Wicken Neighbourhood Plan Call For Sites 2026

Wicken Neighbourhood Plan

Call for potential sites for housing development

You may be aware that Wicken Parish Council is preparing a Neighbourhood Plan for the parish. As part of its preparation, it is important to consider the merits of potential sites for development in order to address local housing needs over the next 15 years.

At this time, a decision has not been made to allocate sites and it is not known the level of growth, if any, that will be planned.

The Parish Council is now seeking submissions from anyone with an interest in land that would like it to be considered for possible inclusion in the Neighbourhood Plan for housing development. Sites must be at least 0.2 hectares in size and be able to accommodate at least five dwellings.

It is important to be clear that submitting sites for consideration does not mean that it will necessarily be allocated in the Neighbourhood Plan, nor does it mean that it is more likely to gain planning permission. At this stage the Parish Council is simply interested in considering all the possible options for development in the Parish. All sites submitted will be independently assessed by Planning Consultants to determine their potential suitability for development. A report on this assessment will be published at a later date.

Submissions must be received by 30 April 2026

1. Contact Details

Title
First Name / Initial
Surname
Organisation (if relevant)
Address
Postal Town
Post Code
Telephone
Email

2. Your Interest in the land

Please tick all that apply

3. Has the landowner given consent for this submission?

4. Site Name

Provide a name for your site to be consistently referenced (eg Land south of …. road)

5. Site Location

Site Address, or description of location
Site Postcode, if available
Site OS Grid Reference (for the centre of the site) Enter Northing then Easting

6. The Site

Please print the appropriate map below, clearly mark the site boundaries with a red line and other nearby land in the same ownership should be identified by a blue line.

Submit the map, stating the address submitted on the previous question, to:

Wicken Parish Council c/o 42 Chapel Lane, Wicken CB7 5XZ

Clerk@wickenparishcouncil.co.uk

I have submitted the map

I have not submitted the map

7. Ownership Details

Please tick one box per row

	Yes	No
Are you the current owner of the site?	Are you the current owner of the site? Yes	Are you the current owner of the site? No
If Yes are you Sole Owner	If Yes are you Sole Owner Yes	If Yes are you Sole Owner No
Or are you part owner?	Or are you part owner? Yes	Or are you part owner? No

If you are a part owner, please provide the name(s) and address(s) of other landowner(s) OR if you are NOT the landowner, please provide the name(s) and address(s) of the landowner(s)

8. Site Area

Whole Site (hectares)
Area proposed for development (hectares)

9. Current land use

Agricultural
Community/Institutional eg schools, libraries, places of worship etc
Employment – please specify below
Mixed Use – please specify below
Recreational/Open Space eg parks, sports fields, nature reserves etc

Housing/Residential
Retail
Vacant/Derelict land – ie previously developed land that is currently unused
Other - please specify

Details of current employment / mixed uses

10. Please describe the site

11. Detail the land uses bordering or near to the site

12. If neighbouring land is also promoted for development would you/the landowner be open to working in partnership to bring forward a site in combination with others?

Please tick one box

Unsure

13. Would you/the landowner consider a smaller part of the site in the event the full site area proposed is deemed not to be deliverable or developable for the Neighbourhood Plan?

Please tick one box:

Yes
No
Unsure

14. Has the site been promoted through the Local Plan process before?

Please tick one box:

Unsure

If yes, please provide additional details such as date of previous promotion, previous site reference if known, promoted use, and any changes since previous promotion

15. Site Constraints

	Yes	No	Unsure
Is there direct access from a public highway?	Is there direct access from a public highway? Yes	Is there direct access from a public highway? No	Is there direct access from a public highway? Unsure
If YES is this highway a classified road?	If YES is this highway a classified road? Yes	If YES is this highway a classified road? No	If YES is this highway a classified road? Unsure
Is there known contamination issues on the site? Provide details at bottom of question	Is there known contamination issues on the site? Provide details at bottom of question Yes	Is there known contamination issues on the site? Provide details at bottom of question No	Is there known contamination issues on the site? Provide details at bottom of question Unsure
Is the site liable to flooding? To view the government flood map for planning go to Map – Flood map for planning – GOV.UK	Is the site liable to flooding? To view the government flood map for planning go to Map – Flood map for planning – GOV.UK Yes	Is the site liable to flooding? To view the government flood map for planning go to Map – Flood map for planning – GOV.UK No	Is the site liable to flooding? To view the government flood map for planning go to Map – Flood map for planning – GOV.UK Unsure
Is mains water currently available to the site?	Is mains water currently available to the site? Yes	Is mains water currently available to the site? No	Is mains water currently available to the site? Unsure
Is wastewater / sewage supply currently available to the site?	Is wastewater / sewage supply currently available to the site? Yes	Is wastewater / sewage supply currently available to the site? No	Is wastewater / sewage supply currently available to the site? Unsure
Is gas supply currently available to the site?	Is gas supply currently available to the site? Yes	Is gas supply currently available to the site? No	Is gas supply currently available to the site? Unsure
Is electricity supply currently available to the site?	Is electricity supply currently available to the site? Yes	Is electricity supply currently available to the site? No	Is electricity supply currently available to the site? Unsure
Is fibre broadband currently available to the site?	Is fibre broadband currently available to the site? Yes	Is fibre broadband currently available to the site? No	Is fibre broadband currently available to the site? Unsure

Pleasew specify any other service available in site and / or provide details of any known contamination

16. Please detail any expected or potential issues in securing utilities

17. Do legal restrictions exist on the land?

Unsure

Details

18. Is the site considered to be financially viable for the proposal?

Yes - please provide details of assumptions that have been made

What grounds are these assumptions based on?

19. Additional information

Please use the box below to provide any additional information you consider would be useful. Alternatively, attach documents to your submission making sure that they are clearly linked to this submission.

20. Agreement:

But submitting this form, I confirm that I have completed this form to the best of my knowledge and that my personal information may be held by the Parish Council in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2016 and Data Protection Act 2018.

I agree for all the information submitted (excluding personal information) to be published as part of the plan-making process and for the Councils to contact me with regards to this information.

Wicken Parish Council will only use and store your personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulations 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018. Wicken Parish Council will be Data Controllers of the information you are providing. As required by the Data Protection Act 2018 the information will be kept safe, secure, processed, and only shared for those purposes or where it is allowed by law. In some circumstances however, we may need to disclose your personal details to a third party so that they can provide a service on behalf of the Parish Council. Any information about you that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and used only to provide the services or information requested.

Name

21. Submission date

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