Decision details

To agree the response to the pre-submission consultation on the St Neots Neighbourhood Plan 2014-2029.  The deadline for comments is 9 September 2014.

The Planning Portfolio Holder endorsed the following response to the St Neots Neighbourhood Plan:

1.            Support Policy PT1.  As St Neots is within the A428 corridor and car traffic generated from within this area will impact on the road network used by people who live and work in South Cambridgeshire the Council is welcomes this policy.  The successful implementation of this policy should reduce car traffic on the wider road network.

2.            Support Policy PT1 – Railway station improvements - The railway station in St Neots is for many who live or work in the west of the district their local station so the Council would welcome the positive support shown in the neighbourhood plan to improvements to the facilities at the station.  However the Town Council may wish to include in the policy consideration of improving sustainable travel links to the station e.g. cycle paths. 

3.            Support Policy PT4- part (d).  South Cambridgeshire DC welcomes the inclusion of the Town Council being willing to work with Huntingdonshire DC and Cambridgeshire County Council about dualling the A428.  Improving the traffic flow on this road by dualling from the A1 to Caxton Gibbet would help the road network within the district to move more efficiently.  It is one of the critical corridors for development within the county with planned development at St Neots, West Cambourne and Bourn Airfield. The Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Transport Strategy recognises the A428 corridor as one that needs improvement to accommodate planned growth.