Policy S/AMC/HIS: Mixed Use Development in Histon & Impington Station Area

1. To create an attractive and vibrant gateway to the settlements from the Guided Busway, redevelopment of land around Station Road in Histon and Impington, as shown on the Policies Map, will deliver mixed-use development, comprising: 

  a. Commercial uses – workshops, retail, café / restaurant (in Use Classes E(a), E(b), and E(g) (iii)); 

  b. Community uses; and 

  c. Residential development, including work / live units. 

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This refers to development in its widest sense, including buildings, and streets, spaces and places. It also refers to both redevelopment, including refurbishment, as well as new development.

proposals for the sites known as the Old Railway Goods Yard and Kendall Court should include commercial and/or community uses in addition to any residential development. 

3. Ensure that development aligns with adjacent development proposals within site Land at Compass House, Chivers Way (S/RRA/CH) 

4. The former station building and the Railway Vue public house are of local importance and should be retained and reused as appropriate for commercial or a community use. 

5. All schemes must integrate with surrounding uses, respect the character and maintain the vitality and viability of Histon and Impington village centre, and retain the significant wooded area known as ‘The Copse’. 

6. Planning permission will only be granted for development proposals where the applicant can demonstrate that their proposals will contribute to achieving the objectives for the area outlined above. The preferred approach would be through masterplanning the whole policy area, in consultation with landowners and stakeholders. 

7. Proposals should accord with the requirements set out in the Histon and Impington

A plan prepared by a parish council or neighbourhood forum for a designated neighbourhood area. This is described as a neighbourhood development plan in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

2021 (or successor documents). 

The Local Planning Authority received a proposal from Histon and Impington Parish Council during the preparation of the adopted

A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

that sought to proactively design a special area in Histon and Impington around the former station, which is now a stop on the Guided Busway. 

The aspiration is to make better use of vacant and underused land to provide a wider mix of uses to attract more use of the area at different times of the day, including outside of the peak hours. These uses could include small (artisan) workshops, small scale retail and destination shops (e.g. for craft made items, specialist foods), as well as food outlets including café / restaurants. Conditions may be applied to planning consents restricting change of use via permitted development to uses secured in response to this policy. 

This policy seeks to encourage sensitive redevelopment of this area and stimulate commercial activity and encourage local employment. This approach was supported in the Histon & Impington

A plan prepared by a parish council or neighbourhood forum for a designated neighbourhood area. This is described as a neighbourhood development plan in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

. Some proposals have come forward for sites within the area, but other sites are still going through the planning application process or have not yet come forward.

This refers to development in its widest sense, including buildings, and streets, spaces and places. It also refers to both redevelopment, including refurbishment, as well as new development.

will also need to ensure it aligns with site Land at Compass House, Chivers Way (S/RRA/CH) which forms part of this Area of Major Change. 

The combined areas of Cambridge District and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.

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All comments must be received by 30 January 2026 at 5pm.