No. We are not a statutory body and do not have powers to make planning policies -that is not our job. All planning powers remain with the local authorities and we implement the policies they set.
Our role is about delivery. We seek to cut across organisational boundaries, seek to overcome barriers to growth and to facilitate overall progress in the delivery of new homes, new jobs and infrastructure.
We focus on the major development sites in Cambridgeshire, which are:
Read more about these specific areas here.
Cambridgeshire Horizons' key priority is to deliver sustainable new communities across the county. Specifically our core objectives are to:
- Coordinate development and infrastructure implementation
- Overcome barriers to sustainable development
- Secure and manage funding for infrastructure
- Ensure developments employ high quality sustainable design
- Communicate the benefits of the planned development to the wider community
Cambridgeshire Horizons was formed in recognition of the fact that no single organisation could manage the growth agenda in the county on their own. All of the local authorities and key agencies agreed that a separate partnership body was needed to coordinate the delivery of sustainable new communities in the county, and in 2004 the Cambridgeshire Infrastructure Partnership (now known as Cambridgeshire Horizons) was created.
In September 2011 Cambridgeshire Horizons closed.
Cambridgeshire Horizons was the not-for-profit organisation charged with driving forward sustainable growth in Cambridgeshire. We worked with local councils, government departments, developers, and other associated organisations to ensure new communities - not just new homes - are built to meet pressing local demands, and that they are accompanied by the appropriate infrastructure so that quality of life improves for all residents.
We were funded primarily by Communities and Local Government (CLG), and also by the Cambridgeshire local authorities, and governed by a Board comprising representatives from all six local authorities, EEDA and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) together with representatives from other organisations closely connected with the growth agenda. Read more about our previous Board Members. All of our Board meetings were open to the public, and to the media. Full minutes and associated reports were published on our website.
We conducted our business in an open and transparent way to ensure proper scrutiny of all our activities.
In September 2011 Cambridgeshire Horizons closed.