Issue - meetings

Cabinet:

a)    Agreed the proposed response to the draft Local Transport & Connectivity Plan consultation as set out in Appendix A.

b)    Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Lead Cabinet Member for Economic Development to consider and agree any material changes to the response to the draft Local Transport & Connectivity Plan consultation proposed by Cabinet, in liaison with the Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure, and in consultation with the Chair and Spokes of the Cambridge City Council Planning & Transport Scrutiny Committee.

c)    Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, in liaison with the South Cambridgeshire Lead Cabinet member for Economic Development and the Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure, to make any minor editing changes to the response to the draft Local Transport & Connectivity Plan consultation.

Cabinet received the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Transport and Connectivity Plan: Draft Plan Consultation Response. Councillor Bridget Smith, Leader of the Council, introduced the report.

Councillor Brian Milnes, Lead Cabinet Member for the Environment, commented on the consultation response between the local authorities, and referred to the need to enhance the response to seek amendments to references to the East West Rail link to Newmarket, and to electricity grid enhancements required to support the decarbonisation of both private and public transport across the area. The Principal Policy Planner Officer commented that the report had been approved by Cambridge City Council, and the additions from the Cabinet would be part of an out-of-cycle decision.

Councillor John Williams, Lead Cabinet Member Resources, referred to the intended integrated travel network within the district, and the necessity for increased capacity within the National Grid to power the projects currently planned.

Councillor Anna Bradnam commented on the Cambridgeshire County Council’s use of ‘trip budgets’ and asked whether this had been reviewed within the consultation response. The Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development responded that trip budgets were already used by Cambridgeshire County Council and suggested that no amendments were required to be added to the report.

Councillor Anna Bradnam asked if the ‘trip budget’ approach would be incorporated into other developments. The Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development noted that this would be kept under review.

Councillor Bridget Smith closed the item, and Cabinet:

a)    Agreed the proposed response to the draft Local Transport & Connectivity Plan consultation as set out in appendix 1.

b)    Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Lead Cabinet Member for Economic Development to consider and agree any material changes to the response to the draft Local Transport & Connectivity Plan consultation proposed by Cabinet, in liaison with the Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure, and in consultation with the Chair and Spokes of the Cambridge City Council Planning & Transport Scrutiny Committee.

c)    Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, in liaison with the South Cambridgeshire Lead Cabinet member for Economic Development and the Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure, to make any minor editing changes to the response to the draft Local Transport & Connectivity Plan consultation.