Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

The Greater Cambridgeshire Local Plan should consist of a range of methods to ensure that the Councils have consistent housing delivery throughout the Plan period. This includes allocating sites that are less than 1ha, which is required by national planning policy (paragraph 68 (a) of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)). Three of the four sites that Telereal submitted as part of the Call for Sites process in March 2019 (Henry Giles House, Chesterton Road, Cherry Hinton Telephone Exchange, Coleridge Road and Trumpington Telephone Exchange, High Street) are less than 1ha in size and can contribute to this need. One of the ways Greater Cambridgeshire can meet its housing needs is through utilising brownfield sites. Paragraph 118 (c) of the NPPF states that planning policies should give "substantial weight" to allocating brownfield sites for housing. All the sites that Telereal submitted as part of the Call for Sites, including the 2ha BT Telephone Exchange, Long Road, are considered brownfield sites. In addition, all four submitted sites are considered sustainable as they are located in close proximity to services and facilities and good public transport links. Therefore, they should be allocated in the Greater Cambridgeshire Local Plan. All four will be available for development during the Plan period (now up to 2040) with Trumpington Telephone Exchange and Henry Giles House being made available earlier.