Local communities have the right to prepare a ‘neighbourhood plan’ showing their vision for the area over the next 10 or 20 years.
Neighbourhood plans have the same legal status as the Local Plan. Decisions on planning applications must take them into consideration.
South Newnham is currently the only neighbourhood area in Cambridge. Our neighbourhood plans map [PDF, 1MB] shows its location within the city boundary.
- Find out more about neighbourhood planning.
South Newnham
The South Newnham Neighbourhood Forum is preparing a neighbourhood plan.
We designated the neighbourhood area for five years in 2017 and redesignated it in 2022. Both of these followed a public consultation.
Visit the South Newnham Neighbourhood Forum website to find out more about their plan. Contact them at southnewnhamforum@gmail.com.
- South Newnham neighbourhood area map [PDF, 1.5MB]
- South Newnham neighbourhood plan designation decision [PDF, 1.5MB]
- South Newnham neighbourhood area redesignation decision
Key dates in the preparation of the plan
- Neighbourhood area designated by us: 2017 and 2022
- South Newnham Neighbourhood Forum preparing neighbourhood plan
- Pre-submission public consultation (Regulation 14) — consultation closed on 30 July 2023
- Neighbourhood Plan submitted to us
- Public consultation (Regulation 16)
- Neighbourhood plan sent for examination
- Referendum
- Neighbourhood plan approved
Screening determination statement
We have prepared a strategic environmental assessment screening determination statement for the neighbourhood plan.
The statement sets out our reasons for deciding that the plan is not likely to need a strategic environmental assessment. It also states that the making of the plan is compatible with certain European Union obligations.
