Many Trumpington residents have expressed shock and dismay over the plans to build a new football stadium on the Trumpington Meadows site. As well as a new home for Cambridge United these plans also include 400 new homes on an already massive development. This is at odds with developer Grovesnor Developments original planning application which made it clear that there was no intention for further development on the site and an appropriate amount of green space would be retained.
Conservative campaigner and Foster Road resident Shapour Meftah has called for the council to reject any such plans. “It is totally inappropriate for Trumpington and would have a devastating impact on the local environment. Just imagine the grid lock on match day. Any councillor supporting this would be scoring a terrible own goal.”
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Shapour Meftah is Cambridge’s new Conservative Councillor
Cllr Meftah, shown here (right) being congratulated by County Council leader Nick Clarke, has lived in Trumpington for many years, and runs the Cantab Millenium computer business on Mill Road. He came to England from Iran in 1980. Several years ago his life story was recorded by a local art project. Continue reading →