CAMBOURNE PLANNING HISTORY

Brief development history of Cambourne

Date	Development stage
August 1986	County council publishes Consultation draft of Structure Plan Review. Two new settlements are proposed - near Swavesey on the A604 and on the A10 north of Cambridge.
March / May 1987	County Council approves form of structure plan review to be submitted to the Secretary of State (submitted May 1987). Proposes a single new settlement of 3000 dwellings on the A10 in East Cambridgeshire.
October 1987	Government Panel holds 'Examination in Public' at Ely into Structure Plan Review. New Settlement in the Cambridge sub-area is one issue considered.
January 1988	Panel's report is published. Panel concludes that a smaller settlement is appropriate for the A10 north and that there should be a major new settlement on the A45 west corridor.
July 1988	Secretary of State proposes modifications to the Structure Plan Review. Agrees with Panel that there should be two new settlements, A10 north and A45 west.
March 1989	Secretary of State approves Structure Plan with an A10 north new settlement and one of 3000 dwellings (2000 dwellings up to 2001) along the A45 west or east (operative April 1989)
May 1989	Department of the Environment advises District Councils that all A45 new settlement applications (ultimately 6 along the west and 2 along the east) are called in for the Secretary of State to determine after a public enquiry. The October 1989 South Cambridgeshire Local Plan goes on deposit. Does not include an allocation for the new settlement since applications have already been called in.
February 1990 - July 1991	Public enquiry into the applications is held in Ely. One application (Crow Green) drops out of the inquiry.
March 1992	Secretary of State rejects all applications. Disagrees with the Inspector who wanted to approve Great Common Farm. Instead the Secretary of State accepts this is the best choice in 'site specific terms' but rejects some of the details including the over-sized business park and the lack of clarity regarding access arrangements in relation to the Broadway. He indicates that a revised application which addresses these problems would be acceptable.
September 1992	South Cambridgeshire District Council receives application for Monkfield Park.
November 1992	South Cambridgeshire District Council receives duplicate applications for Great Common Farm.
8th December 1993	Planning Committee considers all the applications and the officer recommendation is for the application on the same site as preferred by the Inspector, and which has now benefited from improvements to the weaknesses identified by the Secretary of State. Planning Committee however rejects the recommendations and grants consent for Monkfield Park, the adjoining site, subject to necessary conditions and legal agreements.
20th April 1994	Outline planning permission given for the new settlement at Monkfield Park (later to be renamed Cambourne)
22nd May 1995	Masterplan and Design Guide for Monkfield Park formally submitted as required by conditions of planning consent and provisions of legal agreement
November 1996	Masterplan and Design Guide for Monkfield Park approved
September 1997	Initial Reserved Matter Applications for Infrastructure approved
June 1998	Work starts on site
May 1999	First show houses open. Information / Concept centre opens
June 1999	Construction begins on first primary school (Monkfield Park Primary School)
August 1999	First residents move in. Construction of first phase of Business Park begins
September 1999	Primary School opens in former farmhouse on temporary basis
Autumn 1999	School Lane extended into Lower Cambourne
December 1999	First 'low cost' homes ready for occupation
February 2000	1st edition of Cambourne Village newsletter (The Cambourne Crier)
Spring 2000	Second phase of structural planting carried out First phone box, post box and notice board installed in Cambourne on Gt. Cambourne Village Green School bus (for secondary school children) collects from Gt. Cambourne
April 2000	Monkfield Park Primary School moves into permanent building Over 130 families now resident at Cambourne
July 2000	First childrens' play area opened
August 2000	First residents join 'proto' Parish Council (known as the Management Liaison Committee)
September 2000	First two units let on Business Park, Second phase of Business Park under construction
Autumn 2000	Footpaths constructed in Eco-Park and Country Park
December 2000	First residents move into Lower Cambourne
February 2001	The temporary GP's surgery opens up in the building that was formerly the temporary school
March 2001	The Day Nursery opens
July 2001	One more resident elected to Management Liaison Committee Second play area opened Eco-Park and part of Country Park formally opened
Summer 2001	Phase two of Monkfield Park School begins construction First building in second phase of Business Park occupied
Autumn 2001	First housing for rent under construction
December 2001	Northern arm of Caxton bypass complete, providing second access into Cambourne
January 2002	Supermarket begins construction
Summer 2002	Lower Cambourne playground opens
Winter 2002	Temporary community centre / church opens in portakabin Morrisons supermarket opens
Feb -June 2004	Planning permission is granted for the construction of offices, flats and shops along the High Street The Council's offices move to a purpose built building on Cambourne Business Park Hotel opened A library and health centre within Sackville House and a community centre called The Hub open along the High Street. The Parish Council was formed, with the first elections on the 10th June 2004
March 2005	68 new allotments open on Good Friday.
June 2005	MUGA opens. Planning permission for pub is approved
September - October 2005	The Vines Inter-Church School in Upper Cambourne, opens with children being taught in mobile classrooms. Work commences on the dualling of the single carriageway parts of the A424 between Caxton Common and Hardwick. Caxton House on Broad Street is completed and Fish and Chick opens
2006	Vets opens Dentists opens in the building that was previously used as the temporary school and doctors surgery. Youth building is completed Three estate agents open Construction starts on the pub to be known locally as the 'Monkfield Arms' Cambridgeshire building society opens on the High Street
September 2006	Pub opens
Spring 2007	Cricket Pavilion in Lower Cambourne opens
Summer 2007	MCA Developments Ltd submits application for addition 950 dwellings neighbourhood / community building, ancillary open space, formal play areas, internal access roads, pedestrian and cycle routes and associated drainage and engineering infrastructure including, electricity sub-stations. First cricket match on cricket ground in Upper Cambourne
Spring 2008	First homes in Upper Cambourne occupied
Winter 2008	Great Cambourne southern greenway and spaces for imaginative play landscaped
Spring 2009	Inaugural Cambourne 10km Run
Summer 2009	Cambourne's 10th Birthday celebrations
Autumn 2009	Construction works starts on Police Station. Third Primary School - Jeavons Primary School opens (in temporary building)

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