Comment

Representation ID: 60819

Received: 08/12/2021

Respondent: Gonville & Caius College

Agent: Bidwells

The Lawns, Cambridge (HELAA site 40425)

Policy S/DS (Development strategy) of the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan (‘the Plan’) outlines that the proposed development strategy for Greater Cambridge is to direct development to where it has the smallest climate impact. This includes where active and public transport is the natural choice, where green infrastructure can be delivered alongside new development and where jobs, services and facilities can be located near to where people live, whilst ensuring all necessary utilities can be provided in a sustainable way.

The broad strategy for the Plan is to ensure that housing is in sustainable locations which will reduce the need for travel and carbon production. The Plan identifies the need to deliver 48,840 homes over the Plan period of which a significant proportion are planned to be in the Cambridge urban area or on the Cambridge fringe.

Development at the subject site (reference 40425) clearly accords with the aspiration for locating sustainable development which reduces the need to travel. Its location in close proximity to a wide range of facilities and services fits neatly with the Council’s development strategy for the Plan and the aspiration for sustainable development.