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Development plans for a 51.43 hectare site just south of the A14 known as Darwin Green (previously called NIAB) are under way. Working with South Cambridgshire District Council, the Parish Council’s Darwin Green Working Group have been meeting with Tracy Mann, Prinicple Lead Community Infrastructure Officer, to discuss site boundaries and future governance options.
Darwin Green 1 falls within the Administrative boundaries of Cambridge City Council and Darwin Green 2 is within the parish of Impington, South Cambridgeshire. Histon & Impington Parish Council has already agreed and confirmed with South Cambs DC that Darwin Green 2 should not remain as part of Impington Parish.
To find out more about the possibility of setting up a new parish council for Darwin Green , please come along on Thursday 27th November at The Recreation Centre, 6.30 – 8.00 pm. Both Parish and South Cambs Officers will be present to answer questions you may have.
A further public drop in will be taking place on a Saturday 6th December 9.30 – 11.00 am at the St Andrews Church Centre on the High Street, look out for further details.
Great. I’m glad to hear confirmation that ‘Darwin Green’ will be part of Cambridge City. It’s obvious from the map that people living there will feel a stronger connection to the city—and its services—than to Histon and Impington, far across the A14.
The residents should definitely form a parish council as soon as possible, to protect themselves from being shafted by the developers, as happened at Orchard Park—where new residents were left without schools, shops, road surfaces or even street lamps.