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Local Transport Plan

Meeting: 11/09/2019 - Weekly Bulletin (Item 14.)

Draft Local Transport Plan - Consultation Response

Cabinet

 

1.            Agreed in principle the draft joint response from South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council to the Local Transport Plan consultation as attached to the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, subject to the addition, either as part of the joint response or of a separate South Cambridgeshire District Council response, of comments relating to

 

(i)            the A428 between the Interchange at Girton and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout

(ii)           transport links between South Cambridgeshire villages

(iii)          the specific provision of charging points for Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles

 

2.            Agreed to delegate the wording of the final joint response and any individual response to the consultation to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, in consultation with the Deputy Leader (Statutory) of South Cambridgeshire District Council.

 

This decision was first published on 9 September and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 16 September.


Meeting: 04/09/2019 - Cabinet (Item 9)

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Additional documents:

Decision:

Cabinet

 

1.            Agreed in principle the draft joint response from South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council to the Local Transport Plan consultation as attached to the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, subject to the addition, either as part of the joint response or of a separate South Cambridgeshire District Council response, of comments relating to

 

(i)            the A428 between the Interchange at Girton and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout

(ii)           transport links between South Cambridgeshire villages

(iii)          the specific provision of charging points for Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles

 

2.            Agreed to delegate the wording of the final joint response and any individual response to the consultation to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, in consultation with the Deputy Leader (Statutory) of South Cambridgeshire District Council.

Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s draft response to the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Draft Local Transport Plan consultation taking place between 17 June 2019 and 27 September 2019. The Combined Authority was now the Transport Authority responsible for producing a Local Transport Plan.

 

Cabinet noted that discussion with Cambridge City Council had raised the potential of a joint response on some or all issues.

 

The Deputy Leader (Statutory) said that the Local Transport Plan would help to inform, but must not constrain, progress with South Cambridgeshire District Council’s next Local Plan (being prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council),

 

In response to a question, the Deputy Leader (Statutory) said that, while a proposal to extend the M11 or to build a new dual-carriageway standard route from Cambridge to Chatteris, March and Wisbech had not been identified as a project at this stage, it might still be explored in the future.

 

Councillor Anna Bradnam suggested that A.99 of the draft response should be strengthened by emphasising the need for public transport links between villages in South Cambridgeshire. Expanding on this, Councillor Peter Topping cited A.27 and said there was a good argument for South Cambridgeshire District Council submitting a supplementary response covering those issues that impacted solely on the District and not on Cambridge. Issues such as the Girton Interchange should be highlighted. The Deputy Leader (Statutory) maintained his view that a joint response would be more effective.

 

Councillor Heather Williams questioned the appropriateness of supporting, without prior consideration of the implications, East West Rail (East West Rail Company), the Oxford / Cambridge expressway and Caxton to A1 / A428 improvement scheme, and the M11 Smart Motorway (Highways England).  The Deputy Leader (Statutory) undertook to discuss this point with officers. Councillor Dr. Tumi Hawkins asked that A.38 be expanded to refer specifically to the A428 between Girton Interchange and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout, and a junction from the A428 dual carriageway to the proposed new village on Bourn Airfield. Councillor Nick Wright supported Councillor Hawkins on the question of such a junction. The Deputy Leader (Statutory) doubted whether the Local Transport Plan carried enough weight to influence Highways England Policy. Councillor Brian Milnes pointed out that the introduction of Smart Motorways might be paused to allow certain issues to be resolved. Councillor Nick Wright hoped that a review would be taking place and said that, in the meantime, South Cambridgeshire District Council should not support Smart Motorways.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Anna Bradnam, the Principal Planning Policy Officer undertook to find out whether provision was being made for charging points specifically for electric Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles.

 

Cabinet

 

1.            Agreed in principle the draft joint response from South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council to the Local Transport Plan consultation as attached to the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, subject to the addition, either as part of the joint response or of a separate South Cambridgeshire District  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9