Decision details

LDF = Local Development Framework

AAP = Area Action Plan

DPD = Development Plan Document

See also South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework (LDF)

Council AGREED

(a)     To replace paragraph 3.7 with:

“Guidance on the preparation of a Health Impact Assessment can be found in the Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document.”;

(b)     To add a new sentence to paragraph 3.8, after the second sentence:

“Development at higher densities may require more innovative design to incorporate off-street car parking, for example, through integrating garages within the footprint of dwellings or underground parking.”;

(c)         To amend the proposed Green Belt boundary around Willingham to follow the Village Framework except to the east of Haden Way and west of Station Road, where it should follow the lines of fences and a hawthorn hedge and east of Station Road where it should follow the awarded watercourse;

(d)     That the Over Green Belt boundary revert to that proposed on the Pre-Submission Proposals Map and the changes proposed on the 15^th November 2005 be rescinded;

(e)     That the triangle of land between the grounds of Sawston Hall and properties fronting St Mary’s Road, Sawston should remain outside the village framework and within the Green Belt;

(f)      that Policy HG/2 should not include a floorspace threshold or number of bedrooms in relation to housing mix, but should include a requirement for a proportion (not to be specified) of new dwellings to be designed to lifetime mobility standards;

(g)     To replace Policy HG/9 paragraph 4, with:

“Dwellings associated with the keeping of horses are an inappropriate form of development in the countryside.  Where the future need for accommodation is anticipated, stables should be located close to an existing dwelling, or suitable building capable of conversion to such use.  Dwellings for horse enterprises will be considered in accordance with the tests for other rural-based enterprises.”;

(h)     To add a new sentence to paragraph 5.39, following the first sentence:

“It is not considered that the security of horses justifies the provision of a dwelling and there are other methods of providing site security.”;

(i)      To delete paragraph 5.40;

(j)      To add to the end of paragraph 5.41 “where they comprise a rural enterprise.”;

(k)     To revise paragraph 5.42 to read:

“…will be prepared for dwellings associated with a rural enterprise.”;

(l)      That, subject to clarification with the Observatory on the developments on which consultation is needed, a new policy paragraph be added to Policy SF/10:

“Within the ‘Lords Bridge Consultation Area 2’ (defined on the Proposals Map), development proposals for telecommunications and microwave operations that could adversely affect the operation of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory at Lord’s Bridge will be subject to consultation with the University of Cambridge, and account will be taken of the risk of interference to the equipment being used at the Observatory.  Planning permission will be refused where interference would be caused that could not be overcome by conditions or by the use of planning obligations.”;

(m)   To add new Important Countryside Frontages at Over where the countryside penetrates to streets or paths which afford the countryside views from public viewpoints which contribute to the character of the village, as shown on Inset Map…

(n)     To add to the Glossary a definition of “rural enterprise”:

“An enterprise where a countryside location is necessary and acceptable, which contributes to the rural economy, and / or promotes recreation in and the enjoyment of the countryside.  Examples may include types of farm diversification, recreation and tourism.”;

(o)     To amend the Protected Village Amenity Area boundary at London Road, Sawston to exclude from the PVAA the Medical Centre which is under construction, as the land no longer performs a village amenity function.

(p)     To add a new paragraph to the end of Policy DP/6 (Construction Methods) to read:

“Construction traffic for development at Northstowe, Cambridge East, Cambridge Southern Fringe, Cambridge North West, Cambridge Northern Fringe and Cambourne will be routed to avoid roads passing through villages.”

(Wording to be clarified to indicate that all villages in the District are covered);

(q)     to add a new sentence to the end of paragraph 3.21, to read:

“The routing of construction traffic for the major developments is particularly important because of the scale and duration of the development and frequency of vehicle movements and will be required to avoid villages to minimise impacts on existing residents.”