Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan

On 9 September 2014 the Planning Portfolio Holder gave delegated authority to officers to designate the 'Histon and Impington neighbourhood area' assuming there were no objections at the close of the consultation on Friday 12 September 2014. There were no objections.

• Application to designate Histon and Impington neighbourhood area
• Histon & Impington neighbourhood area map

Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Determination Statement

SCDC and Histon & Impington Parish Council have prepared a Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Determination Statement for the draft Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan: 

• Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Determination Statement

Pre-Submission public consultation (Regulation 14)

Histon & Impington Parish Council carried out its pre-submission Neighbourhood Plan between 1 October and 16 November 2018.

Submission Public Consultation (Regulation 16)

Histon & Impington Parish Council submitted its Neighbourhood Plan to SCDC on 3 June 2019, along with its supporting documents. SCDC has confirmed that the Neighbourhood Plan complies with all the relevant statutory requirements.

SCDC sought your views on the Neighbourhood Plan before it is considered by an examiner, and can proceed towards a referendum.

The consultation ran from 9am on Wednesday 19 June and 5pm on Wednesday 31 July 2019.

You can now view all the comments that were submitted on the neighbourhood plan using our online consultation system.

Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents

• Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan (May 2019)
• Basic Conditions Statement
• Consultation Statement
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Determination Statement for Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan (October 2018)
• Big Survey – Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Report
• Big Survey Data Histon & Impington NP survey data
• HINP Equalities Impact Assessment May 2019
• Infant school dossier – HINP 2019Village Design Guide
• Village Design Guide

Interesting Buildings

• Interesting Buildings 1 – Introduction to Neighbourhood Plan Buildings of Interest Report
• Interesting Buildings 2 – The List
• Interesting Buildings that should be listed
• Interesting Buildings – Histon
• Interesting Buildings – Impington

Neighbourhood Plan Open Space General

• NP Local Green space H&I framework v2
• NP Open Space sites Summary V5 Spreadsheet
• NP Open Space spreadsheet
• Green Spaces Wellbeing Poster
• Celebrating our Green Spaces – HI Sustainability
• A14 highway section 5 Landscape Plan

V3 Greenleas Community Space

• 190430 Greenleas site map
• Greenleas photos v1
• NP Greenleas v2

V4 Northern Buxhall Farm

• Buxhall wildlife photos for LGS 030619
• Buxhall Farm map 23_7_2008 DSC_0013-27
• Buxhall quotes
• Map of North Buxhall + PX Farms etc
• NP Northern Buxhall Farm v.2

V5 Rowleys Field Long Meadow

• Rowleys and Croft Close photos V5/1-11
  • V5/1 Abbey Farm, Histon Manor
  • V5/2 Croft Close Field
  • V5/3 Croft Close Field 2
  • V5/4 Croft Close Field with veteran Oak
  • V5/5 Horse Chestnut field 2
  • V5/6 Horse Chestnut field 3
  • V5/7 Horse Chestnut field
  • V5/8 IMG_5910
  • V5/9 IMG_5916
  • V5/10 Rowley's Field
  • V5/11 Veteran Oak
• NP Rowley's Field LGS-INH plus Croft Close INH v2
• V5 Rowley's Field and Croft Close set-aside map

V6 St Audreys Close

• 190430 Location of St Audreys Close v1
• NP St Audreys Close v.2.1
• St Audreys Close photos v1
• V12 Manor Park Field and Histon Wood

Histon Wood Photos V12/ 1-11

• V12/1 Bioblitz 1
• V12/2 Bioblitz 2
• V12/3 Bioblitz 3
• V12/4 Bioblitz 4
• V12/5 Bioblitz 5
• V12/6 Interpretive board, Histon Wood
• V12/7 Sign near entrance of Histon Wood
• V12/8 SW edge of Histon Wood
• V12/9 Track between Histon Wood and paddock
• V12/10 Track by paddock, Histon Wood edge mid-right
• V12/11 Waymark, Histon Wood

Manor Park Field Photos V12/12-14

• V12/12 Hedge between Manor Park Field and Factory Scrub
• V12/13 Manor Park Field, Scrub Triangle mid-distant, Histon Wood left-distant
• V12/14 Orchard, Manor Park Field, Histon Wood at rear

Near Manor Park Field Photos V12/15-20

• V12/15 Factory Scrub 2
• V12/16 Factory Scrub
• V12/17 Paddocks, guided busway to right
• V12/18 Paddocks
• V12/19 Scrub Triangle and guided busway
• V12/20 Scrub Triangle
• V12 St Audreys Close Woodland 
• 140717 Cambridge Natural History Society Field Study of Histon and Impington Community Orchard
• 180929 Location of Histon and Impington Manor Park Field and Histon Wood v2(1)
• H&I Community Orchard Survey 2012 v1
• Minibioblitz Species List Histon Woods 11 May 2019
• NP Manor Park Field - Histon Wood v.2

