Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New searchLand at Croxton
106 hectares within South Cambridgeshire as a standalone scheme or a first phase of a larger settlement
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Agriculture
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Greenfield
Please see previous Call for sites 2019 submission. This response seeks to update specific questions to refine the land areas available for development within South Cambridgeshire and other issues such as the potential date for first occupations to link in with the anticipated opening of the A428 Dualling Scheme from Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet.
New Garden Village Community
1,750 on land within South Cambridgeshire
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Refer to 2019 Call for Sites submission
Refer to 2019 Call for Sites submission
Refer to 2019 Call for Sites submission
Refer to 2019 Call for Sites submission
The land is available now and the route and General Arrangement of the A428 dualling scheme is now known.
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By 2024/2025 to link in with the A428 dualling scheme being operational
2040
14-15 Years
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Response to Question 42 It is not a question of ranking these options individually. It is inevitable that no one option will deliver a sound spatial strategy and coherent Local Plan. The end solution is likely to be a mix of some of these spatial options, depending on land availability; the influence of planned and committed infrastructure projects; market choice; avoiding market saturation; maintaining pace of delivery etc. We consider there will need to be a mix of site sizes that combine to (at least) maintain the required annual housing levels and to deliver the overall housing trajectory throughout the lifetime of the plan. For these reasons we consider the priority should be given to new settlements along public transport corridors. Densification should not be prioritised but will be a factor to consider what land remains available within Cambridge City which is then judged against its current contribution to the physical and social environments versus its appropriateness for development. The release of further Green Belt land to deliver strategic-scale growth is required to be considered after other options have been fully explored by national planning policy guidance and cannot therefore be an assumed strategy at the outset. A balanced distribution of growth would also include locating some proportional growth to the villages, to enhance the sustainability of the rural area. It is possible to create a sustainable growth plan by locating some of the total growth to the larger more sustainable villages. Given the fact that there are over 100 villages across South Cambridgeshire, with several settlements having a high level of supporting infrastructure including secondary schools and good access to retail centres and employment areas, their relative self-containment can support a higher percentage of growth.
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The big themes are logical. It is our view that delivering Great Places is a key priority as it has the ability to absorb the other issues of climate change and biodiversity and green spaces within it which, if done well, should create an output for wellbeing and social inclusion. Each are dealt with in the following questions.
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