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Mayoral statement on Gov’s Long Term Plan for Housing

Residents often speak with me about the unaffordability of homes in Cambridge. Indeed, Cambridge City is frequently listed within the least affordable places to live in the UK. Additionally, businesses are increasingly providing the feedback that the limited housing supply and it’s unaffordability is stifling their ability to recruit talent and limits the productivity of […]

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Combined Authority signs, seals and delivers on 110 new affordable homes for the region

A further 110 new affordable homes have been completed across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to help families whose needs are not met by the current housing market. The new units, which have been funded through the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s affordable housing programme, have been finished within the last financial quarter and many of them […]

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Ground-breaking ceremony held at site of new affordable homes

A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place at British Sugar’s former headquarters off Oundle Road, Peterborough, where works will begin in the near future to build 74 new affordable homes for Cross Keys Homes. The £14million scheme, which has received grant funding from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, will provide 45 affordable rented and 29 shared […]

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Combined Authority and Eastern Community join forces to drive community-led housing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is pleased to announce their plan to work with Eastern Community Homes to drive forward their commitment to support community-led housing projects across the region following the proposal’s approval at its Housing and Communities Committee meeting today (10 January 2022).  For a number of years now, community-led housing has been […]

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Housing committee approve substitution for 36 affordable homes with £1,438,000 grant funding

The Housing and Communities Committee of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has today (3 November 2021), approved a £1,438,000 grant to substitute and reuse funding for the development of 36 affordable homes in Peterborough. Approval of the grant will see the building of an additional 10 affordable flats, and 26 affordable homes for shared ownership […]

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Mayor Dr Nik Johnson visits Ovins Rise, Haddenham

Dr Nik Johnson Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough visited Ovins Rise in Haddenham on 16 September 2021. Ovins Rise is a 54 home development in Haddenham which has been delivered by Haddenham Community Land Trust in partnership with Palace Green Homes. Dr Nik was shown round the site by Mark Hugo Chair of Haddenham Community […]

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£6 million grant could lead two former office building conversions into affordable homes in Peterborough

The Housing and Communities Committee of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, today (6 September) gave the green light for £6,120,000 grant funding to support the conversion of two former offices in Peterborough into residential units. Conversion of the office in Bayard Plaza has been completed, and the former Yorkshire Building Society premises in Lynch Wood […]

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Housing committee approve plans for 27 additional shared ownership homes with £1,209,000 grant funding

The Housing and Communities Committee of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has today, (6 September), approved a £1,209,000 grant to fund the development of 27 affordable homes with shared ownership in East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough City and Fenland District Council areas. The grant allocated is to support the building of: 11 new homes for shared ownership […]

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Unlocked funds show confidence in new housing committee and mayor

On Friday (3 September), Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority received confirmation that funding for 18 schemes, which had been identified in its affordable housing programme, has now been approved. The welcome news will now secure the delivery of 1,188 affordable homes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. In the letter from Luke Hall MP, Minister for Regional […]

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Afghan Refugee Statement from Mayor Dr Nik Johnson

I have been touched by the images of desperation coming from Afghanistan over the last week and whilst the Combined Authority has no authority over resettlement for Afghan refugees there are things we can do to proactively support the call of resettlement. One, on the grounds of compassion we support the call to Government to […]

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Affordable housing for Great Staughton takes a step forward as planning permission is granted.

Great Staughton residents have received the good news that 12 social and affordable homes have been given the green light in their village. With planning permission now approved, work can start on the development to provide a mix of three shared ownership and nine homes for social rent for people with local connections who are […]

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Construction work starts on the long awaited 21 almshouses in Great Shelford

Work has finally started on-site to build 21 almshouses at the edge of the village Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The community-led housing project by Great Shelford Parochial Charities, a local almshouse charity, plans to provide 21 homes at 50% of market rates in the village. Completion of the site, known as Mores Meadow, is scheduled for […]

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Rebel Acres Co-operative to receive £5,000 under the Community Housing Start-up Grant Fund

