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Northstowe Area Action Plan (AAP)

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Northstowe Planning Application - A revised outline planning application was submitted by developers Gallagher Longstanton Ltd. and English Partnerships in December 2007.

What is the Northstowe AAP?

Northstowe is a proposed new town, north of Cambridge. It relates to Objective ST/d of the Core Strategy:

'To create a sustainable small new town close to but separate from the villages of Longstanton and Oakington connected to Cambridge by a high quality rapid transit system along the route of the disused St Ives railway. The new town will make best use of previously developed land.'

The Core Strategy also states that Northstowe will consist of up to 10,000 new homes, of which 4,800 are to be provided by 2016. Northstowe will have a town centre to serve the town and nearby villages. In addition, it will be a site for new employment, allowing for continuing growth in the high technology research and development sector.

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Together with partners, we were invited to bid for government money to "upgrade" Northstowe to an Eco-Town. The Council's bid was successful and we have now been awarded £1.5 million to help modify the plans for Northstowe to enable the new town to be designed and developed to make a bigger contribution to carbon reduction goals and to convert two existing homes into demonstration houses to show how existing homes can be converted and lived in to produce zero carbon emissions.

Background Information

The Council submitted the Northstowe AAP to the Secretary of State in January 2006. Examination hearings to test the 'soundness' of the AAP were held between December 2006 and January 2007.

The Inspectors issued in June 2007 their final report on the Northstowe AAP concluding that the Northstowe AAP is 'sound' subject to a number of binding changes being made. The Northstowe AAP was formally adopted on 19 July 2007.

Adoption Documents

• Northstowe AAP - adopted July 2007
• Adopted Proposals Map - published July 2007
• Schedule of Adopted Plans and Saved Policies
• Adoption Statement
• Inspectors Report on the Northstowe AAP (June 2007)
• Northstowe AAP Final Environmental / Sustainability Report
• Northstowe AAP Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment Adoption Statement
• Northstowe AAP Habitats Directive Assessment

Historic Documents

• The LDF Document Archive contains all the documents associated with the consultations on Issues & Options, Preferred Options, Pre-Submission, Submission and Objection Sites.
• Past consultations on the Northstowe AAP (This link will open in a new window) - A link to the Council's online consultation website where all representations made and interactive versions of the consultation documents can be viewed.

If you would like a further explanation of the Northstowe AAP, any matter relating to the Local Development Framework, please either e-mail the Planning Policy section on ldf@scambs.gov.uk or phone (01954) 713183.