A charity is taking legal action against plans to build a busway that would cut through a historical orchard and greenbelt land in Cambridge.
A charity says it has started legal action against plans to build an off-road busway through a historical orchard and greenbelt land. Cambridge Past, Present and Future, which owns some of the land affected, has spearheaded the legal challenge, alongside other landowners and charities. They say the Cambridge-Cambourne busway, proposed by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), should take a route along existing roads instead.
The GCP said it had not yet received any legal objections but would study and respond to any that did arrive.The busway would be built across fields and a historical orchard to the west of Cambridge. A formal Transport and Work Act Order was submitted to the government's Department for Transport in November.The deadline for submitting objections to it is 8 January Prior to that the GCP carried out four public consultations and it was expected a public inquiry would have to take place some time in 2025. The busway would link the university city with a new development at Bourne Airfield, while Hardwick and Coton would also be on the route. The GCP (which is made up of the county council, Cambridge City Council, South Cambs District Council, the University of Cambridge and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority) also planned to build a new travel hub at Scotland Farm off the A428. It hoped it would 'help car drivers switch to a bus before they hit congestion travelling into the city'.Coton Orchard has previously said about 500 trees would have to be removed if the busway was built.The charity described its aims as 'to make sure the development of Cambridge is carried out responsibly... improving this great place, for people and nature'. 'It is possible to improve bus services without building a road through four wildlife sites and our charity's land,' said James Littlewood, the charity's chief executiv
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