New council homes in South Cambridgeshire

We are committed to building new homes for Council tenants that are truly affordable to live in. To support this, we provide information about where our new homes have been built, or are being built, across a number of developments around the district. 

Some of the new homes will be available as affordable rent properties. Once they are complete, you will be able to register your interest in these homes via HomeLink.

The rest of the new homes will be available through a shared ownership scheme. Even before these homes are complete, they will be advertised privately. Details of whom to contact will be on the development site signboards, alternatively, please email new.build@scambs.gov.uk for further information.

All of our new homes are built to high specifications and are energy efficient, with double glazed windows. Some homes also have solar panels or powered by air source heat pumps.

Potential tenants or buyers who have a local connection will be prioritised for all of our new build homes.

Homes currently being built

All Saints Gardens, Barrington

Working alongside Redrow Homes, we expect to complete on 13 affordable properties by end of Spring 2024. These properties are made up of:

For affordable rent

• 4 one bed maisonette homes
• 7 two bed houses

For shared ownership

• 2 two bed houses 

The affordable rent properties will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completion. The shared ownership properties are being advertised through William H Brown. For further details, please contact them at SCDC@williamhbrown.co.uk.

Cottenham Grove, Cottenham

Our second development working alongside Redrow Homes, we expect to complete on 10 affordable properties by end of Spring 2024. These properties are made up of:

For affordable rent

• 2 one bed maisonette homes
• 3 two bed houses

For shared ownership

• 2 three bed houses
• 3 two bed houses 

The affordable rent properties will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completion. The shared ownership properties are being advertised through William H Brown. For further details, please contact them at SCDC@williamhbrown.co.uk.

Northstowe, Phase 2B

Working with developers, Keepmoat, we were successful in our acquisition of 60 affordable rent properties. The scheme will be made up of:

• 11 one bed apartments
• 25 two bed apartments
• 18 two bed houses
• 4 three bed houses
• 2 four bed houses

These new homes are expected to complete in phases between spring 2024 and winter 2026. Properties will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completion. 

New Road, Over

Working alongside Hayfield Homes, we expect to complete on 18 affordable properties by early summer 2024. These properties are made up of:

For affordable rent

• 4 one bed maisonette homes
• 9 two bed houses

For shared ownership

• 3 two bed houses 
• 2 three bed houses

The affordable rent properties will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completion. The shared ownership properties are being advertised through William H Brown. For further details, please contact them at SCDC@williamhbrown.co.uk.

Rampton Road, Cottenham

Working with Tillia Homes, we have been successful in the acquisition of 56 affordable homes. This scheme is made up of 39 affordable rent properties consisting of:

• 12 one bed apartments
• 21 two bed houses
• 4 three bed houses 
• 2 four bed houses

The remaining 17 homes will be advertised through the shared ownership scheme, consisting of:

• 13 two bed houses
• 4 three bed houses

This scheme will complete these properties between spring 2024 and spring 2026. The affordable rent will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completions and the shared ownership properties will be advertised through William H Brown. For further details, please contact them at SCDC@williamhbrown.co.uk.

Meadowcroft Way, Orwell

Working with Ermine Construction, we are developing this small Brownfield, South Cambridgeshire District Council owned, site to deliver:

For affordable rent

• 4 one bed Maisonettes

The 4 properties will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completion, which we expect to be by February 2024.

Downing Gardens, Gamlingay

Working alongside Morris Homes, we expect to complete on 34 affordable properties by Winter of 2023. These properties are made up of:

For affordable rent

• 6 one bed cluster houses
• 8 one bed Maisonettes
• 10 two bed houses  

For shared ownership

• 5 two bed houses
• 5 three bed houses 

The affordable rent properties will be advertised through HomeLink a few months prior to their completion. The shared ownership properties are advertised through William H Brown. For further details, please contact them at SCDC@williamhbrown.co.uk.

Completed developments

Strawberry Farm, Great Abington

Working alongside David Reed Homes, we completed on 3 affordable properties February 2023. These properties were made up of:

For affordable rent

• 2 two bed semi-detached houses with garages 

For shared ownership

• 1 three bed detached house with garage 

All properties are now occupied. 

The Hawthorns, Sawston

We completed all homes at this development in April 2023. The scheme was made up of 44 affordable rent and 19 shared ownership homes.

