A developer has won an appeal to build 115 new homes on the edge of Yaxley, despite calls to protect the village’s buffer with Peterborough . The new homes are planned to be built at the Livery Stable Folly Farm, off London Road, with 40 per cent made available as affordable housing.

The developer, Abbey Properties Cambridgeshire Ltd, said its plans offered an “excellent opportunity” to meet housing needs in the area. The development faced backlash from some people living in the village, with concerns raised about the increased traffic from the new homes potentially making the roads in the area less safe.

Huntingdonshire District Council initially refused to grant planning permission for the development, arguing at the time that it would “result in harm to the intrinsic character

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