Heydon Parish Council have issued the following statement:
South Cambridgeshire District Council has received a ‘pre-application proposal’ from the owner of Heydon Estate, to give an initial view on the possibility of a major development around the village, that could include about 9000 new dwellings. At the moment there is no planning application.
South Cambridgeshire District Council Planning officers have stated that the suggestion of new homes in this location will not be supported at this time as they are not included in the new Local Development Plan which guides development in the district until 2031.
Work is due to start in 2019 on the next Plan, between South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council, and if this land, or any other substantial area of land, is submitted for consideration then a meeting of the village will be called to discuss the way forward.
The land involved would be the fields on the right and left hand sides going down Fowlmere Road from Heydon, and a large swathe of land on the left hand side, around the golf course and stretching across to the Barley Road, and some land on the other side of the A505.