The Cottenham Village Design Group provides a forum to give local people a voice in design, planning and development issues. The group publishes the Cottenham Village Design Statement, adopted by South Cambridgeshire District Council as a Supplementary Planning Document. The group also make comments on planning applications in the light of the Village Design Statement, and holds meetings, talks and other events. For more information visit our website at www.cvdg.org.
In 1996 the Countryside Commission commissioned this video to support their Design in the Countryside programme encouraging local communities to be involved with good design of buildings in rural areas. It features Cartmel and Cottenham; two of the first villages in England to produce Village Design Statements.The video was produced by Eye to Eye with support from the House Builders Federation. (c) Countryside Commission 1996. Used with the kind permission of James Taylor, Publications Manager...