East Cambridgeshire Local Plan Pre-submission version (February 2013)
Part Two: Village/Town Visions 8.23 Lode and Long Meadow
Description of Lode and Long Meadow
Lode is a small village on the edge of the fen, approximately 7 miles northeast of Cambridge. The parish also includes the hamlet of Long Meadow.
Lode contains a number of attractive buildings, including a number of timber-framed thatched cottages. The most spectacular building in the parish is Anglesey Abbey (now owned by the National Trust) with its remarkable gardens. The house is listed Grade II and the gardens appear on the English Heritage list of Parks and Gardens of Historic Interest.
Lode has a good range of facilities including a Post Office and shop, a recreation ground (the Fassage), a church, a chapel, a Social Club, a tennis court, allotments and a community orchard. Both Lode and Long Meadow have a regular daily bus service which runs to Newmarket and Cambridge. The main features of the settlements are shown on maps 8.26 and 8.27.
Key statistics
Lode and Long Meadow 100 Population 890 Dwellings102 390 New dwellings built 2001-12(net) 13 Estimated new dwellings 2012-31101 12 Employment102 To be confirmed following publication of 2011 Census Existing public transport services Regular daily bus services to Newmarket, Burwell and Cambridge (Monday-Saturday) (as at Nov 2012)
100 Population and dwellings for Lode parish (mid-2010), Cambridgeshire County Council Research Group 101 East Cambridgeshire Housing Trajectory 2012. Note, this is likely to be an underestimate as it excludes potential supply from rural exception windfall sites. 102 To be updated with forthcoming Census results
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Housing
Lode and Long Meadow is likely to continue to grow at a slow rate, with new housing being built on suitable ‘infill’ sites within the villages. No new housing allocation sites are proposed on the edge of Lode or Long Meadow.
A ‘development envelope’ has been drawn around both Lode and Long Meadow to define the built-up part of the settlements where infill development may be permitted. The purpose is to prevent sprawl into the open countryside. Development on infill sites will need to be in line with Policy GROWTH 2.
Outside the development envelope, housing will not normally be permitted – unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as essential dwellings for rural workers, or affordable housing. Housing schemes outside the development envelope will be assessed against Policy GROWTH 2 and other Local Plan policies as appropriate.
Employment
There are very few businesses in the village. The District Council is keen to retain the stock of business land and premises in order to support local economic growth. Proposals to re-use employment sites for other purposes will only be permitted in certain circumstances (see Policy EMP 1).
No new employment allocation sites are proposed on the edge of Lode or Longmeadow. However, suitable new employment proposals within or on the edge of the village will be supported in principle, subject to policies EMP 2, EMP 3 and EMP 4.
Infrastructure and community facilities
In 2008 the Parish Council set up a steering group to produce a Parish Plan which was to be used to take the development of the village forward. As many of the initiatives generated as the result of this original plan had been achieved it was agreed that the project should be re-visited. A questionnaire consisting of 30 items was distributed to the village and from the responses the following were prioritised. The table also includes details relating to the potential upgrading of the Bottisham Waste Water Treatment Works. Priority Suggestions 1 More cycle routes From Lode to both Quy and Waterbeach.
2 Footpaths To continue the development and maintenance of the network
3 Social Club To continue informal liaison with the Club as part of the process of continuous improvement
4 Anglesey Abbey To chair the Liaison Committee with the National Trust to foster better relations
5 Bus service To identify the need for an enhanced bus service
6 Website Using the ECDC Shape Your Place publicise the village more widely.
- Upgrade to Anglian Water has indicated that the Bottisham Wastewater Treatment Works Bottisham Waste which serves Lode and Long Meadow may need to be upgraded to Water Treatment accommodate future development (please section 3 for further details). Works
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The current community facilities in Lode and Long Meadow (including the shop, church, chapel, recreation ground, Fassage Hall (community room/changing rooms) and the tennis court) contribute to the quality of people’s lives. The loss of community facilities will also be resisted under Policy COM 3. Proposals for new community development that benefits the village will be supported in principle, subject to Policy COM 4.
Spatial strategy for Lode (see Map 8.26)
Spatial strategy for Long Meadow (see Map 8.27)
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