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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Bin changes June 2026
New bin changes
from June 2026

New T4 and T5 coach services
See Transport Page
UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Proposed Solar Farm
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BBC News
Inmate charged after murderer found dead in prison
Whitemoor prisoner Nathaniel Reece is charged with murdering convicted killer John Mansfield.
Lancaster bomber touches down for maintenance work
Pilot, Sqn Ldr Paul "Ernie" Wise, says the aircraft will go through in-depth maintenance.
Hospital boss will not quit after failed surgeries
Roland Sinker says the trust is implementing new plans to put "patients at the heart" of service delivery.
Council tax may rise in local reform shake-up
Council tax bands will have to "harmonise" as new unitary authorities are introduced.
Animal centre may shut if expansion not approved
"We simply do not have enough space...there's about 22 hedgehogs in the kitchen, another 20 in the lounge," it says.
People are going mad for manure, says farmer
Richard Freeman says Soham Young Farmers is raising funds for charity during its annual muck haul.
Detective used race slur at nightclub, panel told
The officer is also accused of trying to get back into the nightclub by showing his warrant card.
Government criticises council's four-day week
Steve Reed says there has been a decline in key housing-related services.
'Chances missed,' says damning report into surgeon
An NHS trust failed to act upon recommendations made in 2016, a report into child surgeries finds.
Man arrested after fatal two-vehicle crash
The 20-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of offences including causing death by dangerous driving.
Solar farm plans for countryside submitted
A developer wants to build in the Fens and says the land will be returned to farming after 40 years.

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