Shortly after the formation of the parish, 15 members were elected to Northstowe Town Council on the 6th May 2021. Elections took place again in May 2022, bringing this in line with the 4 year election cycle across the rest of South Cambridgeshire.
You can find out who your Town Councillors are on the "Your Councillors" section of this website.
To find out more how the Town Council functions, please visit our Policies and Accounts web pages.
The Town Council holds monthly Full Council meetings and has several Standing Committees that meet regularly. All meetings are always open to the public.
In addition to the official Council meetings, several Working Groups have been formed to research and prepare information, to bring this back to the relevant Council meeting for decision-making; the current Working Groups are:
> Working Groups reporting back to Full Council:
Northstowe Town Council also has formal representation at a wide number of external partnerships. Reports or minutes from those partnerships - where the Town Council is allowed to share - are available in the supporting documents to Full Council meetings. The external partnerships the Town Council sits on currently are;
> Northstowe Delivery Group (meets monthly; managed by South Cambs. DC) - allocated NTC representatives: Cllr Benedicic; Cllr Littlemore.
> Northstowe Town Hub Steering Group (meets quarterly; managed by South Cambs. DC) - NTC representative: TBC.
> Northstowe Phase 1 Open Spaces Maintenance and Management Steering Group (meets monthly; managed by South Cambs. DC Communities Team) - allocated NTC representatives: Cllr Birr-Pixton; Cllr Owen.
> Homes England Quarterly Parish/Town meetings (meets quarterly; managed by Homes England) - allocated NTC representatives: Cllr Birr-Pixton; Cllr Hughes.
> The Cabin Community Centre Management Board (meets quarterly; managed by South Cambs. DC Communities Team) - allocated NTC representatives: Town Clerk; (with Cllr Benedicic in reserve).
> Phase 1 Sports Pavilion Management Board (meets every other month; managed by South Cambs. DC Communities Team) - allocated NTC representative: Cllr. Benedicic.
> Northstowe Support Partnership (meets quarterly; managed by Cambridgeshire County Council) - allocated NTC representative: Cllr Hodgson.
> Northstowe Faith Strategy Group (meets quarterly; managed by South Cambs. DC Communities Team) - allocated NTC representatives: Cllr Kinnera; Cllr Susarla.
> Northstowe Community Networkers (meets 8 times per year; every month except when there is a Northstowe Community Forum; managed by South Cambs. DC Communities Team) - allocated NTC representatives: no Cllr. allocated; regularly attended by Deputy Clerk.
> Northstowe & Longstanton Heritage Stakeholder Group (meets quarterly; managed by Cambridgeshire County Council) - allocated NTC representatives: no Cllr. allocated; regularly attended by Town Clerk.
> Plastic Free Longstanton and Northstowe Steering Group [part of Sustainable Northstowe] (meets monthly; managed by Sustainable Northstowe) - allocated NTC representative: Cllr Delip.
> Northstowe Youth Partnership (meets every other month; managed by Cambridgeshire County Council with Northstowe Youth Hive) - allocated NTC representative: Cllr Bros Sabria.
> South Cambs. DC Parish/Cabinet Liaison meeting (meets quarterly; managed by South Cambs. DC) -allocated NTC representatives: Cllr. Benedicic.
> Social Value (& Engagement) Steering Group (meets quarterly; managed by Homes England) - allocated NTC representative: Cllr Bros Sabria.
> Northstowe Spaces Working Group (managed by Homes England through their consultants) - This group feeds into the Social Value Steering Group - allocated NTC representative: Cllr. Owen.
> Northstowe Travel Plan Steering Group (meets twice a year - TBC. Managed by Cambridgeshire County Council's Smart Journeys/ Sustainable Travel Planning Manager): allocated NTC representatives: Cllr Bros Sabria; Cllr Hodgson.
Northstowe Town Council also has regular representation at the Northstowe Community Forum (meets quarterly; managed by South Cambs. DC) - Town Mayor usually has their speaking slot.
In addition to the above, Homes England is currently preparing to set up the following two new partnerships, linked to Northstowe Phases 2, 3A and 3B: Public Art Management Group and a Stewardship Management Body, both to be set up in 2025. NTC representation at these new groups are to be confirmed.