Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options

Comment

Representation ID: 58870

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

CBC Limited and the Landowners strongly support the need to plan for future job growth. However, the proposed number of jobs represents an annual growth rate which is significantly lower than the historic growth rates achieved consistently since 1991. The growth potential of the Life Sciences sector in particular should be reflected in the proposed approach.

There has never been a more important time to support and invest in centres of excellence for health and life sciences.

Comment

Representation ID: 58874

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

CBC Limited and the landowners support the policy principles of prioritising new employment development in Cambridge within the mixed use Areas of Major Change such as the Campus which is nationally important. We support the development of detailed criteria to ensure ensure proposals for employment development will be acceptable. The nature of future employment development is anticipated to be agreed with GCSP as part of the Campus’ Local Plan policies.

Comment

Representation ID: 58876

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

We support the policy aims to enable a range of facilities in employment parks. The Campus has an existing facilities deficit due to its rapid development over time. Further supporting flexible business spaces, retail, leisure and amenity facilities will enable it to become more complete, dynamic and successful.

Comment

Representation ID: 58884

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

We support the policy aims to ensure the inclusion of new retail centres appropriate to the scale of development to meet the day to day needs of local communities. The proposals for the expansion of the Campus will include an element of retail which will reduce journeys, support daily life on the Campus and meet residents’ and employees’ needs.

Comment

Representation ID: 58892

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

We support policy aims to respond to the need for new visitor accommodation, particularly within Cambridge. There is an identified need at the Campus for visitor accommodation, particularly for business activities but also for visitor use. Campus expansion could provide hotel space alongside a conference centre for which there is also an identified deficit. The Campus is in serious need of floorspace to allow for the mixing of different staff from different institutions to enable knowledge spillover and idea sharing. A diverse development offer allows the Campus to move towards an interconnected and vibrant innovation district promoting collaboration and innovation.

Comment

Representation ID: 58893

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

We support the principle of a policy that supports new teaching hospital facilities and specialist faculty development. These are types of development will come forward as part of the future expansion of the Campus.

Comment

Representation ID: 58901

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

CBC Limited and the landowners support the intention to secure the delivery of affordable housing in Cambridge, particularly given the high house prices seen in the city. The CBC Vision 2050 seeks to deliver affordable housing to address the needs of Campus staff, the nature and securing mechanisms for which can be agreed through the local plan policies and joint working with GCSP.

Comment

Representation ID: 58905

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

We support the aims of a policy to secure an appropriate mix of housing on new developments in principle – but the future Local Plan policy must recognise that some sites where the housing offer is tailored to meet specific needs may not reflect a broader housing mix. We suggest ensuring that any future policy has flexibility to allow for important locations such as the Campus to develop a housing mix to suit their specific needs, with suitable site specific policies that can govern such exception sites.

Comment

Representation ID: 58908

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

The Cambridge Biomedical Campus and immediate area will benefit from significant planned improvements in transport infrastructure, including from the Cambridge South Station and CSET extension. It is an appropriate, sustainable location at which to plan further development.

Planning at scale enables the greatest opportunity to achieve modal shift.

The expansion of the Campus into the identified Area of Major Change is an opportunity to bring development at a scale that can provide access to new infrastructure to address existing deficits, in a location that can reduce rather than add pressure to existing transport networks.

Comment

Representation ID: 58919

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: CBC Limited, Cambridgeshire County Council and a private family trust

Agent: Quod

We support the principles of delivering sustainable and inclusive communities by minimising the need to travel and reducing travel distances. The expansion of the Campus into the identified Area of Major Change offers a significant benefit in this regard – locating new development close to existing and proposed public transport connections will encourage modal shift, reduce carbon emissions and will help to reduce the pressure on the road network. Campus expansion will be guided by a Mobility Strategy focused on reducing the need to travel.