The Journal of the Meldreth Neighbourhood Plan
Use this page to access all Meldreth Neighbourhood Plan materials. We’ll add new content and documents here as the plan develops.
2026
Volunteers - Is this you??
June: This month we are making an appeal for contributors and volunteers. The pressing need is for volunteers on The Core Team who will help collect and collate the ideas and proposals for Meldreth in 2045. Their work will be driven from the separate ideas produced by volunteers from different groups & individuals in Meldreth - Students & Young People, The Busy Middle, The Third Age, Local Businesses & Home Workers and The Dreamers.
Please browse the sample requirements by clicking on these links and if you are interested put your name forward to Roger James at info@meldrethplan.org.uk. It calls for work between now and Christmas - which may amount to a few hours for “The Busy Middle” to perhaps 40 hours work for the “Core Team”.
Data Collection
March: Now that the plan has officially launched, we’re deep into the Sample_Activity for our village activities and amenities. You can find a report on our progress in the Meldreth Neighbourhood Plan - March 2026 edition of Meldreth Matters. One of our biggest priorities right now is filling the gaps in our current Village_Life. We’ve realized that some amenities don’t have a “voice” yet, and we really need residents to step up as advocates for them. If a local service or space isn’t represented in these early stages, it risks being overlooked when it comes to future provision. So if you care about a specific spot that’s missing, please do get in touch.
Looking ahead, we’ll soon be recruiting for our What_Next How_to_Volunteer and are excited about the prospect of several inspiring student projects if we can find candidates in the coming academic year.
January: The launch was an article in the January edition of Meldreth Matters followed by a Village_Flyer 07.01.2026posted in most letterboxes in Meldreth. These were to announce the launch of the work for a Neighbourhood Plan and to test whether people in Meldreth were willing and able to contribute. The good news was that over 40 attended the launch on a cold January night - if you missed the presentation an annotated presentation is available. The presentation outlined the importance of the a Neighbourhood Plan and the link to sustainable funding and support of Village initiatives - it described the next steps calling for Volunteers and building the list of Village activities which specify the information required to provide the options which will then be used in the whole village consultation planned for later in 2026.
2025
The Parish Council discussed whether it was time to produce a Neighbourhood plan. Twenty years ago we had produce a Meldreth Parish Plan 2005 possibly in need of revision and now more important because getting a Neighbourhood Plan adopted gives more power and resources to the village priorities (see the guide from the CPRE). However the council realised a Neighbourhood Plan requires significant help beyond just the members of the Parish Council. Some idea of the challenge can be judged from the SCDC guides to developing a Neighbourhood Plan and from the collection of sample Neighbourhood Plans.