Neighbour row erupts as leafy village torn apart by controversial cycle lane

The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), the group behind the greenway is made up of representatives from Cambridgeshire County Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council.

Grantchester Parish Council has launched an objection claiming the section through the village - the setting for the ITV series - will ruin its unique aesthetic and character.

The argument centres around a comment allegedly made in a 2022 meeting with councillor Bridget Smith who at the time was a GCP executive board member.

Allegedly, they were “promised” the route would be diverted if villagers overwhelmingly objected, which they did in a subsequent public consultation by 73 per cent.

The GCP denies this promise was ever made in a case that has gone all the way to the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

A three-day judicial review opened on March 25, with the parish council’s legal team saying the decision to build the greenway through their village should be subject to a quashing order.

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Justice Lieven, who at one point during a cross-examination said, "this is just verging on insanity", reserved judgement with the parish council’s legal team thinking it might be months before they hear about the case.

Peter Scrase, 82, has lived in the village for 55 years, highlighting the narrowness of the roads, telling The Telegraph: "If you are getting out of a car and you have a cyclist coming, you could have a very nasty accident."

Cyclist Steven, 70 said: "I think it would be useful. The other option is going up the A10, and through the busier parts there you have to be careful, some bits there’s cycle paths and some, it’s non-existent.

"It would be safer [to have a cycle path], I think. A lot of people come to this village anyway – I don’t think it would bring that many more."

A GCP spokesman told The Telegraph: "We now await the judge’s decision and will comment further once legal proceedings have concluded"

GB News has approached the Parish Council for a comment.