Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New search5.6.1 All uses of an appropriate scale could be included in every settlement. Mixed use site allocations are particularly appropriate in rural settlements and new settlements / urban expansions to enable local commercial and retail businesses to grow organically. 5.6.2 An overly prescriptive policy framework can harm the viability and vitality of centres; sometimes forcing units to be vacant for 12 months to satisfy a policy requirement. A modern, responsive policy approach is welcomed to allow for a wider range of services and facilities.
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6.1.1 There should be flexibility within the Local Plan to respond to changing housing needs over the Local Plan period. It is important to identify a baseline housing need but there should be scope for further development to come forward if it meets a particular housing need (e.g. Care). This would support the Government’s objective of significantly boosting the supply of homes to ensure that a sufficient amount and variety of land can come forward where it is needed and that the needs of groups with specific housing requirements are addressed (NPPF Para. 59).
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6.2.1 To support the Government’s objective of significantly boosting the supply of homes, a sufficient amount and variety of land needs to be identified to meeting housing needs within the Joint Local Plan area. The Cambridge and Peterborough Independent Economic Review (CPIER) (September 2018) suggests that higher housing target numbers are likely to be needed in Cambridgeshire if the potential for higher growth in employment is to be met. 6.2.2 Housing requirements are minimums, not maximums to stay under at all costs. There is a well evidenced affordability problem in Greater Cambridge; a greater supply of homes will be part of the solution. “Too many of the people working in Cambridge have commutes that are difficult, long and growing: not out of choice, but necessity due to high housing costs.”3 3 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019, p13
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6.3.1 There should be flexibility within the Local Plan to respond to changing housing needs over the Local Plan period. Consideration of individual site circumstances and the circumstances of a local area should be taken into account to determine the appropriate type of housing for development sites. Separate housing needs assessments should be used to inform the appropriate size, type and tenure of housing needed for different sections of the community, as set out within the Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy 2019-2023. 6.3.2 It will be important for the Local Plan to identify and allocate sites to meet the specific needs of older people, as such development is often expected to come through windfall or on strategic allocations with no specific target set in the local plan as to how many specialist homes for older people should be provided. Such an approach does not offer the necessary certainty that needs will be met. 6.3.3 We would therefore recommend that the local plan undertakes to, firstly, establish a housing requirement specifically for the needs of older people, to ensure that the supply of such homes can be effectively monitored and any under supply be taken into account when making decisions on applications for older people’s accommodation. Secondly, we would recommend that the Council’s work with specialist providers to identify suitable sites that will meet the specific needs of older people, thus freeing up existing accommodation. 6.3.4 Flexibility will be key to a successful Local Plan; through market housing, low-cost and affordable housing, and older people’s housing.
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7.1.1 The Local Plan should be focussed on providing sustainable development in the most appropriate locations. To prioritise the four big themes will result in some development impacts. 7.1.2 Notwithstanding the underlying purposes of the Green Belt (Para. 134 of the NPPF), where it can be demonstrated that appropriate development can be brought forward in the Green Belt, sites should be considered within the context of their individual circumstances. Applications should be considered in the context of Para. 136 of the NPPF including an assessment as to whether it can be demonstrated that a proposed development would bring substantial benefits, outweighing the loss of Green Belt land and thereby demonstrate exceptional circumstances needed to justify Green Belt release. In accordance with Para. 138, Green Belt boundaries should be reviewed to reflect the need to promote sustainable patterns of development. If the release of Green Belt can facilitate more sustainable patterns of development, particularly if the land has been previously developed or is well-served by public transport, there should be policy provision to allow for a consideration of this in order to determine Green Belt planning applications within the emerging Local Plan. 7.1.3 By way of example, the Greater Cambridge Partnership, in progressing the A428/A1303 Cambourne to Cambridge Better Public Transport Project, have recommended a Scotland Farm Park and Ride location, acknowledging that it is a priority project for development in the first five years of the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP’s) transport programme. Made up of three key elements: a public transport link between Cambourne and Cambridge, a new Park and Ride facility off the A428/A1303 to supplement the existing Madingley Park and Ride, and new cycling and walking facilities. Subject to statutory consent, construction of these elements is anticipated to commence in 2022, with an opening date in late 2024.
