As opposed to my "Election 101" article, I won't make any attempt here to be non-political or even non-Political. Anyone who knows me will most likely know how I plan to vote in both upcoming elections, but may be confused by my choices...

A little late in the day perhaps, but hopefully not "too" late...

With both the District Council and Parliamentary elections fast approaching on 6 May, I thought I'd write a short blog on the different elections. I will openly say that I have a natural "political" bias (who doesn't?), but this blog is meant to be apolitical and informational.

Sorry for the blatent overhyping title for this blog article, but this is important...really important...really, really important.

South Cambs District Council recently completed a public consultation on a proposal to help address a county-wide housing shortfall of over 2000 homes by building another 220 on three sites within Orchard Park that are currently unplanned. The background and full details on these proposals can be found here:

http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Planning/DistrictPlanning/LocalDevelopmentFramework/Site_Specific_Policies_DPD.htm

The three proposed sites are:

• Parcel L2, the undeveloped land north of Graham Road between POS6 and Starr End/Flack End. Proposing 30 homes on 0.29ha of land previously designated as mixed use.
• Parcel Com4, the undeveloped land to the north and east of the Topper Street play area. Proposing 70 homes on 0.94ha of land previously designated as commercial.
• Parcel Q & HRCC, land to the south and west of the school. Proposing 120 homes on 1.93ha of land previously designated as mixed use.