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Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation
Rest of the Rural Area
Representation ID: 204627
Received: 30/01/2026
Respondent: Urban & Civic and Hill Residential
Agent: Stantec
The Local Plan's evidence base should focus more on the eastern subregion, particularly the growth corridors along the A14/A11/M11, including the Cambridge to Norwich Tech Corridor and London-Cambridge Innovation Corridor.
The potential dualling of the Newmarket line and the Cambridge East Transport Strategy are crucial for improving access and promoting sustainable travel in the region.
Locations like Six Mile Bottom have significant potential to meet long-term economic and housing needs, addressing the growth and economic opportunity imbalance in the subregion.
The Local Plan's evidence base should focus more on the eastern subregion, particularly the growth corridors along the A14/A11/M11, including the Cambridge to Norwich Tech Corridor and London-Cambridge Innovation Corridor.
The potential dualling of the Newmarket line and the Cambridge East Transport Strategy are crucial for improving access and promoting sustainable travel in the region.
Locations like Six Mile Bottom have significant potential to meet long-term economic and housing needs, addressing the growth and economic opportunity imbalance in the subregion.
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Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation
Policy S/JH: New jobs and homes
Representation ID: 204634
Received: 30/01/2026
Respondent: Urban & Civic and Hill Residential
Agent: Stantec
Our accompanying 'Greater Cambridge Growth Scenarios Report' (2025) by Stantec shows that the Oxford Economics evidence points to substantially higher levels of job creation, with even the low growth scenario requiring 3,700 homes per annum and the high growth scenario requiring 5,600 homes per annum to support between 144,000 and 229,000 additional jobs.These figures far exceed both the standard method and Iceni’s central scenario. A more ambitious strategy, aligned with Oxford Economics’ forecasts, would better reflect Greater Cambridge’s growth prospects and necessitate higher housing targets to ensure that labour supply, affordability and economic growth are not undermined.
Our accompanying 'Greater Cambridge Growth Scenarios Report' (2025) by Stantec shows that the Oxford Economics evidence points to substantially higher levels of job creation, with even the low growth scenario requiring 3,700 homes per annum and the high growth scenario requiring 5,600 homes per annum to support between 144,000 and 229,000 additional jobs.These figures far exceed both the standard method and Iceni’s central scenario. A more ambitious strategy, aligned with Oxford Economics’ forecasts, would better reflect Greater Cambridge’s growth prospects and necessitate higher housing targets to ensure that labour supply, affordability and economic growth are not undermined.
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Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation
Policy S/DS: Development strategy
Representation ID: 204640
Received: 30/01/2026
Respondent: Urban & Civic and Hill Residential
Agent: Stantec
There is a need for a more resilient development strategy with further allocations at strategic growth scale added to the development strategy to improve the pipeline of supply in sustainable and less constrained locations, such as to the east of the subregion and at Six Mile Bottom, which can offer up opportunities to widen the economic base, provide more affordable housing and employment spaces compared to those currently focused in Cambridge. We also recommend removal of the retained allocation at NEC from the housing trajectory given the serious uncertainty over the funding for the sewerage works relocation.
There is a need for a more resilient development strategy with further allocations at strategic growth scale added to the development strategy to improve the pipeline of supply in sustainable and less constrained locations, such as to the east of the subregion and at Six Mile Bottom, which can offer up opportunities to widen the economic base, provide more affordable housing and employment spaces compared to those currently focused in Cambridge. We also recommend removal of the retained allocation at NEC from the housing trajectory given the serious uncertainty over the funding for the sewerage works relocation.
