Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New searchLand at Vine Farm and to the south of Caxton, Caxton, Cambs, CB23 3PL
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Sustainable, residential led development, which includes provision of associated infrastructure, community facilities, educational facilities and open green space and landscaping. Vehicular access points (utilising existing farm accesses) onto A1198 and Gransden Road.
Other forms of Housing - Modular Employment Other - Yes – new business space for retail units, start-up units and ‘work from home’ units. All uses considered, subject to a compatible use with wider residential use in area. The proposed development is on existing agricultural land which has no significant planning constraints or environment designations and lies outside of the Green Belt. The site is well connected via the existing road network, with excellent connectivity to the A428, a major road network and the town of Cambourne. The site would provide excellent connections to the proposed new east-west rail station at Cambourne and the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM) linking Cambourne to Cambridge City Centre. The development would be of a sufficient scale to support public transport provision, provide local shops and services on site. The site could provide new market and affordable housing to contribute to meeting the significant national and local housing need. Additionally, it could also provide business employment land to create opportunities to significantly reduce car travel and reduce carbon emissions.
The proposed site area (outlined in red in the included plan) extends to approximately 121 hectares. In light of South Camb's adopted Local Plan, Policy H/8 proposes a density of 40 dwellings per hectare in new settlements. Therefore, as the site is relatively unconstrained, we have assumed 70% of the site is deliverable, allowing for green infrastructure, public open space, infrastructure provision and education, the site has the potential to deliver approximately 3,800 residential dwellings. If approximately 6-7 hectares were provided, this would reduce the residential element to approximately 3,120 dwellings. The site is subject to a current technical appraisal to confirm the above numbers and provision of employment land.
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Indicative access points are shown on the attached plan marked with a yellow star. Where possible, the existing farm accesses will be improved to provide site access. There is an existing access spur off the southern Caxton bypass roundabout into the site, which could be utilised and upgraded. The exact location and type of junctions required to serve the proposed development will be subject to advice from highways consultants and detailed discussions with the Highways Authority.
The site is relatively unconstrained and level ground although the eastern parcel does slope down. The ground is stable and there are no known constraints or physical constraints to the development.
There are no known constraints. The Bourn Brook runs through the middle of the eastern parcel, however this has not been known to overflow onto this land. The majority of the land is within Flood Zone 1. The site is well drained.
All mains utilities would need to be connected to the site to serve the proposed development. There is an electricity pylon running across the site, marked on the map in black.
All mains utilities would need to be connected to the site to serve the proposed development. There is an electricity pylon running across the site, marked on the map in black.
Also next 6-10 years and 10+ years. If the site is allocated for development, we assume it would taken some time from adoption of the plan to prepare a strategic masterplan for the site, an outline planning application and subsequent reserved matters application. Work on a strategic masterplan would be undertaken during the preparation of the Local Plan to demonstrate the site is available, suitable and deliverable, whilst identifying the site’s capacities in housing numbers to help meet the Local Plan’s growing requirement to deliver the housing needs. The site is owned by one landowner, which indicates deliverability and helps to bring the land and housing forward in the plan period.
This area is of particular interest in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and it is strategically located next to the sustainable settlement of Cambourne, already providing existing employment and infrastructure connectivity. Additionally, the site is located next to the proposed eastwest rail link and the proposed new station at Cambourne. Pedestrian and cycle links could be provided to the new train station. The site can be delivered as a whole as it is in a single ownership
No legal or land ownership constraints.
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