Rebel Acres Intentional Community have become the first community in the Peterborough area to receive a £5,000 Community Housing Start-up Grant Fund, plus any technical support they might need, following a request made to Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. Today, (21 June 2021) the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s Housing and Communities Committee gave approval […]

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£16,788,750 grant funding approved for affordable housing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Grant Funding of £16,788,750 has today (21 June 2021) been approved by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s Housing and Communities Committee. The grants will support three housing projects which form part of the Combined Authority’s £100M Affordable Housing Programme to build 2,000 homes before March 2022: £2,082,000 for 50 new homes (41 affordable rented properties […]

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Affordable Housing Programme is on course to deliver more than 2,000 homes before the end of March 2022

Thanks to the co-operation of local house builder, planning authorities and funding from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Combined Authority has started 37 projects totalling 733 units and the Housing and Communities Committee has approved a further 15 projects which are subject to MHCLG approval. That will add a further 770 […]

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New regional model to signpost transport projects across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough receives approval

At a board meeting of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority today (24 March), £750,000 was approved for the development of a new Regional Transport Model to assist with future investment within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region. For the first time, it will be possible to assess transport projects across the whole of Cambridgeshire and […]

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New £100,000 homes to be available in Cambridge City

Work starts to build the first three new £100K Homes in Cambridge City. Mayor James Palmer announced today that the Laragh Homes site on Histon Road has been chosen as the first location in Cambridge on which £100K Homes will be built. Because of the housing crisis, too many people are locked out of the […]

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Mayor Welcomes Housing Committee’s Housing Programme Decision

Mayor Palmer welcomed today the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Housing & Infrastructure Committee’s approval to complete the Government’s Housing Programme. MHCLG recently confirmed that they would fund all housing projects, subject to confirmation of additionality and value for money, that would start on site by March 2022, allaying concerns that the programme might be […]

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Residents to receive start-up grants of £5,000 and support from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to set up Community-led housing project in Oakington.

Today, the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Housing and Communities Committee gave approval on the first of what it hopes will be many start-up grants to support community-led housing projects across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The Combined Authority will provide a start-up grant of £5,000 along-side technical support to the community-led housing groups in Oakington to […]

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£3.1m funding for 82 affordable homes in East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough

Today the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority housing committee gave approval on £3.1million of grant funding to help create 82 new affordable homes across East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough. The housing committee gave approval for: A grant from the Combined Authority’s £100m Affordable Housing Programme of £2,168,625 for a mix of 60 new or converted […]

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Mayoral Statement on Housing Funding

It is clear that current consensus to house build is not working; we are still neither building the number of homes we need, nor doing so in a sustainable way. Backed by the Combined Authority Board, I have always been determined to find new and innovative ways to tackle this problem. That is why, rather […]

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Major milestone for Community Land Trust as keys handed over to final four affordable homes for local people

A pioneering East Cambridgeshire Community Land Trust (CLT) set up by local people to build more affordable homes in their community, has passed a major milestone with the final four of its 23 properties now completed and occupied. The affordable homes at the Stretham and Wilburton Community Land Trust’s (SWCLT) Manor Farm development in Stretham are allocated to those with strong connections to the […]

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£900k to build final ‘Quick Wins’ for March – and deliver a kid’s crossing for Christmas

Children, cyclists and Christmas shoppers will be among the first to benefit from today’s decision by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, to release almost a million pounds to start constructing the remaining ‘Quick Wins’ in the March Area Transport Study. Following the recommendation of its Transport and Infrastructure Committee, the […]

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Combined Authority pledges to work with Greater Cambridge Partnership

The Greater Cambridge Partnership and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority have pledged to work together to tackle the transport issues facing the area and implement the policies set out in the Combined Authority’s Local Transport Plan. James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough accepted the GCP Executive Board’s offer to join the Board as […]

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Mayor celebrates build of the first £100K Home

Mayor James Palmer has today (Tuesday 4 August 2020 at 14.00) celebrated the build of the first £100K homes by attending a Topping Out ceremony hosted by Hill developers and partners Scotsdale Garden Centre. The ceremony took place at Rayners Green development in Fordham, Cambridgeshire where the first eight £100K Homes are under construction, expected […]

