Swavesey Parish Council

01/09/2026

Guided Busway News
Issue 16 of the CCC Guided Busway newsletter can be read at the link in the comments below. The newsletter includes updates on:

Fencing works: Cambridge North Railway Station
Speed limits on the busway
How do I sign up to the newsletter? You can sign up to receive this newsletter direct to your inbox by visiting the CCC Busway website.

26/08/2026

Job Vacancy - Fen Drayton Parish Council is seeking a Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer (RFO) to replace the current clerk, who is retiring.
The Parish Council has nine parish councillors, and an electorate of 747 (as of December 2025).
The work will be home based; meetings are held once a month in the village hall. Working hours are 39 per month and flexible. Salary will be in line with the nationally agreed pay scale and based on experience.

For a full job description and details of how to apply, please contact the chair: [email protected]

19/08/2026

Busway crossing closure - Covel's Drain
Your support is needed to help keep this crossing point open once the busway has been fenced off.

The parish councils of Fen Drayton, Fenstanton, Over and Swavesey, are keen to see the Covel’s Drain crossing of the busway near Swavesey be formalised and kept open for use after the busway fencing is installed.

To this end, a Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) is being drawn up to ask Cambridgeshire County Council to investigate if this route should be formalised. Time is important as the DMMO process needs to be completed before the fencing is installed.

If you have ever used this crossing (including before the busway was built and during gravel pit workings), and you would like to help, please contact your parish clerk/office for a DMMO form to complete. Or download and print out the form from the website. Link in the comments below.
Thank you

13/08/2026

Road closures and roadworks happening in Swavesey August-Sept:

15th Aug – Middle Watch. CCC, two-way signals.

17-21 Aug – Station Rd (by Swan Pond). Closed to traffic. Pedestrians, cyclists, horses can still get through. Camb Water works. NOTE Tiger 1 buses will not be able to access the busway during this closure, so the T1 will use Ramper Rd to get to/from the busway, therefore it will not be running through the village. The only stop used during the Station Rd closure will be the one by Rose & Crown Rd junction.

12th-14th Aug – Middle Watch. Cambridge Water, Two-way signals.
Road closures and roadworks happening during Sept:

1-6th Sept – Gibraltar Lane. Cadent Gas. Gas pipe installations.

22nd Sept, 08:00hrs to 17:00 hrs. Station Road. Closed to through traffic between Middle Fen Drove and Station Road. NOTE as above re the T1 buses using Ramper Rd rather than through the village.

23rd-29th Sept – Taylors Lane. No through route along Taylors Lane. Ducting and associated works.

30th Sept – 2nd Oct – Over Road. Closed to traffic between Guided busway car park and Station Rd, Over (New Rd corner). Ducting and associated works.

Full details at: CCC Road & Traffic Information

12/08/2026

Guided Busway News
Issue 15 of the CCC Guided Busway newsletter can be read via the link in the comments. The newsletter includes updates on:

Fencing works: Regional College-Milton Rd; Trumpington P&R-Biomedical Campus-Cambridge Station
Anti-social behaviour on the busway
How do I sign up to the newsletter? You can sign up to receive this newsletter direct to your inbox by visiting the CCC Busway website.

12/08/2026

Tell us about you’d like to see in the new Minerals and Waste Plan which is used as part of planning decisions, helping guide where future developments should be located across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Have your say as part of the initial scoping consultation by visiting www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/mwlp-review

12/08/2026

❓Why are we consulting on the Local Plan again?

The proposed submission version of the Greater Cambridge Local Plan has been updated following earlier consultations and thousands of comments from residents, businesses and organisations.

We are now consulting on the version that is intended to be submitted to Government for independent examination.

A Local Plan sets out how an area will grow and develop in the future.

Comments should focus on whether the Plan is justified by evidence, deliverable and legally compliant.

🔗 www.greatercambridgeplanning.org/local-plan-social-media

06/08/2026

21/07/2026

📣 One week left to have your say

The survey on proposed changes to local bus services closes at 5pm on Tuesday 28th July.

Review the proposals and share your views today 👉 https://orlo.uk/2CLrz

21/07/2026

Planning Application Consultation
Cambridge25 - A14 Logistics Warehouse Development

26/02534/OUT – Land East Of Junction 25 Of The A14, Between Bar Hill And Northstowe

Development of up to 230,000 m2 GIA of employment floorspace (within Use Classes E (g)(i), E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii), B2, and B8) together with supporting community and amenity space (within Use Classes F1, F2, E(a), E(b), E(d), and E(f)), nature park and biodiversity zone, service yards and parking areas, formation of primary means of access, associated landscaping, earthworks, drainage and other associated works (outline, all matters reserved except for the principal means of vehicular access to the Site).

The outline planning application for this proposed site has now been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and is open for public consultation.
https://applications.greatercambridgeplanning.org/