Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New searchLand East of Bush Close, Comberton, CB23 7EF
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Residential development of circa 120 homes, public open space, access, landscaping and associated infrastructure 2025: Mix of housing to be determined
The site would deliver much needed housing and affordable housing and public open space in an area very well related to existing facilities.
The net density of the site development would be approximately 35 dwellings per hectare on the basis of a total of 120 homes plus 1 hectare of public open space
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The site has been reviewed from a highways network perspective and the Hopkins Homes’ proposal would create a safe adopted highway access through to Long Road. The site has good access to the strategic road network with both the M11 and A428 within 3km. The Site fronts a Byway Open to All Traffic along the eastern boundary (Byway No.7 Comberton); such a highway, whilst being unmade, provides legal right of access for all modes of transport in the same vein as a fully maintained highway, but is lacking in full physical infrastructure. It is proposed to gain access from the existing Byway which will be upgraded to create an estate road to meet the required standards of the County Council as Highway Authority. The first 104m of the Byway has been made up to form a standard estate road with a single footway, street lighting/ drainage associated with the development 'Thornbury'; a further unmade length of byway (approximately 86m) exists between the metalled carriageway and the site northern boundary. For the avoidance of doubt, the entirety of this road is part of the site submission proposal. As the entire approach road forms part of the public highway, there is no legal impediment to creating an extension and upgrading of the metalled carriageway, footway, street lighting and drainage for the intervening currently unmade length of byway. Thus, the Site will properly cater for pedestrians/ cyclists and vehicular traffic associated with the potential development in an entirely safe and conventional manner i.e. 5.0 - 5.5m carriageway and 1.8m footway Refer to attached plans and Supplementary Statement.
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The Site is in EA Zone 1 and has been assessed for contamination etc. There are no technical impediments to its allocation for development. 2025 update: The site is not affected by flood risk.
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The site has been assessed for utilities and these are available.
The site is under option to Hopkins Homes Ltd which is currently delivering approximately 800 homes per annum throughout East Anglia. The company is building on all its sites where planning permission has been granted. This means that the delay to the delivery of development is the planning process. The Company would commence the development promptly upon the grant of planning permission.
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