Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 209041

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

The 20 % biodiversity net gain requirement exceeds the statutory 10 % and lacks justification; a more realistic 20 % target is recommended.

Comment

Representation ID: 209042

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

The per‑capita water consumption calculation (80 L/person/day) does not accommodate Managed Aquifer Recharge and could divert rainwater from natural recharge.

Comment

Representation ID: 209043

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

We are prepared to deliver the site‑specific infrastructure (active‑travel links, mobility hub, electricity substation, heat‑pump networks, health and community facilities) but reserve our position pending further discussion.

Comment

Representation ID: 211778

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

Marshall strongly supports that the policy requires the delivery of a truly mixed-use development.
The specific cultural and community uses identified in the policy should not be listed ahead of a masterplan being developed.
The policy should allow for flexibility by removing the specialist housing percentage requirements.
For the B2/B8 space requirement, additional wording is added to account for any changes in demand, e.g. “unless up-to-date evidence of need for industrial land suggests otherwise.”
Support that the Policy does not specify an exact E(g) floorspace quantum, but encourage the supporting documents to be consistent with the Policy to avoid confusion.

Comment

Representation ID: 211779

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

Marshall objects strongly to the inclusion within Policy S/CE of the requirement for two sites of 12 pitches for Gypsies and Travellers and to Policy H/GT, which assumes the incorporation of sites for Gypsies and Travellers within strategic sites

Comment

Representation ID: 211780

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

The concept plan is not representative of a masterplan for the site and so it should not be assumed that features on the concept plan are fixed. The concept plan and policy wording should be clear what is already consented and what it proposed. The red line should also be adjusted to include the green corridor.

Comment

Representation ID: 211781

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

Marshall does not consider that any other buildings meet listing criteria beyond the listed Control and office building. In relation to the retention of Hangar 1, the draft policy promotes more definitive constraint which Marshall considers to be a level of detail not appropriate for the plan but a matter to be worked through as part of the design development process. Marshall considers that the draft wording should be reviewed to recognise the reality that, whilst the separate character of Teversham must be respected, development at Cambridge East will be visible from the village.

Comment

Representation ID: 211782

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

The specific reference to compensatory widening is not appropriate or necessary and, as drafted in the supporting text, is misleading to the reader that this can be expected in response to instances where the green corridor is narrowed. Compensatory widening references should be removed to ensure the policy is compliant with national policy. Marshall also wishes to question whether it is appropriate that the Green Corridor is designated as Green Belt.

Comment

Representation ID: 211783

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

Marshall would welcome the opportunity to explore further what parameter plans would be required and the level of detail that these are expected to contain. The policy should make reference to viability and the unique circumstances that exist on the site.

Comment

Representation ID: 211784

Received: 30/01/2026

Respondent: Marshall Group Properties

Agent: Quod

Broadly supportive of this policy framework in relation to transport as it reflects its own ambitions and complements the transport strategies that we have developed. The proposed monitor and manage approach means that infrastructure delivery uncertainty can be managed and should not serve as a hinderance to Cambridge East moving forward.
Supports the principle of an evidence driven approach to deriving a trip budget but clear that this does not need to be prescribed by the policy. The Policy should recognise that the extant trip making from the site can be used to support a first phase of development.