Written 22/03/08

From SCDC - Consultation from now to 18 April 2008

The story so far:

Over the summer and autumn of 2007 we looked at options for changing the boundaries of Impington parish in the light of the large number of new homes being built at Arbury Park.

After listening to the views of parish councillors and of residents from Impington and Arbury Park, our Electoral Arrangements Committee recommended we create a new parish for the Arbury Park development.

The new parish of Arbury Park - where?

The proposal is to take all of Arbury Park out of Impington parish to form a new parish, with its own parish council.

If you look at the map,

you'll see that the current boundary between Impington and Milton cuts the Cambridge Regional College campus in two. We'd also like to sort this out, so that the whole campus is in Milton parish. The Kings Meadow development, however, would remain part of Impington parish as this is not affected by the growth at Arbury Park.

Why make changes at all?

Residents have told us that Impington and Arbury Park are very different communities with distinct needs. With the growth of Arbury Park, it's felt that current parish arrangements do not properly represent both.

Is this new parish a good idea at the moment?

Some local residents, as well as parish and district councillors, have told us that a new parish with its own new parish council for Arbury Park will :

• allow councillors to focus solely on Arbury Park
• give residents a real say in influencing the future development of the area
• be best placed to influence decisions on community facilities
• decide allocation of resources in the community and set the parish element of the Council Tax
• reflect the identity and interests of the developing Arbury Park community

Send us your views

We would like your views on:

• the creation of a new parish with the boundaries you see on the map
• whether the new parish should be created now, given the possible future district boundary changes

• online at www.scambs.gov.uk by following the links to `parish review'
• by email at
• write to us at Parish Boundary Review, Community Services, South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6EA

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