Draft Greater Cambridge Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document Consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 200416

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

The general approach to affordable housing contributions is welcomed; however, following the publication of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus Housing Study – Establishing the housing needs of the CBC workforce (2024), CUH is committed to working with Local Planning Authorities to develop a mechanism by which the housing needs of the campus workforce can be delivered through the growth agenda and at the same time delivering the healthcare provision to support the growth agenda.

Comment

Representation ID: 200417

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

It would be useful to provide a definition of commercial developments so that NHS clinical development with ancillary commercial components are not unintentionally captured or treated in the same way as offices or research and development facilities.

Object

Representation ID: 200418

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

The recognition in Paragraph 18.1 that “new developments place new requirements for emergency services” is welcomed; however, the second sentence in the paragraph should be reworded to read “Developers will be required to mitigate this impact to make a development acceptable.” The above change would remove any ambiguity as to whether a development is required to mitigate its impact on emergency service provision.

Comment

Representation ID: 200419

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Paragraphs 18.5, 18.6 and 18.7 and the form in which contributions should be made contained therein are welcomed and supported.

Object

Representation ID: 200420

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Paragraph 22.1’s recognition that “health provision is an integral component of sustainable development – access to essential healthcare services promotes good health outcomes and supports the overall social and economic wellbeing of an area” is welcomed, as is the Local planning Authority’s commitment to “…work with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS) to assess the need for additional health infrastructure and ensure that all residents have easy access to the care they need when they need it.” The definition of healthcare infrastructure must be in its widest form (incorporating secondary, community and tertiary care) to support growth.

Comment

Representation ID: 200421

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Paragraph 22.3 – The commitment by the local planning authority to impose “…planning obligations … to mitigate the impact of the development and secure the required additional health infrastructure provision” is welcomed. Again the definition of healthcare infrastructure must be in its widest form.

Comment

Representation ID: 200422

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Following the wording proposed for primary healthcare contributions in Paragraph 22.23 the ICS partners will be commencing work to develop an evidence-based methodology for mitigating the impact of development on the wider healthcare system and would welcome the opportunity to further explore this with officers how this could be applied.

Object

Representation ID: 200423

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Paragraph 12.7, final sentence to read “It further establishes the approach for determining the level of public art provision.”

Object

Representation ID: 200424

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Paragraph 15.6, final sentence to read “This strategy will be kept up to date and provision should take account of the most up to date version.”

Object

Representation ID: 200425

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Paragraph 22.9, line 5; replace the work “are” with the word “and”