Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield is a unique place, nestled in a beautiful and established landscape. For generations people have lived, worked and played here, making it part of village life. It provides the setting for outdoor living underpinned with the virtues of a modern, sustainable and well connected community.
Principles
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To maximise the benefits for local businesses and people through contract opportunities, jobs and training.
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To maintain and increase access to existing Barracks facilities.
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To keep listening.
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To celebrate the history and ecology of the site and local area in the future development.
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To ensure a primary school from day one – with three in total – and a new secondary school for the whole of Waterbeach supporting secondary and lifelong education.
News
Waterbeach’s 514 Squadron marks 75th Anniversary
In the same year that the RAF celebrates its centenary, 514 Squadron marks a significant milestone – 75 years since its formation in 1943. At its annual reunion, veterans of 514 Squadron were joined by their families and the families of former Squadron members – some coming from as far…
28/06/18
Have your say: additional information for the Outline Planning Application
Since the submission of the Outline Planning Application for the redevelopment of Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield site in February 2017, Urban&Civic has been working through the comments received during the consultation and feeding them into the next stage of the planning process.
21/05/18
First two ‘Greenways’ routes announced by City Deal
The Greater Cambridge City Deal has announced Waterbeach and Fulbourn as the first two Greenway cycling routes it will start to explore this month, working together with residents, parish councils and local communities.
12/07/17
Champions Aplenty
Over six hundred runners took part in the Waterbeach Running Festival on Saturday 13th May.
16/06/17
Creative agency wins top award for Waterbeach exhibition design
Cambridge-based studio The District have been named as the winners of the Roses Creative Awards Gold for Exhibition Design. The awards’ panel of creative industry judges – which included BMB founder Trevor Beattie, ustwo design director Helen Fuchs and Pentagram partner Angus Hyland –…
22/05/17
Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield: Your guide to the Outline Planning Application
Following the submission of plans to develop a new community on brownfield land at Waterbeach Barracks, Urban&Civic has produced a Guide to the Outline Planning Application that provides a summary of the proposals, how they have been informed by local engagement and next steps.
20/03/17
Military Legacy to Lakeside Living: Urban&Civic defines next chapter for Waterbeach Barracks
Urban&Civic and the Secretary of State for Defence have submitted plans for the construction of up to 6,500 new homes on 293 hectares (715 acres) of brownfield land at Waterbeach Barracks, to the immediate north of Cambridge and part of the existing…
24/02/17
Latest newsletter hits the streets
It has been a busy few months at Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield, as the team get ready to put in the Outline Application for the development of the MOD-owned site. The latest Urban&Civic newsletter outlines a summary of feedback from the consultation events held in September and October…
11/02/17
Cemetery Extension: Start of Works
Work has begun on the extension to the Village Cemetery, which will see an acre of the Barracks land handed over to the Parish Council to provide additional space for burials. The scheme will also upgrade the paths within the existing cemetery to make them wider and with wheelchair and pushchair…
03/02/17
Waterbeach Barracks Project to provide key worker homes for Papworth Hospital staff
Urban&Civic have submitted a planning application for the extensive refurbishment of two former barracks blocks at Waterbeach to provide accommodation for staff from Papworth Hospital. The move comes as part of the relocation from the hospital’s site in the village of Papworth Everard.
01/12/16