Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 210535

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

There is nothing that looks at specific provision or use for young people, which could be within either sports and leisure or within cultural hubs where perhaps a aim around supporting new and aspiring artists could be made there is very little in relation to youth or families.

Comment

Representation ID: 210536

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Please consider points:
• Mention of active travel but needs reference to lighting, cameras so that learning can be taken
from Northstowe bus route antisocial behaviour and thefts.
• The need for shops at an earlier stage of the build, youth and community centres also to
encourage new community development and to stimulate social capacity at an early stage.
• S106 money delivery needs to be standardised and made easier to access.
• Digital infrastructure does not refer to digital poverty.

Comment

Representation ID: 210537

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Transport seemed to feature heavily, whereas education, schools, libraries, healthcare, community centres and halls, culture, faith and public art was mentioned. How money is drawn down in terms of when and how is important. Having visited new developments where people have moved in and there is constant noise, dust, and disruption, an alternative place to be isn’t on offer or available. Health and wellbeing is severely impacted when the onus is on getting people into their properties to release funding to provide community space. Could developers be asked to provide that first and draw that down afterwards to cover their costs?

Comment

Representation ID: 210538

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Consider:
• could be balanced with people’s interactions with green
space
• Gardens as extensions C11of green spaces?
• Play not specifically referenced
• Effective engagement/groups that can look after and nurture green spaces
• The link of specific activities park run, wild swimming, pump tracks how can these activities
come together and harmonise with biodiversity
• The City Council produced a report with Women in Sport which demonstrated that a third of young women in Cambridge did not feel safe in open spaces
within the city. 76% reported a lack of toilet or appropriate changing facilities. There are clear issues with the ways these spaces are planned and designed that would be good to understand and reduce the barriers to young women accessing these spaces and engaging in sport or exercise.

Comment

Representation ID: 210539

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

The traveller policy mentions - be located where the needs of the residents can be met without placing undue pressure on existing local services and facilities. I could not see this reference as explicit as this in any other area e.g. a new housing estate is often built without thorough
reference to this. We are consistently looking at career paths and opportunities for young people, the volume of
work within this plan could provide opportunities within this area. Whether there was any opportunity within this to focus on a local workforce percentage or a commitment to apprenticeship, training opportunities for local young people as part of this whole process

Comment

Representation ID: 210540

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

It is suggested that the text should include a summary paragraph describing specialist housing. Suggested amended/additional wording highlighted in full representations document for new paragraph, and edits to paragraph 4.

Comment

Representation ID: 210541

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

We suggest replacing the term “people with disabilities” with “people with care and support needs” throughout the document. This terminology is more inclusive, as it encompasses a broader range of needs, including those relating to mental health, physical health, and learning
disabilities. This amendment should be reflected consistently across the entire document, including all
policy references.

Comment

Representation ID: 210542

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

We would also be grateful if you could clarify the source of the data used to determine the number of housing units and bed spaces cited in the Paragraph 3c of Policy S/JH. Has this been cross-referenced with the County Council’s demand profile? Based on our data, the projected need for residential and nursing beds for individuals aged 18–
64 within Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire is approximately 12 beds by 2041, which appears to differ from the figures presented in the document. The difference between the data sets is significant and therefore we recommend that the these are reviewed and confirmed before being published due to the risk of a) oversupply b) inappropriate type of supply of housing being developed as a result.

Comment

Representation ID: 210543

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Suggested amended/additional wording highlighted in full representations document to paragraph 1.11.

Comment

Representation ID: 210544

Received: 28/01/2026

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

General support for safeguarding the Waste Transfer
Station and Aggregates Railhead unless relocation is secured. General support for supporting text & Request for additional text on page 111 in paragraph
3.1.8 setting out the approach to the safeguarded sites. However, it would be appropriate to explain that the Aggregates Railhead and Waste Transfer station are safeguarded strategic facilities under the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Local Plan and refer to a relevant statement of common ground (see below).