Following a message from a resident, Mark and I have both been pursuing the completion of the path from Stimpson Street—on the Vistry development at the top of Mepal Road—to the top of The Orchards.

The path is a requirement of the planning approval given to Vistry for the development, but it has still not been finished.

Vistry told Mark:

“Initially, we held off completing the full extent of the permanent footpath works as we need to put in a new foul sewer within this location to serve Phase 2. However, this work has been delayed due a number of reasons. Therefore, our engineers are now looking at either realigning the sewer connection so that we can fully construct the permanent footpath, or if not, we put in a safer temporary surface in the interim.”

And a member of East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC)’s planning enforcement team told Lorna:

“I understand that the installation of the footpath involves works on land owned by ECDC and therefore before I contact the developer, I am awaiting confirmation from the relevant ECDC departments that all necessary agreements are in place for the works to proceed.”