Agenda, decisions and minutes

To receive any declarations of interest from Members on matters arising in this agenda.

Councillor SGM Kindersley declared a personal interest as an elected County Councillor, Cambridgeshire County Council.

A – Introduction

B – Vision and Development Principles

Council AGREED Chapter A – Introduction and Chapter B – Vision and Development Principles.

C – The Site and Its Setting

Council AGREED Chapter C – The Site and Its Setting.

D – The Urban Quarter at Cambridge East

D5 – Employment

Objective D5/a

It was proposed that the response be amended as follows:

2nd paragraph.  Add final sentence ‘ There is no equivalent generals employment area proposed at Cambridge East as most of the employment will be located within the district centre or the local centres as part of high density, mixed use developments’.

The 3^rd paragraph should be deleted in total.

D5/a – it was AGREED to remove the word ‘some’ from the proposed amendment.

D5/b – it was confirmed that this would be amended to reflect the wording contained in the Northstowe AAP.

D6 Community Facilities, Leisure, Arts and Culture including Community Development

CE/12 – Community Services, Facilities, Leisure, Arts and Culture

It was AGREED to split the first sentence of the final paragraph of the response as follows: ‘Finally, the provision of health care is taken into account in this AAP.  In terms of Addenbrooke’s … (remainder as written)’

D7 – Transport.

It was AGREED that the words ‘and allotments’ should be removed and the sentence amended to read ‘The development will be linked to the Jubilee Cycle Road and the Cemetery’.

D11 Meeting Recreational Needs

CE/24 Public Open Space and Sports Provision.

Paragraph 7m.  Members had asked for this to be reconsidered in relation to the Northstowe AAP and it would be brought back to the 9 December 2005 Council meeting.

D12 An Integrated Water Strategy.

It was AGREED that Paragraph 5 should be amended to read as follows:

‘5. All development in Cambridge East will incorporate water conservation measures including water saving devices, rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling whilst managing the recycling of water, to ensure no adverse impact on the water environment and biodiversity.’ 

A consequent change was necessary to Paragraph D12.11 of the AAP in Appendix B.  It was AGREED that the last sentence be amended to read:

‘….This important issue should be considered as part of the Cambridge East proposals.’ 

CE/26 Paragraph 4, first sentence. It was AGREED that the words ‘be occupied’ should be deleted and replaced with ‘commence’.

Subject to the amendments above, Council AGREED Chapter D – The Urban Quarter at Cambridge East.

Council AGREED Chapter E – Delivering Cambridge East.

Council NOTED the Glossary of Terms.

Council NOTED the Index of Representors at Appendix C.

Council AGREED the following recommendations as listed in the LDF: Cambridge East AAP: Pre-submission draft response to representations and proposed changes:

1.                  AGREED the responses to representations to the Pre-Submission draft Cambridge East Area Action Plan (AAP) as contained in Appendix A

2.                  AGREED the proposed changes to the draft AAP as contained in Appendix A and incorporated into Appendix B (with additional changes as noted above)  ...  view the full decision text for item 2.

The Principal Planning Policy Officer asked members to note that that the Cambridge East Area Action Plan (AAP) had been prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council.  Because of this, targets and policy standards had been listed within the AAP rather than reference made to the Core Strategy DPD and Development Control Policies DPD, to provide a consistent approach across the boundaries between Cambridge City and the South Cambridgeshire District.

The Cambridge East AAP would need to be approved by both Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council.  To assist with this process, the Cambridge East Member Reference Group (CEMRG) had been established. Comprising members and officers from the City, District and County, its aim was to obtain consensus on issues.  The CEMRG had met on 4 November 2005 and considered the schedule of response to representations and the draft AAP with changes incorporated. The CEMRG had endorsed the majority of responses to representations and proposed changes.  There were 2 issues where the CEMRG had recommended changes to Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.  These were Water Conservation and Waste. Both would be dealt with during the meeting.

At a meeting on 8^th November 2005, Cambridge City Council Environment & Scrutiny Committee agreed the documents (subject to the CEMRG proposed changes).  Cambridge City Council would consider the draft AAP and any issues raised at this meeting today on 8^th December 2005.  SCDC would consider the draft AAP together with any issues raised by the City on the 9^th December 2005.   It was anticipated that these Council meetings would result in a joint agreement to be taken forward.

Around 450 representations to the Cambridge East AAP had been received during the Pre-Submission public participation period.  This was less than a third of the number received at the Preferred Options Stage.  Of these, approaching 30% were in support.  This was quite different from the level of representations for each of the Preferred Options stage, which numbered 1515, a significant number of which were objections to any proposal to relocate Marshall Airport to Duxford.  That option had since been ruled out.

Appendix A – Responses To Representations

Appendix B – South Cambridgeshire LDF – Submission Draft Cambridge East Area Action Plan

Appendices A and B were considered concurrently. Key points raised during discussion, and additional changes to those highlighted in the draft submission are noted below.

A – Introduction

B – Vision and Development Principles

The Principal Planning Policy Officer noted that a representation queried the ability to deliver the number of dwellings stated by 2016, due to potential delays in release of land and uncertainty about the feasibility of relocating the airport.  The response was that notwithstanding progress on airport relocation, the only parts of Cambridge East assumed by the South Cambridgeshire Core Strategy DPD to come forward by 2016 were Phase 1 north of Newmarket Road and the land north of Cherry Hinton; neither Council was relying on Cambridge Airport yielding dwellings by 2016.

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