Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 208762

Received: 13/03/2026

Respondent: Heatons

Policy S/NEC only identifies ‘aggregate railheads’ as a safeguarded use in the context of the proposed
redevelopment.The policy should be expanded to reflect the NPPF and safeguard all mineral related uses on site
including the rail fed asphalt plant, aggregate handling depot, and readymix concrete plant.
Otherwise, these critical pieces of minerals infrastructure will not be sufficiently protected. The ‘safeguarded’ status within Policy S/NEC says that the aggregates railhead ‘must be maintained
unless relocation is secured’. Tarmac plan to continue to operate from the Site throughout the
emerging Plan period and there is no agreement or intention to relocate. Therefore, the Site should
be safeguarded in line with its safeguarded status within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Minerals and Waste Local Plan as a Transport Infrastructure Area.

Comment

Representation ID: 208763

Received: 13/03/2026

Respondent: Heatons

To highlight the importance of safeguarding and ensure that policies
safeguard existing, planned and potential sites for: the bulk transport, handling and processing of
minerals; the manufacture of concrete and concrete products; and the handling, processing and
distribution of substitute, recycled and secondary aggregate material in the emerging Draft Greater
Cambridge Local Plan.