Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021

The Cambridgeshire Development Forum brings together a diverse range of organisations with a shared commitment to the delivery of high-quality developments in the Cambridgeshire region. We include promoters, developers, housebuilders, housing associations, planners, advisers, law firms, design companies, transport planners and related professionals in our membership. We do not promote individual sites and are focused on achieving more effective delivery of plans in our region. We value the engagement we receive from local planning authorities, the Combined Authority and Central Government. We welcome this opportunity to respond to the consultation on the Local Plan.

These representations reflect shared views among our members but should not be interpreted as representing the views of any individual member organisation in membership of the Forum.

Responses:

Q1: the additional 550 homes a year should be regarded as a minimum figure, which should be reviewed regularly in relation to the growth in jobs within the travel-to-work areas

Q2: the spatial strategy for development should focus the larger development sites in locations which offer public transport options to reach major employment centres. Development in rural locations of an appropriate scale should not be deterred as and when more sustainable personal transport options are available, eg EVS using renewable energy.

Q3: The Cambridge East Development should be connected directly to the City centre and the inner urban ring of development at the Biomedical campus, North Cambridge and the Science Park, Eddington and West Cambridge. But it should not be a wholly residential development. It should be a mixed development including commercial, residential and leisure/ retail options. It should be envisaged as a distinct place, with its own character. It could include high-rise apartments suitable for the younger workers who comprise many Cambridge area workforces.

Q4: North-East Cambridge should offer a residential opportunity for those employed in the technology sectors around Cambridge, including a significant component of affordable housing for market sale, market rent, shared ownership, and social housing.

Q5: development in and close to the biomedical campus should be prioritised for the healthcare, research, and technology cluster; significant adjacent sites should not be developed for large-scale residential purposes.

Q6: Cambourne should provide jobs near the new homes and include more employment space potentially including a commercial hub based on any new railway station above the A428.
Outside this commercial and retail hub, Cambourne should be focused on the large-scale offering of homes for families of those working across the Cambridge area.

Q7: in the southern rural cluster, opportunities for development on brownfield sites and for rural diversification, with small business-related developments should not be excluded.
Related residential development on smaller sites should also be accommodated, taking account of the Neighbourhood Plans. A priority should be given to sites in villages on rail routes, at public transport nodes and within public transport corridors. Subject to the decisions to be made concerning the East-West Rail Link, the option for significant growth and/or new settlement in appropriate locations that maximises the use of all forms of public transport should be considered as additions to the sites proposed.

[Q8-13 omitted]


We have welcomed the engagement with the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning team, and look forward to this continuing through this process in future discussions.

Cambridgeshire Development Forum December 2021