Countryside has won permission from South Cambridgeshire council for its 3,500-home Bourn Airfield scheme to the west of Cambridge.

The outline approval proposes transforming the former RAF airfield, which closed in 1948, into a new community with 4,000m² of shops, 1,500m² of employment space, 4,250m² of community space and 262 acres of open space alongside the 3,500 homes. At least 40% of the homes will be affordable, Countryside said.

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