Author Archives: David Jenkins

About David Jenkins

Been around a bit and still active: some business and local politics; enjoy sport and stay fit despite an over-indulgence in good food and decent wine.

It’s finally been MADE

It’s a necessary final administrative process but South Cambs has done what’s necessary to ‘make’ the plan so that it now exists as a statutory planning document. Click here to view the plan on the South Cambs website. Alternatively click … Continue reading

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It’s all done! we’ve got a plan.

According to the rules of this referendum we only needed a majority of one with no minimum necessary turnout. As is happens there was a very healthy turnout of over 50% and the majority was over 2500. That looks like … Continue reading

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Successful Q&A evening for the Neighbourhood Plan

A healhy cross section of people from Histon & Impington joined an open meeting last Thursday to answer questions about the Neighbourhood Plan. If you’d like to view the action go to https://youtu.be/0I_t0EV3MxI For a brief view of the Plan … Continue reading

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Our Neighbourhood Plan: responding to what’s been said

As we approach the referendum on 6 May 21 which will determine whether or not the proposed Neighbourhood Plan will be adopted many people have raised questions about it and especially its value to the community. Some have also identified … Continue reading

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Neighbourhood Plan referendum called by South Cambs

South Cambs District Council has just posted the following: Notice of Referendum Referendum on the adoption of the Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan 1. A referendum will be held on Thursday, 6 May 2021 to decide on the question below: … Continue reading

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It’s now just a waiting game

The examiner did his bit and then we agreed a final version with South Cambs. Click here for the Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan ver 4.0. It is expected that this plan will go to a referendum 6 May 21 … Continue reading

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We’re in the hands of the examiner

Following two rounds of questions the examiner seems to have decided that he’s got enough answers and will be shortly visiting the Community incognito as a part of the process towards signing off our plan. It now looks like we’ll … Continue reading

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Village Design Guide

Over recent months and in parallel with the final work on the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) another group in Histon & Impington has been working with South Cambs to develop a Village Design Guide (VDS). This replaces the Design Guide which … Continue reading

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Reg 16 consultation is now live

Strange that we’ve got another consultation after completing an extensive one last year but that was ours and this one’s South Cambs’. You can regard it as South Cambs checking that we did ours right and that we have reflected … Continue reading

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Our plan has been submitted!

It seems to have taken forever but we have completed just about all that we can do in terms of developing the Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan and we have now submitted version 3.0 to South Cambs. It will now … Continue reading

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