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

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
Turkish restaurant can keep 'brash' signage
The council thinks again having previously told the restaurant its illuminated signs were too much.
Rail users face disruption for digital upgrade
Replacement buses will replace trains between Diss and Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich.
Officer suspended from driving after busway mishap
The police officer was responding to an emergency when their vehicle became wedged in a car trap.
Near impossible to fix all our roads, says leader
Cambridgeshire faces an £800m maintenance backlog on its roads.
Drink-driver arrested after smashing into tree
The driver was taken to hospital with "serious but not life-threatening" injuries, the force says.
AI lets botanic garden visitors chat to plants
Cambridge University says its exhibition is a "playful way" to let people ask about ecology.
The 18th Century mud walls built to beat brick tax
The rare and unusual features "in danger of disappearing" from Whittlesey now have extra protection.
Government accused of Cambridge 'power grab'
A councillor claims the government wants to "rinse every penny" from the "Cambridge cash cow".
Children's care system broken, says council chief
One council can spend in excess of £20,000 a week on a single children's placement.
Why is it taking so long to get our post delivered?
Royal Mail gives an "absolute commitment" to improve as staff blame a new rota and an overtime ban.
Vicar writes sermon early so she can watch son play for England
The Rev Olivia Coles will be at Twickenham to support Alex before heading back to church afterwards.

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