central Peterborough. It is part of the new Fletton Quays development.The council then took on its ownership and subsequently agreed, in October, to transfer it to a company who haveIn December, a new train station in the south of Cambridge is scheduled to open. It will be the city's third railway station.Hundreds of homes to get solar panels under trialAvanti passengers face disruption in fresh train strike
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