Neighbourhood plan 1

Neighbourhood PlanJanuary update

January 2015

Jan 15

Neighbourhood plan 2

To encourage the growth and success of the retail, leisure and other commercial businesses of the villages.

To ensure the villages' social infrastructure (clubs and societies, open spaces and events) develops and adapts to their emerging and changing demographic.

To ensure a sufficient supply of sustainable and high quality housing (including affordable homes and small and larger units which address changing demographic demand) within the villages.

To support the community in continuing to make the villages safe, secure, supportive and welcoming for all.

To develop a network of sustainable, accessible transport links within and around the villages to create safe and inviting routes for all and especially for pedestrians and cyclists.

Neighbourhood Plan: top level priorities

Jan 15

Neighbourhood plan 3

By promoting the retail businesses in the High Street and along Station Road and Cambridge Road so that they can best support residents of the Community and those who visit and pass through it

By supporting structures and systems which enable people who work at home to develop sustainable businesses

By providing facilities and premises for low tech businesses to develop and thereby respond to the needs of the community

By ensuring that the Community is an attractive location for businesses (on Vision Park and along Station Road) and their employees

By encouraging the development and promotion of the pubs, restaurants and cafes within the two villages

Jan 15

Commercial success: how will we address this

priority?

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Social infrastructure: how we will address this priority?

By providing and developing social space for the villagers including:

Formal outdoor space, playing fields and sports facilitiesInformal outdoor space, open fields, park land and access to the countryside.Buildings, community space for activities and entertainment, for clubs and societies use.

By supporting, and facilitating social activities and events, for all groups and for all ages.

By communicating, and providing communication channels by all forms of media, what is happening in the village.

By protecting and developing the faciltiies we already have in the village and ensuring that village facilities are accessible by all.

Jan 15

Neighbourhood plan 5

Affordability : We will encourage the promotion of 40% affordable housing for all new large scale developments.

Ownership : We support diverse ownership profiles, including privately owned, shared ownership, public and private rented and co-operative models.

Development : By encouraging self build and smaller builders to develop sites, we can support local businesses and create opportunities for innovation and a localised supply chain.Carbon Reduction : We support the county’s adopted design guide and would encourage developers to use assessment tools such as BREAM’s Code for Sustainable Homes to support their proposals.Infrastucture : We recognise the need for any new housing development to be considered in relation to the capacity of the existing physical, social and transport infrastucture of the villages.Jan 15

Sustainable housing: how will we address this

priority?

Neighbourhood plan 6

By keeping all public areas free from litter and graffiti; enhancing those we have and increasing provision where possible.

By supporting the formation and continuation of community volunteer groups (e.g. NW, enviro-volunteers) and community events (Big Tidy Up)

By providing a community information exchange that signposts “go-to” groups, provides a community calendar for local events, and acts as a 2-way flow for consultation and feedbackBy using our influence to ensure adequate access to education, health & social care and spiritual wellbeing for residents of all ages.

Jan 15

Safe and secure: how we will address this priority?

Neighbourhood plan 7

By developing and maintaining a network of footpaths and cycleways within the Community

By supporting the development of cycleways linking the Community with adjacent villages and with Cambridge

By engaging with bus companies such that they can offer practical alternatives for travel to and from the Community

By ensuring that parking is available for those who need to use their cars to travel to, through and from the Community

By being proactive and doing what’s needed to make the Community a safe place within which to travel

Jan 15

Sustainable transport: how will we address this

priority?

Neighbourhood plan 8

What we are

•Would that be a mission statement?

Our vision

• In place; maybe needs revisiting

Our values

•The cross cutting themes

Top level priorities

•The top 5; more can be added if appropriate but not too many

Enabling actions

•Current area of focus; need this complete for the next newspaper

Specific projects

•These are the specific projects/action plans

Planning implications

Jan 15

So what’s the process looking like?