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
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
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Murdered student was 'the most special person'
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County council earmarks £58m for road maintenance
An authority says work is expected to be carried out on the roads between April and March 2027.
Cambridge 'closest to driverless buses in the UK'
The city is said to be "closer to the commercial deployment" of driverless buses than anywhere else.
One dead after crash at level crossing
National Rail says disruption to lines between Cambridge North and Ely will continue until this afternoon.
Reserve restores '168 football pitches' of land
Lakenheath Fen is helping wildlife to thrive again by rewetting a 296-acre plot of land.
Your Voice – on your local BBC
Tell your local BBC team about the issues you would like to see them investigate.
Chance encounter that ended with a student's murder
Chas Corrigan has never explained why he stabbed Mohammed Algasim to death in summer 2025.
F-5 Tiger II replica gifted to former airbase
A heritage centre says the aircraft will be on its site ready for visitors on Easter Sunday.
School that dropped Pepys name chooses replacement
Diarist Samuel Pepys no longer has a house named after him, due to his "relations with women".
Cambridge winning title 'not a must' for Mpanzu
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu says chasing the League Two title is not the major priority for Cambridge United with 12 games left to play.

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