V13 Girton Wood

• Girton Wood Photos V13/1-2
  • Girton wood photos v1
  • Girton wood photos v2
• 190514 Location of Girton woods plus NE hedge v1

V14 Infant School Field

• NP Infants School Field v.1
• V14 Infant School Field Google Maps

V16 Homefield Park

• Homefield photos V16/ 1-6
  • V16/1 IMG_4616
  • V16/2 IMG_4623
  • V16/3 IMG_6667
  • V16/4 IMG_6679
  • V16/5 IMG_6681
  • V16/6 IMG_6685

V18 Clay Close Lane Pocket Park

• V18 Cay Close photos V18/1-3
  • V18/1 Clay Close wellbeing activity 1
  • V18/2 Clay Close wellbeing activity 2
  • V18/3 Clay Close wellbeing activity 3
• V18 Impington connectivity Clay Close to Feldsted busway
• Clay Close Lane Pocket Park location
• V18 NP Clay Close Pocket Park v2

V19 Doctor’s Close

• Doctor's Close 0.84Ha
• NP Doctors Close v.2

V22 Crossing Keepers Copse

• V22 Crossing Keepers Copse photos V22/ 1- 5
  • V22/1 IMG_6162
  • V22/2 IMG_6175
  • V22/3 IMG_6190
  • V22/4 IMG_6197
  • V22/5 IMG_6219
• V22 Crossing Keeper's Copse image wide
• V22 Crossing Keepers Copse v2

V24 South Road Playground

• V24 South Road photos V24/1- 4
  • V24/1 South Road image1
  • V24/2 South Road image2
  • V24/3 South Road image3
  • V24/4 South Road image4

South Road Survey

• V24 South Road Rec Questionnaire Survey Results
• V24 South Road Rec Survey Results Spread Sheet
• V24 Map of South Road Rec and Playground
• NP South Road Rec v.2

V26 Impington Coppice

• Impington Coppice photos V26/1-9
  • V26/1 IMG_2776
  • V26/2 IMG_2777
  • V26/3 IMG_2781
  • V26/4 IMG_2796
  • V26/5 IMG_2813
  • V26/6 IMG_2870
  • V26/7 IMG_2872
  • V26/8 IMG_2873
  • V26/9 IMG_6227

V28 +V29 Western and Central Woodland of Feldsted Farm

• Feldsted 9.2Ha
• NP Feldsted Farm woodland western and central V28 V29 v.1

V33 + V27 Cawcutts and Adjacent Fields + Fields North

• Cawcutts Lake and /fields north photos V33/ 1-6
  • V33/1 Cawcutts Fields north
  • V33/2 Cawcutts LGS Lake 2
  • V33/3 Cawcutts LGS lake
  • V33/4 Cawcutts LGS paddock - The Coppice
  • V33/5 Cawcutts LGS paddock and copse
  • V33/6 Cawcutts LGS paddock and copse
• Cawcutt's Lake site google map
• Field north of Cawcutts – close
• Field north of Cawcutts - wide enhanced
• Field north of Cawcutts - wide
• V33 NP Cawcutt’s Lake LGS v1

Examination (Regulation 17)

The Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan was submitted for examination on the 2 August 2019. The independent examiner appointed to carry out the examination is Bob Yuille.

• Examiner’s Clarification Note (14 August 2019) - the examiner in this note is asking for clarification on several initial procedural matters. Also, he has included a number of preliminary questions for South Cambridgeshire District Council and Histon & Impington Parish Council.
• Histon & Impington Parish Council response (4 October 2019) to Examiner’s Clarification Note
• South Cambridgeshire District Council’s response (7 October 2019) to Examiner’s Clarification Note
• Statement of Common Ground (7 October 2019) between South Cambridgeshire District Council and Histon & Impington Parish Council requested by the Examiner
• Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan Examination Correspondence (21 October 2019) - Letter sent to the examiner regarding Policy HIM08 The Jam Factory, with McCarthy & Stone Histon Jam Factory Brief
• Examiner's Further Clarification Letter (24 October 2019) - the examiner is asking South Cambridgeshire District Council and Histon & Impington Parish Council further questions having received the Statement of Common Ground
• Histon & Impington Parish Council response to Examiner’s Clarification Questions (5 November 2019)
• South Cambridgeshire District Council's response to Examiner’s Clarification Questions (5 November 2019)
• Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan – Further correspondence with the examiner – Letter sent to the examiner regarding Policy HIM08 The Jam Factory (26 November 2019)
• Ecology survey for land off Home Close, Histon sent to the examiner (26 November 2019)
• Planning permissions relating to Jam Factory site in Histon sent to the examiner (26 November 2019)
• Further correspondence with the examiner regarding Policy HIM08 The Jam Factory (2 December 2019)
• Examiner’s Further Clarification Letter (13 December 2019)  – The examiner is asking Histon & Impington Parish Council a further question about Protected Village Amenity Areas.
• Histon & Impington Parish Council's response to the question about Protected Village Amenity Areas (13 January 2020)