Cambridgeshire County Council as landowner supports the limited release of land on the edge of Cambridge. These allocations are mostly of a large scale, and are mostly already committed in the previous local plan. As noted in the representations to S/DS, North East Cambridge and Cambridge Airport both rely on the relocation of existing uses and the provision of significant new infrastructure. It is therefore important to continue to support allocation of greenfield sites, including smaller greenfield sites, which can be built out faster.

Cambridgeshire County Council requests the allocation of land at Chandos Farm (reference 40141) for employment uses. The site currently comprises low density development of residential dwellings, unused paddocks and a car workshop. It is surrounded by other more intensive and higher density uses including Arthur Rank Hospice and the former Focus School. It has no links to the wider countryside and is screened from the golf club to the east by mature trees. The site therefore makes little contribution towards the Cambridge Green Belt and could be better utilised as employment land. The County requests that the site is de-allocated from the Green Belt and allocated for employment development. It is estimated that the site could accommodate around 11,350sq.m (122,000sq.ft) of employment floorspace over a three floor development, similar to the scale of the neighbouring hospice.

Cambridgeshire County Council requests the allocation of land at Newbury Farm, Worts Causeway (reference 40139). This is a greenfield site that would be available for development in the short term. It is adjacent to land recently approved for development (site GB2 in the current Local Plan) and is close to the area proposed for expansion of the Biomedical Campus. As a result the site could provide new access links between Babraham Park and Ride, site GB2 and the Biomedical Campus. It could accommodate market and affordable housing, potentially including specialist and key worker housing for the Addenbrookes site. The site could also deliver new green infrastructure on the eastern parts of the site which are more visually sensitive, which would provide biodiversity gain and open up parts of the Green Belt for public recreation.

Requested Change
It is requested that the development strategy for the Edge of Cambridge includes an additional employment allocation at Chandos Farm, as promoted by Cambridgeshire County Council, with the following policy requirements:
• Site Area of 0.76 Ha
• Capacity for approx. 11,350sq.m (122,000sq.ft) of employment development (commercial, R&D, office)
• Provide open space and green infrastructure
• Upgrade existing vehicular access from Cherry Hinton Road

It is requested that the development strategy for the Edge of Cambridge includes an additional residential allocation at Newbury Farm, Worts Causeway, as promoted by Cambridgeshire County Council, with the following policy requirements:
• Site Area of 16.34 Ha
• Capacity for approx. 300 dwellings, including affordable housing and self/custom build plots
• Retain and enhance existing trees and hedgerows at site boundary
• New pedestrian and cycle links between Babraham Road, Worts Causeway, site GB2 and Cherry Hinton Road
• Provision of open space and green infrastructure