Developments

General Documents
Woodside Meadows - 91 Park Homes (Starting from £240,000)
Woodside Meadows Park Homes
2022
More information at: Turners Parks
Mandeville Park - About half a dozen new houses off Low Road, around 850K each. Mar-2021
Mandeville Park
Mandeville Park
2022
More information at: Artisan Developments
Construction of a 50MW battery storage development on Weirs Drove- Feb 2021


Battery Site - Burwell
2022
Press Release (PDF File)
PDF Press Release
More information at SMS Web Site SMS Logo
Goosehill_Farm_Solar_Farm - 2020
New House Replacing Demolished Bungalow Weirs Drove - 2020
Little Fen/Dyson's Drove 2019-
Off Toyse Lane (Demolished Bungalow Site) 2018-
Several houses
The old Crown Pub re-development (2018-
Several houses and included conversion of pub to residential property
Birches Tye (Hopkins Homes)
Started in 2016. 70 units (52 Private and 18 Affordable.)
Birches Tye
Birches Tye (Hopkins Homes)
The Anchor Pub Garden
June 2016, 2 new houses by the river
Dyson's Drove
4 Houses (2016-2017)
Dyson's Drove
Burwell Farm has been bought by the National Trust at a cost of 1.7 million pounds
Flashy National Trust leaflets through the post confirm that the National Trust has acquired 450 acres of land to extend and help preserve the Fen extending from Wicken. See the
Wicken National Trust Site
for more info.
Copperfield Way (Off Isaacson Road)
Another development currently underway (Nov. 2004)
Factory Site re-development
Latest Update (9-June-2002): Construction continues:
Latest Update (27-Apr-2004): Most of the estate is now complete:
Jubilee Green
This park has been updated and improved (Nov. 2004)
New Library
Now completed and open for business (Jan. 2006)
New Skate Park
The skate park is now Complete (Nov. 2004)
Browns of Burwell development
The Browns of Burwell site in North Street has been acquired by
Twigden Homes
. They will be presenting their development plans for the site at the
Parish Council
meeting in the Jubilee Reading Room on the 30th July 2003.
Brown's Site as of February 2004

Construction well under way (Nov. 2004)
New Woodland
The two woods recently planted should help improve the quality of life in the village. These are Priory Wood between Priory Close and Weirs Drove at Crowhall Farm
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Village News
Bin changes June 2026
New bin changes
from June 2026

UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Proposed Solar Farm
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status

BBC News
'Radical' plans for a new £2.3bn major hospital
More than 70% of the trust's current estate is in a poor or bad condition.
Last supermoon of the year lights up the East
Weather watchers across the region snap pictures of the year's last supermoon.
When Frankenstein took over a stately home
Staff at the historical house hope the new Netflix horror will entice a new generation to visit.
City bus drivers striking over Christmas in pay row
Hundreds of drivers and engineers in the city are set to strike for five days, a union says.
Council admits error over 'underused bins' claim
The council said it had removed underused bins in the summer, but it is now reversing that claim.
Hospital staff don festive socks to mark Christmas
The hospital's charity is holding its first Festive Socks Day and hopes others will take part.
Minister 'committed' to Ely junction but no funds yet
Upgrades to a major railway junction are discussed in Parliament, but no funding commitment is made.
Cathedral appoints new chief operating officer
Jack Pishhorn will take over the role at Peterborough Cathedral next year.
Decision soon on plan to turn stable into homes
City councillors will discuss plans to turn an 1885 stable block into three homes.
Golden £20k hello not the lifeline we thought, says dentist
A practice manager in Cambridgeshire says she has been unable to fill her three NHS places.
New training hub to be built despite water fears
The hub in Northstowe would be one of 12 similar facilities across the country.

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