Histon & Impington some thoughts about the future David Jenkins and Denis Payne Histon & Impington Parish Council September 2013
Dec 16, 2014
Histon & Impingtonsome thoughts about the future
David Jenkins and Denis PayneHiston & Impington Parish Council
September 2013
Histon & Impington: now and later
What makes Histon & Impington so special?
What do we imagine it will look like in 2020 and beyond?• Identity and vision and our new web-site
Taking control of our own destiny: the Neighbourhood Plan
Bypass Farm: why and what can we expect?
A14 latest: a play in 2 acts!
And some improvements in our village
We live in a village but it’s a very special village
•Plus Homefield Park, Orchard Field and Rowleys•And there are the adjacent woods and green spaces north, east and west of the villageThere’s a village green and a windmill
• IVC is an academy with its roots firmly in the community• It’s a (the?) leading provider of IB in the state sector in the countryWe’ve got primary and secondary schools
•Histon FC is in the Conference North with teams from much bigger communities•Cambs FA has its headquarters at the football clubThere’s a football club
•Not just Vision Park but offices along Station Road as well•There are even some global headquarters including the International Whaling CommissionWe’ve got an office park
•Chivers became Premier Brands became Hain Daniel produces 90% of the UK’s jams•Sadly we’ve recently lost Unwins and SC PackagingAnd a significant manufacturing site
•With plans for the acquisition and development of Bypass Farm•And we are starting to think about leisure as well as recreation
We’ve got a rec and several children’s play areas
•With a dozen successful shops and several more on Station Road•Many of our retail outlets are ‘destination’ stores for people from outside the communityThere’s a high street
•6 pubs, 2 restaurants and 4 coffee shops/outlets (and counting)•We intend that the Station development can deliver moreWe’ve got several places to eat
•The concrete busway runs through us; it gives us excellent cycle connections• It will soon connect us directly to the new Cambridge station at Chesterton
And not forgetting regular bus services to our big city neighbour
We don’t expect much to change in the future; but we do expect …
• Not much bigger than it is now• A little more employment but certainly no less• A little more variety in the High Street• Better public transport connections• (continued) Low crime and low fear of crime• An increased range of leisure and recreation
activities for all ages• A destination as well as a great place to live• A sustainable community
Our identity and vision takes us to 2020 and beyond
• Colours to reflect our heritage, our environment and our confidence
• Fonts to reinforce our confidence but also chosen to facilitate communication
• A logo which is less formal, more youthful and compatible with the medium of most of our communications
A new web-site will go live ‘shortly’
The Neighbourhood Plan will enable us to influence our future
• https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/giving-communities-more-power-in-planning-local-development
• ‘We want people to be able to influence decisions about new and modified buildings and facilities in their area’
• ‘To give people more control over the development of their local area, we are:– giving communities the power to set the priorities
for local development through neighbourhood planning’
If we’ve got a Neighbourhood Plan we will have more power and control
• Neighbourhood planning gives communities the power to:– make a neighbourhood development plan– make a neighbourhood development order– make a Community Right to Build order
• A neighbourhood development plan establishes general planning policies for the development and use of land in a neighbourhood
• Neighbourhood plans allow local people to get the right type of development for their community
But it can’t be a Parish Council plan
• Neighbourhood planning will be led by the local parish or town council.
• Parishes with a neighbourhood plan will receive 25% of any Community Infrastructure Levy arising from developments in their area compared to parishes without a neighbourhood plan who will receive 15%.
• The local planning authority has a duty to support communities making their neighbourhood plan
This is how we think we will organise our plan
Histon& Impington
Environment
Public open space
Farms
Drainage
Transport
Street scene
Connections Sport, recreation
and leisure
Housing and demography
Economy
Commerce
Employment
Community
Faith and religion
Safety and security
Health and well-being
Education and training
Heritage
Sustainable community
• Each major block will be led by a Parish Council committee chair– We will need lots of
‘stakeholder’ support as well
• We will probably need someone external to help with:– Heritage; and– Sustainable community
Bypass Farm is both tactical and strategic
• It’s available• By some measures we
have insufficient green space in the village
• It would be a tempting housing development for the County Council
• We don’t expect it to cost a lot and be a drain on the Parish Council’s budget
So what are we proposing to do with it?
• Fill a gap between play grounds and the Rec
• Provide a home for the brownies and scouts and other clubs and societies
• Enable people to enjoy more than just soccer, cricket, tennis and bowls
… but we don’t know yet
There will be an extensive consultation exercise
• Firstly we will ask the village if we should go ahead and acquire Bypass Farm (soon)
• Then we will find out what the village wants and needs and develop a plan to deliver it
• And then we’ll consult on that (next year)
Act 1: the pinch point workan extra lane eastbound
Act 1: the pinch point workand an extra lane westbound
Act 2: the full Montynote no access at Dry Drayton
The Girton junction is not quite as ambitious as it was first time
And some improvements in our villages
• 30mph limit to be extended to the village sign north on the B1049/Cottenham Road
• Improvements to Co-Op corner:– Narrowing of the lead-in to Station Road and an
island to make it easier to cross– Improved pavements along the front of the Co-Op
• Possible improvement at School Hill• Some ideas about the cross road by the Green
It’s such a challenging future and we’re going to need a lot of help
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