Episode 120: Cambs & Peterborough in Parliament PLUS Brecks-Cambridge Housing Roundtable (Part 2)

This Week: You join me in the Mother of Parliaments as a guest of Andrew Pakes, MP for Peterborough; North West Cambridgeshire MP Sam Carling; and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority and Mayor Dr Nik Johnson.  

I chat with Nik about the message behind the event; that Cambridgeshire and Peterborough stand ready to provide the growth that the UK needs.  We also discuss his role as the East of England's ONLY metro mayor and we hear comments to the assembled from Local Growth Minister Alex Morris MP.  But that's not even half of what this episode has for you...

We bring you part two of our panel on 'How the Brecks can Support the Growth of Cambridge', looking specifically at housing, community and placemaking.  

The Brecks area of Norfolk straddles the A11 and Cambridge railway line, and sits roughly equidistant between Cambridge and Norwich.  

How the area might relieve the housing pressure on Cambridge for he benefit of all, and do so in a carefully created community is discussed by an all-star panel.  

Joining host Mike Rigby from Breckland Council are Councillor Sarah Suggitt, Cabinet Member for housing and planning at along with Strategic Growth Manager Stephen Scowen.  From Thetford Town Council we have independent Deputy Mayor Carla Barreto; Community engagement expert and CEO of Socially Adept, Esmee Wilcox; Feilden and Mawson architect and champion of arboreal living Matt Wood; and Mills & Reeve’s own, Stewardship and development specialist Anna Aldous.

 

You can hear the first part of the roundtable here: https://easternpromise.podbean.com/e/episode-120-cambs-peterborough-in-parliament-plus-brecks-cambridge-housing-roundtable-part-2/

 

For more information on the New Town 'sandbox', email podcast@easternpromise.org.uk, putting 'sandbox' in the subject line.

Find out more about Breckland Council's growth and development plans here.

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