Appendix C: Identifying the Strategic Policies in the Greater Cambridge Local Plan

5. Paragraph 20 of the NPPF outlines that strategic policies should set out an overall strategy for the pattern, scale and design quality of places and make sufficient provision for: 

  a. homes, employment, retail, leisure and other commercial development, 

  b. infrastructure for transport, telecommunications, security, waste management, water supply, wastewater, flood risk and coastal change management, and the provision of minerals and energy (including heat); 

  c. community facilities – such as health, education and cultural infrastructure, and; 

  d. conservation and enhancement of the natural, built and historic environment, including landscapes and green infrastructure, and planning measures to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.

6. The NPPF also sets out in paragraphs 11, 23, 78, 124, 144, 145 and 171 that: 

  e. strategic policies should provide for objectively assessed needs for housing and other uses, informed by a local needs assessment, and provide a clear strategy for bringing sufficient land forward at a sufficient rate to address objectively assessed needs over the plan period, 

  f. strategic policies should include a trajectory illustrating the expected rate of housing delivery over the plan period, 

  g. strategic policies should set out a clear strategy for accommodating objectively assessed needs, in a way that makes as much use as possible of previously- developed or ‘brownfield’ land, 

  h. any proposals for new Green Belts should be set out in strategic policies, 

  i. strategic policies should establish the need for any changes to

A statutory designation made for the purposes of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas, preventing neighbouring towns from merging into each other, assisting in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, preserving the setting and special character of historic towns and assisting in urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land. Specific Green Belt purposes have been set out for Cambridge.

boundaries, and 

  j. strategic policies should be informed by a strategic flood risk assessment, and should manage flood risk from all sources. 

7. The PPG (Paragraph: 076 Reference ID: 41-076-20190509) sets out additional considerations for reaching a view on whether a policy may be strategic: 

 a. whether the policy sets out an overarching direction or objective; 

  b. whether the policy seeks to shape the broad characteristics of development, 

  c. the scale at which the policy is intended to operate; 

  d. whether the policy sets a framework for decisions on how competing priorities should be balanced; 

  e. whether the policy sets a standard or other requirement that is essential to achieving the wider vision and aspirations in the local plan or spatial development strategy; 

  f. in the case of site allocations, whether bringing the site forward is central to achieving the vision and aspirations of the local plan or spatial development strategy, and; 

  g. whether the local plan or spatial development strategy identifies the policy as being strategic. 

The Councils have considered each of the policies in the draft

The combined areas of Cambridge District and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.

A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

against criteria A-J from the NPPF 2024 and criteria a-g from the PPG to reach a view as to whether the policy should be considered a strategic policy or non- strategic policy. These criteria also address the legal requirement in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 that strategic policies should collectively address the Plan’s strategic priorities. For each strategic policy, relevant criteria from the NPPF and/or PPG have been identified, and for all policies the reasoning for why it is or is not considered to be a strategic policy has been captured. 

Policy: S/JH: New jobs and homes

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, F
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, e
• Strategic Policy: Yes
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective and/or direction.

Policy S/DS:

This refers to development in its widest sense, including buildings, and streets, spaces and places. It also refers to both redevelopment, including refurbishment, as well as new development.

strategy

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, F, G, I 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective and/or direction. 

Policy S/SH: Settlement hierarchy 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, F 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy sets a standard that is essential to achieving an overarching objective. 

Policy D/DE: Defined development extents 

• NPPF criteria met: A, B, C 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective and/or direction. 

Policy D/GB: The Cambridge

A statutory designation made for the purposes of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas, preventing neighbouring towns from merging into each other, assisting in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, preserving the setting and special character of historic towns and assisting in urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land. Specific Green Belt purposes have been set out for Cambridge.

 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, d, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective and/or direction. 

Policy S/MO: Monitoring 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Procedural policy. 

Policy S/NEC: North East Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, B, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/AMC: Areas of Major Change 

• NPPF criteria met: A, B, C, D, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/OA:

Provide opportunities to enable development that can reinforce and create character and identity in key corridors and centres of the city, often through associated public realm improvements. Given the opportunity nature of these sites they do not include any particular levels of development and are not counted towards meeting our needs.

in Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/LAC: Other site allocations in Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/LAC: Other site allocations in Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/CE: Cambridge East 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/NWC: North West Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/CBC: Cambridge Biomedical Campus (including Addenbrooke’s Hospital) 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/WC: West Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/EOC: Other site allocations on the edge of Cambridge 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/CB: Cambourne 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/NS: Existing new settlements 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/GC: Genome Campus, Hinxton 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/BRC: Babraham Research Campus 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E, I 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/SCP: Other site allocations in the Rural Southern

Concentrations of companies in related activities, recognisable suppliers, service providers and institutions, which are cooperating, competing and collaborating to build competitive advantage, often across traditional sector boundaries. Such concentrations often depend on access to specialist skills and infrastructure within a specific area.

 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E, I 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/RRA: Site allocations in rest of rural of the rural area 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, f, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy S/RRP: Policy areas in the rest of the rural area 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, g 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Strategic to delivery of homes and jobs. 

