The results from the Referendum show that more than half of those voting in the Referendum have voted in favour of South Cambridgeshire District Council using the Harston Neighbourhood Plan to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area. 95.86% (301 votes recorded) voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Read more
It’s time for you to vote on your Neighbourhood Plan – the final stage of the Neighbourhood Plan process. Thurs 4th Sept 2025 Harston Village Hall 7am – 10pm. In order for the Plan to be adopted it has to be voted on by residents and gain a majority of Read more
Harston Parish Council submitted its Neighbourhood Plan to South Cambridgeshire District Council on 11 December 2024, along with its supporting documents. South Cambs are now holding a consultation Thursday 9 January 2025 – 5pm on Thursday 20 February 2025 seeking your views on the Harston Neighbourhood Plan before it is Read more
During July & August a small dedicated team of the NP volunteer working group, following guidance by our planning consultant, had numerous weekly meetings to produce written responses to each NP comment by Statutory or other bodies, and by Harston residents or landowners. S Cambs had a meeting with us Read more
Harston’s Draft Neighbourhood Plan has just been produced based on comments and feedback made during earlier consultation events. We are now seeking your feedback on the policies and proposals within this draft plan. There will be a 7 week consultation ending on Tuesday 11 June. All residents should have received a Read more
During February and March the Planning Consultant and Harston Neighbourhood Plan Working Group (NPWG) are working on finalising Harston’s Draft Neighbourhood Plan. In addition to our volunteer mapper, we gained grant funding for one day’s work by a professional mapper who will be creating many of the final maps to Read more
A group of 18 volunteers carried out a landscape & biodiversity survey on Saturday 15 July to look at the wider landscape around the village. This was to clarify the identity of the rural landscape and setting that we wish to protect, including looking at the route that EWR might Read more
The Neighbourhood Plan display at the Rec on 8 May Coronation Day included the January Questionnaire results as well as boards on ‘views within the village’, ‘into and out of the village’ and another on ‘green spaces’. Views that people valued were contributed by a number of people. Over 85 Read more
There were 288 responses out of possible 757 houses = 38%. 46% of responses were from over 60s with 103 of those responses in 1-2 person households showing the village has an ageing population. There is a lower than S Cambs average percentage of households in the 20-39 age category, Read more
During November and December the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) team has been working on aspects of the broad project plan with advice from planning consultant Rachel Hogger to collect information needed for the production of Harston’s Neighbourhood Plan. The NP team have been successful in applying for a government grant and Read more