Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58885
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Abbey Properties Cambridgeshire Limited
Land west of Oakington Road, Girton (HELAA site 40329)
There is a need to review Parcel GI8 with the Council's Green Belt Assessment document which forms part of the evidence base to this policy. Land west of Oakington Road (the location of which has been confirmed in the submission relative to draft Policy S/RRP) would have a much reduced impact if assessed as an individual parcel.
Parcel GI8 within the Council’s Green Belt Assessment does identify that land west of Oakington Road, Girton would have some localised and somewhat moderate impacts upon the Green Belt. The conclusion of a high level of harm does not follow the analysis and furthermore parcel GI9 to the north is relevant given that this constrains the harm in respect of the eastern area of Parcel GI8. The parcel should be re-assessed as 2 individual parcels with a split applied along the Beck Brook. The land between the Beck Brook and Oakington Road will create considerably less harm that the overall parcel given the containment in visual terms and this would be confirmed should the Council undertake the assessment above.