As many of you will know, the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP)* has unveiled proposals* for a guided busway and park & ride to be built to link Waterbeach New Town with Cambridge. Two routes (the ‘Western’ and ‘Central’ routes) are under consideration and both will run close to Landbeach, significantly affecting the rural setting of the village. Further, the ‘Central’ option will pass close to the historic Tithe Barn in Landbeach.
Below you can read the Trust’s submission to the recent consultation objecting to the central route and propsed nearby park & ride area, bus loop and bus interchange.
* For further information about the GCP go to: www.greatercambridge.org.uk and for details of the busway proposals go to: https://consultcambs.uk.engagementhq.com/gcp-waterbeach-to-cambridge-2023 and scroll down for the key documents.
Tithe Barn Trust 
Excellent objection – thorough and well documented. As a village resident ( and Trust member) I responded to the plans during the consultation period and lodged a strong objection, likewise drawing attention to the unique historical character of our village and its properties. I also pointed to the needless duplication in the area: a Waterbeach bus way would join the bus way at Histon, the P&R at Milton and the planned conversion of Mere Way into a cycle route into Cambridge. Any residual environmental and historical quality in the villages surrounding Cambridge are at risk of being sacrificed to the planners’ obsession with creating urban transport routes.