Editing St Neots (section)

===Housing expansion===
[[File:Wintringham building.jpg|thumb|Housebuilding in progress, [[Wintringham]], St Neots]]St Neots experienced considerable growth in the late 1960s and later, when much new housing was built to accommodate families from London, as part of the [[London overspill]] plan. Further housebuilding followed and during the 1970s industrial development took place along Cromwell Road, Station Road, and the Little End development.

Following the 1985 opening of the St Neots By-Pass (later part of the A428 road), further light industrial development took place alongside Barford Road south of the by-pass.

in 2010, the Loves Farm development was built, with 1,400 houses to the east of the railway line; further construction is continued further east in 2020–2023,<ref name="lovesfarm2">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=Construction of additional homes in St Neots Loves Farm development begins |url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/construction-of-additional-homes-in-st-neots-loves-farm-development-begins/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=InYourArea.co.uk}}</ref> This was followed by a further 2,800 houses in 2021 in phase 1 of the [[Wintringham]] development, south of Cambridge Road and east of the railway line.<ref name="wintringham">{{Cite web |last=Maguire |first=Samar |date=2018-11-15 |title=New 2,800-home development near St Neots gets green light |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/wintringham-st-neots-cambridgeshire-homes-15420390 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Cambridgeshire Live |language=en}}</ref> Expansion of light industry facilities was incorporated in the original overspill planning, and has also been continued more recently. Housing construction in Phase 1 is substantially complete and an Academy school has been provided. Additional works are planned to provide office space and shop units, as well as a large (21,500 sq ft) food store.<ref name = phase2>https://wintringham.org/future-phases/ Wintringham: Future Phases retrieved 21 April 2025</ref>

In late 2025 phase 2 of the Wintringham scheme is planned to start, extending further south from phase 1. This will provide about 900 homes and a primary school and ancillary facilities. Phase 3 will be built later, extending further south to reach the A428 by-pass road.<ref name = phase2/>