Consultation on Issues and Options (July to September 2012)

Consultation

We sought your views on options for how the district should be developed over the next 20 years through public consultation from 12 July to 28 September 2012. We received nearly 21,000 comments.

Comments on the Sustainability Reports are available to view on our online consultation website:

• Interactive Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report - to view comments made on the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
• Interactive Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report - to view comments made on the Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report

Summaries of the comments received have been prepared and can be downloaded using the links below:

• Chapter 1: Introduction - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 2: Vision - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 3: Development Needs - Summary of Representations (including Questionnaire Leaflet Questions 1 and 2)
• Chapter 4: Spatial Strategy - Summary of Representations (including Questionnaire Leaflet Questions 3, 4 and 5)
• Chapter 5: Development Options - Summary of Representations (including Questionnaire Leaflet Question 6)
• Chapter 6: Climate Change - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 7: Delivering High Quality Places - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 8: Protecting and Enhancing the Natural and Historic Environment - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 9: Delivering High Quality Homes - Summary of Representations (including Questionnaire Leaflet Question 7)
• Chapter 10: Building a Strong and Competitive Economy - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 11: Promoting Successful Communities - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 12: Promoting and Delivering Sustainable Transport and Infrastructure - Summary of Representations
• Chapter 13: Site Specific Issues - Summary of Representations
• Questionnaire Leaflet: Questions 8 to 10 - Summary of Representations
• Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report and Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report - Summary of Representations

Consultation Documents

Local Plan Issues and Options Report

• Front Cover and Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Vision
• Chapter 3: Development Needs
• Chapter 4: Spatial Strategy
• Chapter 5: Development Options
• Chapter 6: Climate Change
• Chapter 7: Delivering High Quality Places
• Chapter 8: Protecting and Enhancing the Natural and Historic Environment
• Chapter 9: Delivering High Quality Homes
• Chapter 10: Building a Strong and Competitive Economy
• Chapter 11: Promoting Successful Communities
• Chapter 12: Promoting and Delivering Sustainable Transport and Infrastructure
• Chapter 13: Site Specific Issues
• Appendix 1: Evidence Base and Supporting Studies
• Appendix 2: Assessments of Broad Locations on the Edge of Cambridge
• Appendix 3: Village Categories
• Appendix 4: Towards New Parking Standards For Housing
• Appendix 5: Maps of Existing Employment Allocations, Established Employment Areas, Existing Allocations for Open Space and Site Specific Policies
• Glossary

A complete version is also available to download: Local Plan Issues and Options Report (please note this document is 15.6 MB).

• Questionnaire Leaflet
• Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
• Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report

Local Plan Workshops

As part of the process of gathering evidence for and preparing the new Local Plan, during March and April 2012 we held a series of workshops with Members, Parish Councils, stakeholders (for example, infrastructure providers), house builders, planning agents and registered providers. The notes from each of the workshops are published below, together with a summary note pulling all the key comments together:

• Member Workshop 1 (21 March 2012)
• Member Workshop 2 (27 March 2012)
• Parish Council Workshop (29 March 2012)
• Stakeholder Workshop (2 April 2012)
• House builders, planning agents and Registered Providers Workshop (3 April 2012)
• Workshops Summary

During July 2012, we held another series of workshops with Parish Councils. The notes from each of the workshops are published below:

• North - A14 east to A14 west (9 July 2012)
• West - A14 west to A603 (10 July 2012)
• South - A603 to M11 (11 July 2012)
• East - M11 to A14 east (16 July 2012)