A vote was taken and with 32 votes in favour, nine against and 7 abstentions Council RESOLVED TO ADOPT
(a) The Site Specific Policies Development Plan, as contained in Appendix 2;
(b) The revisions to the adopted Proposals Map, as contained in Appendix 3.
Council RECOMMENDED TO CABINET that:
1. The responses to representations included in Appendices B, C and D to the report be agreed, including changes to the preferred sites and policies.
2. The updated housing land supply position results in a residual housing
shortfall of 1,120 dwellings.
3. The capacity of the NW Cambridge Area Action Plan for the purposes of
the housing shortfall be 65 dwellings but that discussions continue to
explore the potential for provision to be up to 800 dwellings by 2016 in the
district.
4. That the following preferred sites be recommended to be allocated in the
Site Specific Policies DPD examination Inspectors (subject to the changes
set out in Appendix B and summarised in this report):
i. 3 sites at Orchard Park, Cambridge, subject to the inclusion of a Grampian Condition to the effect that no residential development shall take place above the amount already approved until the A14 improvement programme relevant to the site has been completed.
ii. Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road (Council’s revised boundary).
iii. Powell’s Garage, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford
iv. Ida Darwin Hospital, Fulbourn
Cabinet RESOLVED that:
1. The responses to representations included in Appendices B, C and D to the Council report be agreed, including changes to the preferred sites and policies.
2. The updated housing land supply position results in a residual housing
shortfall of 1,120 dwellings
3. The capacity of the NW Cambridge Area Action Plan for the purposes of
the housing shortfall be 65 dwellings but that discussions continue to
explore the potential for provision to be up to 800 dwellings by 2016 in the
district
4. That the following preferred sites be recommended to be allocated in the
Site Specific Policies DPD examination Inspectors’ report (subject to the changes
set out in Appendix B and summarised in the report to Council):
i. 3 sites at Orchard Park, Cambridge, subject to the inclusion of a Grampian Condition to the effect that no residential development shall take place above the amount already approved until the A14 improvement programme relevant to the site has been completed.
ii. Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road
(Council’s revised boundary)
iii. Powell’s Garage, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford
iv. Ida Darwin Hospital, Fulbourn
5. The Leader of the Council be authorised to write to the Secretary of State to express the Cabinet’s dissatisfaction with the process South Cambridgeshire District Council has undertaken with regard to the current issue, that the Council has undertaken the process reluctantly, and that, through it, the Cabinet considers that public confidence in the robustness of the plan-making process has been eroded.
The Planning Portfolio Holder and New Communities Portfolio Holder jointly RESOLVED that the followings documents be submitted for public consultation:
· Draft public consultation document contained at Appendix 1 to the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and Sustainable Communities) and Planning Policy Manager
· Technical Annex at Appendix 2 to the said report
· Supplement to the Final Sustainability Appraisal contained at Appendix 3 to the said report.
The Planning Portfolio Holder and New Communities Portfolio Holder jointly DELEGATED to the Corporate Manager (Planning and Sustainable Communities) authority to make any further technical amendments to the Responding to a Housing Shortfall documents.
Agreement of the draft document for public consultation