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Combined Authority to deliver another 296 affordable homes for Fenland, Peterborough and Huntingdon

The Mayoral Combined Authority has today revealed it will be providing 296 additional affordable homes across Fenland, Peterborough and Huntingdon, taking the Authority over three quarters of the way towards delivering on its promise to build 2,000 new affordable homes by 2022. The new affordable homes announced today, take the total up to 1,596 funded […]

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Mayor welcomes Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission report

Mayor James Palmer has welcomed ‘Living with Beauty’, the report of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission chaired by the late Sir Roger Scruton and Nicholas Boys Smith. The Mayor said: “I welcome the Building Better, Building Beautiful report. My ambition is to make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough the leading place in the world to live, […]

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More affordable homes for Huntingdonshire and Cambridge after funding agreed

The Housing and Communities Committee of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has approved funding for 81 affordable homes at sites across Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire on Monday. Three different sites in Stilton, Ramsey and Alconbury will provide 42, 11 and 17 affordable homes respectively, through a mixture of social rent, affordable rent and shared ownership. […]

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Affordable Housing funded for South Cambs

An opportunity to create more affordable housing in South Cambridgeshire was approved by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board at their meeting yesterday. The Board agreed to loan £5.78m from the £40m revolving fund for Affordable Housing to Linton Road (Great Abingdon) LLP to deliver the scheme. Currently the planning permission includes 5 affordable […]

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Combined Authority Board approves spend from quarter million fund for innovative affordable housing schemes

The Combined Authority has today approved funding for a new dedicated team tasked with establishing Community Land Trusts to strengthen communities and deliver affordable housing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The board also signed off on spend from a £150,000 pot to deliver the Mayor’s flagship affordable ownership housing scheme ‘£100k Homes’. The cash for a […]

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Combined Authority cash for five affordable Meldreth homes

Five affordable homes for Meldreth people could be completed this time next year, thanks to a grant of £215,000 from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.  The Housing and Communities Committee this week approved the grant to developer, settle. The grant, from the Mayoral Combined Authority’s £100m Affordable Housing programme, will make possible the five new homes […]

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Mayor pushes £100k homes and affordable housing up the agenda

Unlocking more affordable housing and giving a boost to the ‘revolutionary’ £100k home’ are among the six projects Mayor James Palmer has added to the Combined Authority’s list of urgent priorities during the mid-year tweak to the business plan. The Mayor won Board approval today for his plan to push more money into powering up […]

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Mayor James Palmer welcomes Swaffham Prior’s renewable energy progress

Mayor James Palmer has welcomed the exciting steps forward made by a South Cambridgeshire village community’s attempts to achieve future energy security Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust (SPCLT) is now close to hitting its next milestone in achieving funding from central government to provide residents with a renewable energy source for their heating and hot […]

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Combined Authority signs off £6.1 million for new homes

Three substantial grants to help more people find affordable homes in Peterborough  were today (Wed July 31st) approved by the Board of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. The money, agreed subject to conditions, will pay for the development of 88 homes at a brownfield site in Werrington, 33 homes in Drake Avenue, and 25 […]

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Mayor James Palmer sees first-hand new shared ownership housing scheme unlocked by Combined Authority in Melbourn

Mayor James Palmer today (Friday 14th) visited new homes in Melbourn, South Cambridgeshire, which were unlocked through the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s £100 million Affordable Housing Fund. The eight homes are part of a new phase at Victoria Heights being built by local company Granary Developments. They will provide prospective owners with the opportunity […]

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Combined Authority grant funding success for Medesham Homes

Medesham Homes, an equal Joint Venture between partners Cross Keys Homes and Peterborough City Council, has been successful in its bid for grant funding from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to help build desperately needed affordable homes in Peterborough. As part of the Combined Authority’s commitment to seek to accelerate the delivery of affordable housing, […]

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority secures £90,000 to help veterans at risk of homelessness

Military veterans at risk of homelessness in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are set to benefit from funding of £90,000 which has been given only to Combined Authorities in England. The funding for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority by central Government will be used to support veterans across the whole area. The news was welcomed by […]

