Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 208077

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We note the inclusion of two Traveller sites in Northstowe of 12 pitches in each. We would like the Local Plan to clarify and confirm that these sites are to be located within the Northstowe Defined Development Extent and not on land bought outside these boundaries by Northstowe’s developers, Homes England.

Comment

Representation ID: 208078

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We note and support the clear policies to maintain a green separation between Northstowe and Oakington and Westwick. It is important that there is no development from the Oakington and Westwick boundaries nor a further expansion of Northstowe. We note and support the commitment to plant additional trees and the need to maintain the green separation. We strongly object to any development being allowed in the green separation or that the green separation should take the form of playing fields, allotments, cemetery or for any other form of planned use.

Comment

Representation ID: 208079

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We suggest that GCSP submit an appeal against development for eight houses on the field between Manor Farm Close and the Northstowe boundary in order to maintain this green separation.

Comment

Representation ID: 208080

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We welcome the statement regarding flood mitigation, but there is a complete lack of detail and specifics in terms of location and form of flood mitigation. The Plan must include a statement regarding these issues.

Comment

Representation ID: 208081

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We note that the inset map provided is contradictory, suggesting that the area marked is both a green separation and also an area where certain forms of development could be permitted within the green separation. The map therefore needs to be redrawn to make absolutely clear that no development will be allowed between Northstowe and Oakington and Westwick and a policy statement should be included in the document to this effect.

Comment

Representation ID: 208082

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

This policy allows for an extensive development. Oakington and Westwick is a semi-rural community which has recently seen extensive development from the neighbouring town of Northstowe. The building and commercial operation of yet another, extensive business area will further damage the community and bring few, if any, benefits, but will create significantly more traffic and erode the wildlife and countryside area.

Comment

Representation ID: 208083

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We welcome Refs: Heading Vision statements 3 and 5, and Heading Built Form, statement 10; however, the land on which the development is to be built is flat and, as noted earlier, the development will contain extensive B8 storage and distribution buildings B8 storage units can be more than 15 metres high. Clearer guidance is needed within the Local Plan on maximum heights of buildings. In particular, the development should not be visible from Oakington.

Comment

Representation ID: 208084

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

Refs: Heading Context statement 11 and Heading Resources statement 19, we welcome the statements regarding the water management from the site but call for a much stronger statement than simply “opportunities for betterment” of water management for Oakington Brook. The Plan should include a requirement that the water management of the site should significantly reduce the risk of flooding in Oakington and Westwick.

Comment

Representation ID: 208085

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

We support the policy statements regarding Traffic Management, Active Travel and Public Transport. However, as in our comments on Flood Mitigation and Building Heights above, we are of the opinion that the policy statements 2 and 15 a, b tend to be aspirational rather than specific and compulsory.

Comment

Representation ID: 208086

Received: 29/01/2026

Respondent: Oakington & Westwick Parish Council

Dry Drayton Road (marked in yellow on Figure 107 below) running from Oakington and providing access to both the site and 1307, is an unclassified road which is already suffering from overuse by vehicles cutting through to the A14/Northstowe from central Cambridge. It will also become an access road to Northstowe and is already to be the subject of various traffic management procedures related to this. What is required is a complete upgrading, restructuring and widening of Dry Drayton Road to include dedicated, safe cycle and pedestrian paths, as well as speed reduction measures. A related ban on heavy lorry travel through Oakington and Westwick also needs to be introduced.