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 Read more
Please join us at our monthly meeting Tuesday September 19 8pm on Zoom Joy Richardson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: HRG meeting 19 September 8pm Joy Richardson’s Zoom MeetingTime: Sep 19, 2023 08:00 PM London Join Read more
Please join our Autumn community Litter pick on Sunday 24th September 2023 2-4 pm and help keep Harston tidy. Equipment and instructions provided (plus hot drinks and cake!)
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 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 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 Read more
The NP Working Group has met this month with the leader of Foxton NP to gain an insight into how they produced their plan and what professional help they used. The group then met with Rachel Hogger, a consultant Read more
East West Rail | a disaster for harston On 31 March 2021, East West Rail (EWR) released their preferred route options for the Bedford to Cambridge section of the line. The proximity to Harston and the scale of the proposed Read more
Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent survey about the impacts you perceive the proposed EWR line will have on you. We’ve used statistics from the response to support the arguments in our Parish-level response, which you can read Read more
Many of you have contacted both the Parish Council and Harston Residents’ Group regarding the East West Rail (EWR) consultation, asking what it means for the village, and how you can respond. The short answer is: we’re working on it. Read more