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What is the Development Control Policies DPD?

The Development Control Policies DPD will guide decisions on planning applications within South Cambs. It is an extremely important part of the Local Development Framework, covering a wide range of topics, including housing, jobs, travel, the natural environment and the Green Belt:

• Housing: Bringing forward Affordable Housing, more smaller homes and at higher densities than in the past to make better use of land.
• Jobs: Making enough land available to meet the needs of the nationally important Hi-Tech Industry and other employment sectors to meet local needs.
• Services and Facilities: Policies are included to ensure vital facilities are safeguarded and wherever possible enhanced when new development comes forward.
• The Natural Environment: Promoting biodiversity, safeguarding resources through the re-use and recycling of materials, and ensuring that new developments use energy efficiently.
• Travel: Reducing the need to travel by locating housing close to jobs and services and encouraging public transport, cycling and walking instead of the car.
• Green Belt: Keeping the Green Belt as it is except where changes have to be made for the major developments on the edge of Cambridge.

Latest News on the Development Control Policies DPD

South Cambs Council submitted its Development Control Policies DPD to the Secretary of State on 6 January 2006, following extensive consultation with the public and key stakeholders. This document was subject to a further public consultation in January and February 2006. Following this, an Examination took place in October 2006, to test the document's "soundness".

The Inspectors released their report on the findings of the Examination on 24 May 2007. The Council adopted the Development Control Policies DPD on 19 July 2007.

• Development Control Policies DPD - adopted July 2007
• Adopted Proposals Map - published July 2007
• Schedule of Adopted Plans and Saved Policies
• Adoption Statement
• Inspectors Report on the Development Control Policies DPD (May 2007)
• Core Strategy DPD, Development Control Policies DPD and Site Specific Policies DPD Final Environmental / Sustainability Report
• Development Control Policies DPD Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment Adoption Statement
• Development Control Policies DPD Habitats Directive Assessment

Historic Documents

• South Cambs' news release regarding the Development Control Policies DPD draft Inspectors Report, including a summary of the main recommendations
• Past Consultations on the Development Control Policies DPD (This link will open in a new window) - a link to the Council's consultation website, where all the representations made against previous consultation versions of the Development Control Policies DPD can be viewed.

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