Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New searchLand south of Bourn Bridge Road, Little Abington, CAMBS
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Agricultural.
Greenfield site.
No planning history.
Greenfield land.
Residential development for between 50-60 dwellings.
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Between 50-60 dwellings at a density of 30 dwelling per hectare (dph) and associated infrastructure. Providing 40% affordable housing of a mix and tenure that council planning policies require.
There are no known physical or environmental constraints to the site. The site has a flat topography and fronts Bourn Bridge Road on its northern access.
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There is not current access point to the site. A new access will be constructed onto Bourn Bridge Road to the north.
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Site has access to key facilities within close proximity.
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The site is non-green belt land on the edge of a settlement. It is in a sustainable location with good links to employment, services and facilities.
High - the site is located within 500m to Granta Park, a key employment site on the edge of Cambridge, and is within 10 miles of Cambridge City Centre.
There are some legal issues regarding an overage. Discussions are on-going to overcome these.
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The Local Plan should plan for sustainable growth around the key settlements in the Greater Cambridge plan area. Key transport links and employment locations should guide growth, creating places that people want to live. The plan should allocate land appropriately and look to direct growth to existing settlements to enable these to grow. The houses provided on sites should help to meet the needs of local people and it is therefore essential to establish what the need is. Whilst many settlements around the city are within the Cambridge Green Belt, there are opportunities to expand those that do not require the removal of Green Belt land. This is particularly relevant for those settlements like Little Abington that are in close proximity to employment sites and have sustainable links into the centre of Cambridge.
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The Local Plan should plan for sustainable growth around the key settlements in the Greater Cambridge plan area. Key transport links and employment locations should guide growth, creating places that people want to live. The plan should allocate land appropriately and look to direct growth to existing settlements to enable these to grow. The houses provided on sites should help to meet the needs of local people and it is therefore essential to establish what the need is. Whilst many settlements around the city are within the Cambridge Green Belt, there are opportunities to expand those that do not require the removal of Green Belt land. This is particularly relevant for those settlements like Little Abington that are in close proximity to employment sites and have sustainable links into the centre of Cambridge.
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The plan should seek to provide a wide range of housing to meet local needs. The plan should also seek to engage with a range of developers including SMEs to ensure there is diversity and variety in the housing market.
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Yes. There are many sustainable settlements within close proximity to Cambridge and other key settlements that would be sustainable development options. More fundamentally there are other settlements, such as the Abington’s which are also within close proximity to Cambridge that are not wholly surrounded by Green Belt and could take growth
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Somewhat flexible. Settlements that have a greater level of service provision should be identified as having greater capacity for growth. Those settlements that are in sustainable, non-Green Belt location should be identified as being able to accommodate to most growth. Village boundaries need to be reviewed to be less restrictive, and land that is adjacent existing settlement boundaries should be assessed with greater detail.
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There is opportunity to expand existing settlements without creating new ones. Whilst there is a need for new settlements, the ability to expand existing settlements should be reviewed first. There any many settlements on the periphery of Cambridge and key service centres which would benefit from some growth. Growth of existing settlements results in improvements to community facilities and services which improves the social sustainability.
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