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5 days ago
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Council approves 149 homes after making amendments
A major new settlement south of a city has taken a small step forward following the approval of 149 new housing will form part of the wider Great Haddon development of 5,350 homes, which was approved by Peterborough City Council in site will also include a district shopping centre, three primary schools, one secondary school and other latest addition will see 149 new homes built on land north of Norman Cross, as part of the settlement's third phase. Outline permission had already been granted, but the next stage saw Vistry South East Midlands submitting an application for "reserved matters".That included details of the development's appearance, layout, landscaping and scale, according to the Local Democracy Reporting new homes will be a mixture of one to four bedrooms, with 24 of the properties being affordable City Council said in its decision document that the proposal "was not in accordance with local and national planning policy", but that it had worked with Vistry on amendments."The local planning authority has worked with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner based on seeking solutions."Amendments were discussed and agreed with the applicant to bring the proposal into compliance with policy, and the application can therefore be approved." Elsewhere in Great Haddon, construction of a 420-place primary school is due to begin in late summer and finish in September 2026, subject to planning permission being granted in May, the Hampton Academies Trust was appointed by the Department for Education to operate the new Helen Price, executive headteacher of the Hampton Academies Trust, said: "We are really looking forward to delivering a fantastic school for the new community of Great added: "From our many years of operating on the Hampton development, we understand how schools can put the heart and soul into new communities." Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
07-06-2025
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Peterborough City Council approves 316 homes to be built
Permission to build more than 300 homes as part of a development near a city have been approved by a City Council approved the homes on Tuesday, which will form part of the Great Haddon development near Yaxley, Cambridgeshire. The wider project was approved by the authority in 2015, which included building 5,350 homes, a shopping centre, three primary schools and a secondary school. The authority has now given permission for the final 316 properties to be built off the Yaxley Loop Road, which is now referred to as Lodge Way. A planning statement was submitted by Carter Jonas on behalf of the developer David Wilson Homes, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service. It said the new homes would be of "high quality and sustainable design" and would provide a "seamless transition" from the project's phase one, which saw the construction of 347 homes in the east of the of the 316 homes approved to be built, 265 will be private market housing and 51 will be affordable homes. The properties will be a mixture of one to five-bedroom construction of a 420-place primary school in Great Haddon is due to begin in the late summer and finish in September 2026, subject to planning permission being granted in month, the Department for Education appointed Hampton Academies Trust to operate the new school. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
09-05-2025
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Academy trust appointed to run Great Haddon primary school
An academy trust has been appointed to run a proposed 420-space primary school on a new housing Hampton Academies Trust was appointed by the Department for Education to operate the new school in Great Haddon, south of school is expected to be finished by September 2026 and serve the development, which will eventually have more than 5,000 Cole, Peterborough City Council's cabinet member for children's services, said: "We have good faith in them to run this as a good quality school that will be essential for the township as it grows." She said Peterborough was a fast-growing city and needed to have the right facilities to keep up."We are committed to ensuring we have the right infrastructure in place to meet the demands of a growing population, which will need additional school places." Great Haddon is a new development south of the city between the A1(M) and Hampton, west of Yaxley, and its first residents moved in last finished it is expected to have 5,350 homes, three primary schools, a secondary school, three shopping centres and sports on the primary school is due to begin in late summer, but this depends on permission being granted by city council planners at a meeting in school will be a state-funded academy independent of local authority control and get funding directly from the government. 'Heart and soul' Hampton Academies Trust, which operates schools in Hampton and Dogsthorpe, were chosen after trusts were invited to bid to run the Helen Price, the trust's executive headteacher, said information events for parents and carers would be held ahead of the school's opening."From our many years of operating on the Hampton development, we understand how schools can put the heart and soul into new communities," she said."Our vision is to combine a strong emphasis on learning and progress with an inclusive ethos, which fosters respect, well-being and the rounded development of the whole child." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
