Developments
General Documents
See the Parish Council Web Site for the most up to date information on development and planning issues
Proposed (163) Homes (Chestnut Rise) Consultation Web Site
Proposed Plan 350 New Homes (Newmarket Road) (PDF)
Burwell Vision (PDF)
Proposed (163) Homes (Chestnut Rise) Consultation Web Site
Proposed Plan 350 New Homes (Newmarket Road) (PDF)
Burwell Vision (PDF)
Woodside Meadows - 91 Park Homes (Starting from £240,000)
Mandeville Park - About half a dozen new houses off Low Road, around 850K each. Mar-2021
Construction of a 50MW battery storage development on Weirs Drove- Feb 2021
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)
The Anchor Pub Garden
June 2016, 2 new houses by the river
Dyson's Drove
4 Houses (2016-2017)
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.
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
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.
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
Village News
UK's biggest solar farm planned for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
BBC News
Britain's Pompeii: Bronze Age artefacts go on displayItems from the UK's largest collection of everyday Bronze Age finds go on display at its new home.
Numbering bricks enables old station to be rebuiltWansford Road station is being moved brick by brick to its new home near Peterborough.
Congestion still major issue in council electionThe contest on 2 May is the first ballot since plans for a city congestion charge were dropped.
Mandela's daughter thanks college for sculptureMakaziwe Mandela-Amuah hopes students at Cambridge will be inspired to make 'a better world'.
Water companies release image of proposed reservoirIt has a "crucial role in a future with more people but less reliable rainfall," says Anglian Water.
Foreign states targeting UK universities, MI5 warnsThe University of Cambridge is among those warned of risks to their cutting-edge research.
Princess Royal meets apprentices building a futureOne of the trainee builders says "I have finally found a path where I can see myself progressing".
First archaeological dig in almost 30 years beginsThe park is celebrating its 70th anniversary after it opened to the public on 26 April 1954.
'Britain's Pompeii': UK's largest Bronze Age findAn exhibition showcasing many of its finds is opening in Peterborough, close to where it was found.
Food charity 'desperately short' of van driversA charity is looking for more volunteers to help drive vans and manage warehouse deliveries.
Plans for more than 400 homes given the go-aheadThe government has backed proposals for the development on the outskirts of Cambridge.