We have been organising community forums for several years. These meetings are to discuss and circulate information regarding the continued development of specific major growth sites. The forums are open to the public and have no voting rights, powers or funding. They are chaired by local, or relevant, Councillors and assisted by senior officers.

Forums are held between 6pm and 8pm and agendas with estimated timings are provided around a week prior to each forum, so that you can decide when to attend.

Please email any agenda items you would like discussed to south.west@scambs.gov.uk

Any materials used within the forum, such as presentations and the forums themselves are recorded and posted on the dedicated forum webpage.

This forum follows on from the A428 Development Cluster – Bourn Airfield and A428 Development Cluster - Cambourne which were held back-to-back on the same evening on 3 occasions in 2022. You can find recordings of these events on the web pages for each of these forums. After a review of this arrangement, it was agreed that:

• This forum with a single agenda will commence from the next forum on 25 June 2025.
• The agenda will be timed and there will be separate items for Bourn Airfield, Cambourne West and other relevant developments in the surrounding area, as well as planning infrastructure and community development/ community governance as needed.

The major sites are covered by this forum are West Cambourne and Bourn Airfield.

Only larger new developments in Cambourne, including West Cambourne, will be discussed in this forum. It will not consider existing homes, community facilities and green space currently managed by Cambourne Town Council.

Cambourne West

Planning permission was granted for West Cambourne in December 2017, 4 parcels have gained reserved matters approval and building has commenced; a small number of residents have moved into their new homes. There will be approximately 2,350 new homes and other mixed-use areas for employment, retail, community facilities, leisure facilities, and education, including 2 new primary schools and the expansion of Cambourne Village College.

Outline plans include 3 vehicular access points - including the extension and modification of Sheepfold Lane - a four-arm roundabout provided on A1198/Caxton Bypass, and an access point off the A1198 south of the Caxton Gibbet (for the second phase of employment land only). There are also plans in place for green open spaces and playing areas.

West Cambourne is an addition to the original master plan for Cambourne, approved in 1996 and amended in 2011, which set out a vision of 3 interlinked villages (Lower, Great and Upper Cambourne), each planned around village greens and connected by a central spine road running East to West. West Cambourne is the fourth westernmost village.

Bourn Airfield

Outline planning permission has now been granted for a new village at Bourn Airfield of approximately 3,5000 homes and other mixed uses including employment, shops, services and leisure opportunities, a hotel, schools and other community facilities. 

In addition to 40% of new homes being affordable housing, there will be a new health facility, a network of cycle ways and footpaths and the Cambourne to Cambridge Busway will run through the site. More than 45% of the site will be dedicated to open spaces, green elements such as woodlands, footpaths, bridleways and hedges and recreation areas.

Applications for detailed approval have yet to be submitted.

Next meeting date: Wednesday 11 November 2026

Time: To be confirmed
Venue: To be confirmed

Previous meetings

Please find the recordings of previous meetings below.

Bourn Airfield and Cambourne

Previous Bourn Airfield and Cambourne recordings can be found below.