Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New searchSummary 3.1 This representation has been written on behalf of RWS Ltd to the Greater Cambridge Local Plan Regulation 18: Issues and Options Consultation 2020. 3.2 These representations have provided general comments to the document subject to consultation and specifically relate to the Land at Fulbourn Road, Teversham site that was put forward by RWS Ltd as part of the Call for Sites. These representations support its development as part of the Greater Cambridge direction for growth. 3.3 It is clear that in order to meet the targets for housing, economic progression and net zero carbon, growth will need to be delivered across the range of locations suggested by the Councils’. The Council should therefore look to identify a wide range of sites across the full spectrum of development scales to ensure consistent delivery throughout the Plan period. 3.4 Importantly, Teversham is a settlement that provides a logical and sustainable location for development, benefiting from sustainable travel opportunities and being in very close proximity to the city. Through the submission of the Land at Fulbourn Road, Teversham site for development, it is clear that there is an opportunity for sustainable development in the village. The site is available, achievable and deliverable. As such there is a realistic prospect of development coming forward here at an early stage in the Plan period. 3.5 The Councils’ are therefore encouraged to develop their growth strategy to include provision for housing and community/sport facility development in Teversham, and in particular the Land Fulbourn Road, Teversham site, as part of the new Local Plan.
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Response to Question 42 2.33 The Issues and Options document provides 6 different locations where growth could be focused. These include the following: • Densification of existing urban areas • Edge of Cambridge: outside Green Belt • Edge of Cambridge: Green Belt • Dispersal: New settlements • Dispersal: Villages • Public transport corridors 2.34 It is considered that growth should be delivered in all of these locations. Many of the locations overlap, for example, public transport corridors will also likely be on the edge of Cambridge and through villages, as well as in the Green Belt. It is however clear that there are very limited opportunities for growth on the edge of Cambridge outside the Green Belt, with the only site being Cambridge Airport. This is however a very strategic scale of site and reliant on the relocation of the airport after 2030. 2.35 Whilst densification of urban areas can provide for sustainable development, it is considered that there will be a finite limit as to how much growth can be delivered in this way. In addition, property prices in the urban area of Cambridge do not provide for the range of households and tenures that need to live in the area, and property sizes can be restricted to ensure dense developments. As such it is important that development is delivered at the edge of the city, as well as within surrounding villages, to ensure that a variety of housing to meet local needs can be delivered. 2.36 These representations have been clear in advocating new development in Teversham. The village is considered to be a sustainable location for development and as such a degree of development should be sited there. The Land at Fulbourn Road, Teversham site would provide for an appropriate level of development that could incorporate residential, a village hall/sports pavilion, sports pitches and areas of open space. Furthermore, should the Cambridge Airport development come forward, this would certainly provide enhanced and more direct access into Cambridge from Teversham, which is immediately opposite to the east of Airport Way
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