Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

See answer to Q3 and Q8. In addition, by developing outside the Cambridge urban area, the College’s Duxford “Call for Sites” proposals will help decrease the urban “heat island” effect.

Yes, somewhat agree

Agree – see answer to Q8. However, the College also recognises the need to balance this with the area’s other essential needs not least housing and employment growth in sustainable areas.

By promoting development strategies, policies and site allocations which will help deliver wellbeing and social inclusion. The College as part of the University of Cambridge is acutely aware of the range of incomes in the City and its surrounding areas, including the affordability issues faced by residents, as well as its own students, staff and support workers. It therefore supports the Local Plan’s objectives for “good growth”.

We note the joint councils’ team is running a series of roadshow events and the “Big Debate” and consider these are important to run alongside the more formal process for Local Plan preparation. The College supports this approach. As the Local Plan evolves to more specific policies and site allocations, promoters of major development should adopt a partnership approach and engage with local communities and stakeholders through initial visioning and the master-planning process as well as the formal planning application process. The College has adopted this approach for its emerging proposal at Duxford.

The College agrees with the bullet points included in the issues and options relating to Q18 and has nothing further to add at this stage. As set out in our answer to Q16, the College will be working towards delivering a safe and inclusive community in its proposals.

Ensuring major developments include a range of uses, to include leisure, community, health and leisure as well as green and blue infrastructure that respects and responds to the existing landscape and character.

The College supports the objective of the Local Plan to secure improvements to air quality by considering where growth should be located, to increase opportunities to travel by walking, cycling and public transport and the availability of infrastructure to support electric vehicles.

Designated heritage assets should be addressed in accordance with NPPF and local policy and where appropriate, major developments should be required to implement agreed design codes for development to ensure the built and natural environment that is being created is of the highest quality.

See response to Q21

See response to Q21