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Another step forward for Soham station as Mayor James Palmer visits for first monitoring works

Mayor James Palmer donned his hard hat and high-vis jacket on Friday (March 22) at the planned new Soham railway station site to see first-hand another step forward in its delivery. The Mayor joined Network Rail at the site, off Station Road, to see noise monitoring studies which are needed to support a future planning […]

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Housing figures need revisiting to meet growth ambitions

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority plans to establish ambitious housing targets to 2050 that will capture the true housing needs of the local area, stating that current figures fail to fully take into consideration local plans for growth. A new housing assessment is being commissioned to look at higher growth scenarios for our local area, […]

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Sixteen affordable homes completed in Littleport

A development of 16 homes to help local people who struggle to find long term affordable housing has been completed in Littleport. Eleven families have already moved into the site which has been built due to funding from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s affordable housing programme. It allowed charitable housing association CHS Group to build […]

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CPCA supports collaborative approach to deliver new £4m specialist supported living scheme in Chatteris

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority have shown their support for a collaborative approach to deliver new homes for disabled adults in Cambridgeshire. Work has officially kicked off at the site of a former agricultural garage in Chatteris to build fifteen new apartments and three bungalows at the site on Huntingdon Road. The £4m scheme, […]

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Combined Authority agrees loan to bring 88 empty homes in Ely back into use

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board has agreed a repayable commercial loan up to a maximum of £24.4 million to bring 88 empty homes in Ely back into use. The loan will enable the purchase of the Ministry of Defence-owned homes site at Princess of Wales hospital in Ely, where the properties currently sit vacant […]

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Landmark housing loan agreement signed for Haddenham development

A landmark loan of £6.5m has been exchanged by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority with the East Cambs Trading Company (ECTC) to support a community-led development that will deliver affordable housing for rent and sale in East Cambridgeshire. The loan, to be repaid within two years, will be used by ECTC to build 54 […]

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Mayor James Palmer puts collaboration at heart of meeting challenge to double the size of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy

Mayor James Palmer was today (November 6) joined by local elected representatives and business leaders to present his and the Combined Authority’s vision for meeting the housing, transport, skills and economic challenges raised in this Autumn’s Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Economic Review (CPIER) report. The event, called Ambitions for Growth, was an opportunity for the […]

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Mayor James Palmer welcomes ‘single route approach’ as significant step forward in accelerating plan to fully dual A47 in Cambridgeshire

Mayor James Palmer has described the Combined Authority Board’s approval of a comprehensive, single route approach to dualling the whole of the A47 in Cambridgeshire as a significant step forward in the long wait for the road to be upgraded. A paper presented to the Board on Wednesday (October 31) also described the economic case […]

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Combined Authority launches bold, innovative and ambitious housing strategy

The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board has today (September 26) agreed a bold, innovative and ambitious housing strategy to help tackle the region’s housing needs. The housing strategy represents a new, ambitious and flexible approach to accelerating building rates and making homes more affordable in order to help tackle the severe shortage of housing […]

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Mayor James Palmer backs bold, innovative and ambitious housing strategy to help tackle the housing crisis in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Community land trusts, discounted homes capped at £100,000, and taking a more direct role in housing delivery through its own development company are all part of a bold and innovative new housing strategy to be recommended to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board on Wednesday, 26th of September.  The housing strategy, backed by Mayor […]

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Mayor James Palmer signs an agreement to work towards forming an official Partnership Accord with Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mayor Palmer was in Boston last week to co-sign the document with the Cambridge, MA Mayor Marc McGovern. The two areas have much in common, with Cambridge, MA having two of the world’s leading universities, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and, like the Greater Cambridge area, also has a burgeoning life sciences […]

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Development begins in Dogsthorpe

Work has begun to transform a brownfield site in Dogsthorpe into a 200 home development. The site of the former John Mansfield School was acquired earlier this year by leading local housing association Cross Keys Homes (CKH) as part of their plans to bring more affordable homes to Peterborough. Working with national homebuilders, Keepmoat Homes, […]

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