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North West Cambridge Area Action Plan (AAP)
North West Cambridge AAP, Submission Draft, May 2008
Interactive North West Cambridge AAP (This link will open in a new window) - The plan is being prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council. A link to Cambridge City Council's consultation website, where representations from all consultations can be viewed.
Further Information on the North West Cambridge AAP (This link will open in a new window) - A link to Cambridge City Council's website, where further details on the joint AAP are available.
North West Cambridge AAP Examination (This link will open in a new window) - Details on the North West Cambridge AAP Examination can be viewed on the Cambridge City Council website.
What is the North West Cambridge AAP?
The Core Strategy Development Plan Document sets out the broad location for future development in South Cambs. It states that the most preferable location for new development is on the edge of Cambridge. The North West Cambridge AAP is one of three Area Action Plans which will provide detailed planning policy guidance for specific sites on the urban fringe of the City.
The development at North West Cambridge, between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road, will predominantly be for the long-term needs of Cambridge University. This will include key worker housing for University staff, student housing and new faculty buildings and research facilities and also market housing. In order to do this, the AAP will propose changes to the Cambridge Green Belt. It will also include any necessary proposals for linking the site to Cambridge and the surrounding transport network as well as landscape, recreation and access proposals in Girton Parish.
The Area Action Plan relates to land in both Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire, and is therefore being prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council.
Latest News on the North West Cambridge AAP
The North West Cambridge AAP (jointly prepared by South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council) was submitted to the Secretary of State on 19 May 2008, following two rounds of consultation with the public and key stakeholders in 2006 and 2007.
The Councils sought your views on the Submission draft AAP through a six-week period of public consultation from 19 May to 30 June 2008. As a result of this consultation, a number of representations were received proposing alternative sites for development; these are known as "Objection Sites". The Councils are seeking your views on these Objection Sites through a six-week period of public consultation from 8 September to 20 October 2008, please see Cambridge City Councils North West Cambridge AAP (This link will open in a new window) webpage for more information.
Government appointed Planning Inspectors will scrutinise the Area Action Plan at a Public Examination in Autumn 2008. A Pre-Hearings Meeting conducted by the Inspectors took place on the 9 September 2008 at The Guildhall, Cambridge. The oral sessions of the Examination are expected to start on Tuesday 25 November 2008. Further details on the examination can be found on the North West Cambridge AAP Examination (This link will open in a new window) page.
Submission Draft Documents
- Public Notice
- Statement of Consultation Self Assessment of Soundness
- Submission Draft Area Action Plan
- Submission Sustainability Appraisal Full Report
Supporting Documents
- Draft Final Sustainability Appraisal Report for the North West Cambridge AAP (Preferred Options Stage)
- North West Cambridge Transport Study
- Huntingdon Road Junction Study
- Site Footprint Assessment
- North West Cambridge Green Belt Landscape Study
- Habitats Directive Assessment for the North West Cambridge AAP
- North West Cambridge AAP, Preferred Options Consultation, Volume 1 - Draft Area Action Plan
- North West Cambridge AAP, Preferred Options Consultation, Volume 2 - Development of Preferred Options
- City Scoping Report
- SCDC Scoping Report
- Scoping Report Addendum
- Cambridge Community Strategy 2004
- Cambridge Community Strategy 2008
- Climate Change Paper
- Issues and Options Sustainability Appraisal
- Land Budget Paper, 2008
- North West Cambridge Issues and Options Report
- SCDC Community Strategy 2004-2007
- Site Footprint - Supplementary Paper March 2008
- SCDC 2008 Community Strategy
If you would like a further explanation of this Area Action Plan, or any other matter relating to the Local Development Framework, please either e-mail the Planning Policy section on ldf@scambs.gov.uk, or phone (01954) 713183.
