Comment

North East Cambridge Area Action Plan Issues and Options 2019

Representation ID: 32999

Received: 25/03/2019

Respondent: Tarmac Ltd

Representation Summary:

There is a Tarmac rail fed asphalt plant and aggregate handling depot adjacent to land proposed for residential led mixed used development. The Tarmac site is within a transport safeguarding area under policy CS23 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Development Plan Core Strategy. The site is vital to enabling the sustainable transport of minerals which will be required to deliver the development of infrastructure in Cambridge and the surrounding areas. It is important that the rail fed asphalt plant and aggregates depot is safeguarded and appropriate development is proposed in the area surrounding it.

Full text:

There is a Tarmac rail fed asphalt plant and aggregate handling depot adjacent to land proposed for residential led mixed used development. The Tarmac site is within a transport safeguarding area under policy CS23 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Development Plan Core Strategy. The site is vital to enabling the sustainable transport of minerals which will be required to deliver the development of infrastructure in Cambridge and the surrounding areas. It is important that the rail fed asphalt plant and aggregates depot is safeguarded and appropriate development is proposed in the area surrounding it.