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7.2.1 The presumption in favour of sustainable development is recognised, however there should be a degree of flexibility in terms of allowing appropriate development outside of the settlement boundaries of villages, in particular, if development meets a particular local business or community need as set out within Para. 84 of the NPPF. Sustainable development in rural areas is also supported under Para. 78 of the NPPF, which requires planning policies to identify opportunities for villages to grow and thrive, especially where this will support local services.
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7.3.1 There should be more flexibility when considering the scale and size of developments that are permitted within village boundaries. The Local Plan currently restricts the amount of development that is permitted in Minor Rural Centres (Policy S/9) to 30 dwellings; in Group Villages (Policy S10) to eight dwellings and in exceptional circumstances to 15 dwellings; and in Infill Villages (Policy S/11) to two dwellings and in exceptional circumstances to eight dwellings. These policies should not restrict development to a certain number of dwellings and should instead encourage an appropriate density depending on the context of the site that is being considered for development. Some sites might be capable of accommodating higher density development which can enable a more sustainable distribution of growth, particularly in the case of some villages within the district which are well connected in terms of being located on key transport corridors with access to rail, bus and cycleway links, thereby making them sustainable locations for development. A more flexible approach towards considering development in villages should therefore be used when allocating development sites and in the determination of planning applications. 7.3.2 There should also be more flexibility in terms of considering applications which are located outside village boundaries, provided the site is suitable in other terms including its access to transport and village services and provided it is not overly constrained in terms of other environmental designations.
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Farmland / rough grass
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Greenfield
Petrol filling station with associated ancillary uses in connection with proposed Scotland Farm Park and Ride Facility; Employment uses (B1, D2) together with open space and associated infrastructure.
Other - YES – Provision of new Park & Ride facility. Diverse, lower value start-up employment space and related uses close to residential centres and on existing and new lines of communication.
10,000m² of new flexible employment space, east of the Dry Drayton Industrial Park to accommodate demand not being fulfilled in adjoining space which remains fully occupied.
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Junction and roadway to be improved and can be due to ownership.
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All services are already connected to the adjoining employment business facilities.
All services are already connected to the adjoining employment business facilities.
It is owned freehold and is fully in the owner’s control.
Close to residential areas and good communication, resulting in keen demand for existing space.
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2020/21
2025
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Scotland Farm, Dry Drayton, CB23 8AU
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Farmland and land associated with existing office use and Scotland Farm storage facilities.
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Greenfield and existing recreational use in part.Greenfield and existing recreational use in part.
Employment uses (B1, B2, B8) together with outdoor leisure uses (D2).
Employment use compatible with adjoining uses close to upgraded road network and with associated leisure, parking, recreational and wellbeing uses in the countryside.
We have received enquiries for 500,000ft² for specialist industrial use in this location.
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To be improved to accommodate an increase in space over and above the existing storage facilities.
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All services are connected to the existing facilities on site.
All services are connected to the existing facilities on site.
The landowner wants to develop the site as soon as feasibly possible following recent enquiries.
Proximity to Cambridge and existing and emerging regional transport links; available in the short term; and all constraints are considered to be minor and/or easily overcome.
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2021
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Farmland and accommodation land following new road construction.
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Residential development, including care village provision, open space and associated infrastructure; Employment uses.
Other - Roadside Services Care village demand is strong, providing employment in a sustainable location. Employment uses close to highway corridors.
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Access over owned land to the east, off Oakington Road.
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Full capacity surveys have not been undertaken at this early stage, but we believe the key utilities are in close proximity.
Full capacity surveys have not been undertaken at this early stage, but we believe the key utilities are in close proximity.
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The sheltered location for the care village in a village setting, providing local employment and the ability for elderly seeking to downsize to stay in their environment, yet close to key public transport.
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2022
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