Draft Cambridge Biomedical Campus Supplementary Planning Document

Comment

Representation ID: 200310

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

43.1 This section could be strengthened by the inclusion of a request to ensure the development is resilient to future climate risks such as increased frequency of extreme weather events.

Comment

Representation ID: 200451

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Paragraph 3.1 should also refer to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Local Plan which also forms part of the development plan for the area.

The MWPA suggests that the Context section of the SPD (Chapter 3) is amended to include reference to the Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2021), the Energy Innovation Centre, and its safeguarded status within the MWLP.

Comment

Representation ID: 200540

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

A safeguarded waste management site is located within the plan area for the Cambridge Biomedical Campus SPD. This is identified as “South west of Addenbrooke's Hospital, between Robinson Way and Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge” Waste Management Area under Policy 16 of the Cambridge Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2021) (MWLP). The safeguarded site is for the implemented planning permission for the Erection of an Energy Innovation Centre as part of the wider Biomedical Campus. Planning permission was granted in 2016 by Cambridgeshire County Council under planning reference C/05009/12/CW. It was subsequently implemented by the construction of the underground tunnel connecting to the Hospital to the new site.

Comment

Representation ID: 200654

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

4e.2 This follows good guidance using the net zero carbon toolkit’s energy hierarchy.

Comment

Representation ID: 200655

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

4e1.4 The LLFA is supportive of the promotion of rainwater harvesting systems which reduces existing stresses on potable water in Cambridgeshire.

Comment

Representation ID: 200656

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

4a4.10 The LLFA are pleased to see that consideration has also been given to Nine Wells local nature reserve as water quality of the chalk streams on this site are particularly important.

Comment

Representation ID: 200657

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

4e4.22 The reference to the Cambridgeshire Flood and Water SPD is supported by the LLFA as it covers the importance of managing surface water runoff in new developments using sustainable drainage systems. The LLFA would also encourage reference to Chapter 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Policy Guidance (PPG).

Comment

Representation ID: 200658

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

4b3.2 Although elsewhere in the document, there is reference to existing nursery provision on campus, there is no reference to the need for additional nursery provision, which will be required as the campus grows.

Comment

Representation ID: 200659

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

4e.3 The Waste Management Area for the Addenbrooke’s incinerator (implemented but not built out) is within the Cambridge Local Plan site allocation M15 and is protected by a Consultation Area. There is a gap in their Map 3 of current occupiers that includes the site of the incinerator.? Para 3.28 of the SPD refers to the existing incinerator chimney in the context of building heights (78m and a ‘distinctive landmark’) but not the new one (60m). The SPD should also consider the environmental health impacts of the proposed 60m incinerator chimney.

Comment

Representation ID: 200660

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

While the SPD encourages the integration of open spaces and enhancing ecology and biodiversity which is supported by the LLFA, there is no mention of the incorporation of above ground Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). It should be noted that as well as providing flood reduction benefits, SuDS can provide biodiversity, amenity, and water quality benefits. Therefore, the incorporation of SuDS directly contributes to the overarching themes and development principles of multi-purpose open space, ecology, and biodiversity, as well as climate resilience set out within the SPD. Encouraging well-designed SuDS that support biodiversity, amenity, and water quality aid the proposals of a more coherent approach ensuring that multi-functional open spaces embed biodiversity as part of the design whilst also providing flood reduction benefits.