Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 211346

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

We support the ambition for an east-west street; however, it is essential that the policy recognises that its delivery is likely to occur at a later stage in the overall development programme. Initial feasibility testing has demonstrated that delivery is contingent upon the total relocation of existing intensive care units and operational theatres currently blocking the route. This will necessitate the construction of new hospital buildings elsewhere within the Campus to accommodate those critical functions. Only once these facilities have been successfully relocated could the existing buildings be demolished, reconfigured, or otherwise adapted to enable the delivery of the street.

Comment

Representation ID: 211348

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 20.e - The trip budget will incentivise the campus stakeholders to consolidate deliveries and servicing trips in and out of the Campus so far as is practically possible. The proposed amendments seek to recognise this and give additional flexibility to exactly how that is achieved. This flexibility is needed to both reflect the many uses that will be operating within the Campus but also the rate of technological change that may well provide not-yet anticipated ways of consolidating delivery and servicing trips.

Comment

Representation ID: 211350

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

The introduction of a modal filter south of Dame Marcher Way is not part of the Transport Strategy that the LCG has formulated to date and indeed could undermine the benefits that the southern access road is intended to deliver, which would make the policy ineffective. Any such modal filter would prejudice the new access’s ability to relieve congestion on the Addenbrooke’s roundabout and Hills Road. It should therefore be sufficient for the policy to set out the ambition but remain agnostic as to how it is achieved.

Comment

Representation ID: 211352

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

There is existing car parking that policy cannot compel its users to give up. The additional wording therefore clarifies that the requirement to consolidate parking should only apply to new or re-provided parking. These proposed amendments also seek to provide flexibility for temporary or surface car parking to be delivered as a ‘meanwhile’ use as has been successfully done at the Campus before. We support the use of innovative techniques to deliver safe and accessible cycle parking.

Comment

Representation ID: 211354

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 20. i - Amendments are seeking to make the application more flexible in how any analysis is implemented.

Comment

Representation ID: 211356

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 21 - The wording has been restructured to clarify that the trip budget figures represent a current position only and will evolve as more detailed evidence becomes available over time, particularly through new planning applications. Additional wording is proposed to make clear that the trip budget is not intended to be an absolute cap on daily vehicle trip numbers, nor over short and medium periods of time. Such an approach would be impractical to manage, difficult to enforce and could undermine the effective operation of the Campus. For the trip budget to be effective it must be sufficiently flexible and capable of responding to changing circumstances. A rigid, inflexible cap would risk rendering the policy ineffective in practice.

Comment

Representation ID: 211358

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 22 - Additional text is proposed to make clear that it should be through planning applications that the transport mitigation plan is prepared and submitted to local planning authority. It is only at this stage that there will be the necessary level of detail available to ensure that any such plan can be effective and deliverable. It is also important that the plan is able to take account of committed schemes that may affect the transport strategy.

Comment

Representation ID: 211360

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 22.d - The allowance for contributions to be secured via section 106 contributions or a CIL payment is supported. Policy should provide flexibility to enable infrastructure to be delivered in a timely, efficient, and proportionate manner, reflecting site-specific circumstances and viability considerations.

Comment

Representation ID: 211362

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 23 - The scope for water re-use in healthcare is extremely limited. Additional text is proposed to recognise this, and that any such approaches to water management will have to be cognisant of the types of uses it is supporting.

Comment

Representation ID: 211364

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council and Prologis

Agent: Quod

Paragraph 24 - We are committed to delivering sustainable development that reduces carbon impact. However, the use of the word ‘possible’ implies that such principles and measures should be used in all circumstances where it is physically possible to do so. Recognition must be given though to the budget constraints that healthcare development is under, and that whilst it may be possible to deliver certain measures from an engineering or technological perspective, the cost of doing so may not be feasible. The amended text provides some greater flexibility to allow for such scenarios to be accommodated.