The affordable rent homes included (all are now occupied): 

• 20 one bedroom apartments
• 21 two bedroom apartments
• 2 three bedroom houses 
• 1 four bedroom house 

Through shared ownership there were (all properties are now sold/reserved):

• 4 one bedroom apartments
• 11 two bedroom apartments
• 3 three bedroom houses
• 1 four bedroom house

New Road, Melbourn

In November 2022 we completed on 8 Affordable Rent properties developed by Prime Crest Homes Ltd. The properties, consisting of:

• 4 one bed apartments
• 4 two bed apartments

These will be advertised through HomeLink. All properties are now occupied.

Boxworth End, Swavesey

In September 2022 we completed on 12 Affordable properties developed by Matthew Homes. The properties consist of:

For affordable rent 

• 4 one bed apartments 
• 4 two bed terraced houses

There are a further 2 two bed semi-detached homes and 2 three bed semi-detached homes advertised for shared ownership through William H Brown. All are now occupied.

Mason Road, Waterbeach

Our second development with Matthew Homes completed in October 2022. The properties consist of:

For affordable rent

• 2 one bed Maisonettes
• 4 two bed terraced houses

For shared ownership

• 2 three bed semi-detached homes

All properties are to be advertised through William H Brown. All Affordable rent properties are now occupied, and 1 shared ownership home has been sold whilst the other is currently reserved. 

High Street, Meldreth

In November 2022, 4 affordable rent homes were completed in High Street, Meldreth by developer Enterprise. These were made up of:

• 2 two bed semi-detached homes
• 2 three bed semi-detached homes

For shared ownership

• 3 two bed terraced homes 

These were advertised by William H Brown.

All properties are now occupied. 

The Birdlings, Toft

Over the course of the last 18 months, we worked with Beechwood Estates to provide 36 affordable homes. 11 shared ownership homes were completed (2 to 4 bedrooms) and were advertised through Domovo, all have now been sold. A further 25 homes were completed, with the last 2 homes handed over to us in October 2022, for affordable rent. This included:

• 8 one bedroom apartments
• 9 two bedroom apartments
• 5 two bedroom houses
• 3 three bedroom houses

All are now occupied.

Emerson Park, Great Abington

Three affordable rent homes built to a high specification were completed in January 2022, all are now occupied. 

Orchard Gardens, Melbourn

In early 2022, 9 affordable homes were completed. These consisted of:

For affordable rent

• 2 one bed apartments
• 1 one bed house
• 3 two bed homes

All are now occupied. The remaining 3 homes, all 3-bed houses, were advertised for shared ownership through Domovo. All have been sold.

Burlington Place, Foxton

In autumn 2020, we have had 6x affordable rent homes tenanted:

• 4 one bedroom maisonettes
• 2 two bedroom houses

This was alongside 3 shared ownership homes consisting of:

• 1 two bedroom house 
• 2 three bedroom houses

All are now occupied.

Burton End, West Wickham

In winter 2020, 3 affordable rent homes have been tenanted:

• 1 one bedroom bungalow
• 1 two bedroom bungalow
• 1 two bedroom house

This was alongside 1 three bedroom shared ownership house which has now been sold and occupied.

Larkfield, Great Abington

In summer 2020, 18 new homes were completed. These are a mixture of affordable rent and shared ownership. All are now occupied.

Pembrook Way, Teversham

In winter 2020, 5 new affordable rent homes were completed, including:

• 2 one bedroom maisonettes
• 2 two bedroom houses
• 1 one bedroom bungalow

All are now occupied.

Hunters Close, Impington

In October 2021, we completed on 7 affordable rent homes consisting of:

• 6 one bedroom flats
• 1 three bedroom house

This was alongside 3 shared ownership homes consisting of:

• 2 two bedroom houses
• 1 three bedroom house

All affordable rent homes are occupied, and all shared ownership homes are now sold.

Meridian Fields, Hardwick

Working with Hills Development, 25 new build affordable rent homes, ranging from one bed to four bed, have been completed through 2021 and all are now occupied. 12 shared ownership homes have also been completed, ranging from two to three bed. All have now been sold.

Bartlow Road, Castle Camps

In September 2021, we completed on 4 new affordable homes consisting of 3 affordable rent and 1 shared ownership. All are now occupied.

Potential future developments

We are currently working alongside several developers to acquire further affordable homes across our district.