Policy CC/SD: Sustainable development and the climate emergency 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy CC/DC: Designing for a changing climate 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy CC/NZ:

Net zero carbon means that carbon emissions cannot exceed zero. In practice, a net zero carbon target means that in addition to phasing out fossil fuels and the role of renewable energy and energy reduction measures, there is also a role for balancing a certain measured amount of carbon released with an amount of carbon offsets, through, for example, tree planting or carbon capture and storage.

new buildings 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy CC/NZ: Water efficiency in new developments 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy CC/WE: Water efficiency in new developments 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy CC/IW: Integrated water management, sustainable drainage and water quality 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D, J 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy CC/FM: Managing flood risk 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D, J 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy CC/RE: Renewable energy projects and infrastructure 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy CC/CE: Supporting a circular economy and sustainable resource energy 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: b, d 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy CC/CS: Supporting land-based carbon sequestration and carbon sinks 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: b, d 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy BG/BG:

The variety of life in all its forms. This includes the plant and animal species that make up our wildlife and the habitats in which they live.

and geodiversity 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy BG/GI: Green infrastructure 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy BG/TC: Improving tree canopy cover and the tree population 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy BG/RC: River corridors 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: b, c 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy BG/PO: Protecting open spaces 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy BG/EO: Providing and enhancing open spaces 

• NPPF criteria met: C, D 
• NPPG criteria met: b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy sets a standard that is essential to achieving an overarching objective. 

Policy WS/HD: Creating healthy new developments 

• NPPF criteria met: B, C, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy WS/NC: Meeting the needs of new and growing communities 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy WS/CF: Community, sports, and leisure facilities 

• NPPF criteria met: C 
• NPPG criteria met: b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy WS/CH: Cultural and creative hubs 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C 
• NPPG criteria met: d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy WS/MU: Meanwhile uses during long term redevelopment 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy not critical to the delivery of the strategic priorities. 

Policy WS/IO: Creating inclusive employment and business opportunities through new developments 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed policy development management policy setting procedural / evidential requirements for certain planning applications. 

Policy WS/HS: Pollution, health and safety 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy WS/HS: Protection of public houses 

• NPPF criteria met: C 
• NPPG criteria met: b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy GP/PP: People and place responsive design 

• NPPF criteria met: B, C, D 
• NPPG criteria met: b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy GP/QD: Achieving high quality development 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy GP/HD: Housing density 

• NPPF criteria met: A, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development.

Policy GP/ST:

An outline of land and buildings defined against the sky known as the skyline of the city.

and tall buildings 

• NPPF criteria met: A, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy GP/QP: Establishing high quality landscape and public realm 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy GP/LC: Protection and enhancement of landscape character 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy GP/HE:

All aspects of the environment resulting from the interaction between people and places through time, including all surviving physical remains of past human activity, whether visible, buried or submerged, and landscaped and planted or managed flora. (Source: NPPF)

 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy GP/HA: Designated heritage assets 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy GP/ND: Non-designated heritage assets 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy setting locally specific criteria not critical to the delivery of the strategic priorities. 

Policy GP/AR: Archaeology 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy GP/CC: Adapting heritage assets to climate change 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy setting locally specific criteria and evidential requirements for certain planning applications. 

Policy GP/SF: Shopfronts 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy setting locally specific criteria not critical to the delivery of the strategic priorities. 

Policy J/NE: New employment development proposals 

• NPPF criteria met: D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy J/RE: Supporting the rural economy 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy J/AL: Protecting the best agricultural land 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy J/PB: Protecting existing business space 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy J/AW:

Workspace that is provided at rents maintained below the market rate for a specific social, cultural, or economic development purpose.

and creative industries 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy J/EP: Supporting a range of facilities in employment parks 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy J/MS: Markets and street trading 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy relating to markets and street trading. 

Policy J/RC: Retail and other complementary town centre uses 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy J/SA: Cambridge City’s Primary Shopping Area 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy relating to Cambridge City’s Primary Shopping Area (PSA). 

Policy J/VA: Visitor accommodation, attractions and facilities 

• NPPF criteria met: A, C, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy J/FD: Faculty development and specialist/language schools 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy H/AH: Affordable housing 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching objective. 

Policy H/ES: Exception sites for affordable housing 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting a framework for how competing priorities should be balanced. 

Policy H/HM: Housing mix 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy sets a standard that is essential to achieving an overarching objective. 

Policy H/GL: Garden land and subdivision of existing plots 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy relating to the subdivision of existing plots. 

Policy H/SS: Residential space standards and accessible homes 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy sets a standard that is essential to achieving an overarching objective. 

Policy H/SH: Specialist housing 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to address objectively assessed housing needs. 

Policy H/CB: Self and custom build homes 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to address objectively assessed housing needs. 

Policy H/BR: Build to rent homes 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy on delivery of build to rent tenure homes. 

Policy H/CO:

Large scale purpose built and managed residential accommodation, often comprising self- contained studios, with extensive communal facilities.

 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy on delivery of co-living units. 

Policy H/MO: Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy setting local criteria for applications for HMO tenure. 

Policy H/SA:

Accommodation for sole use by students or academic staff provided in individual, self contained units either as part of a shared student accommodation development or an individual proposal, or bedrooms in either halls of residence (PBSA) or shared houses (HMOs) with shared facilities.

 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to address objectively assessed needs. 

Policy H/DC: Dwellings in the countryside 

• NPPF criteria met: A 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting an overarching direction and/or objective and sets a framework for decisions on how competing priorities should be balanced. 

Policy H/RM: Residential moorings 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy relating to residential moorings. 

Policy H/GT: Gypsy and traveller and travelling showpeople plots 

• NPPF criteria met: A, E, G 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, d, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to address objectively assessed housing needs. 

Policy I/ST: Sustainable transport and connectivity 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy I/TH: Travel hub facilities 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy relating to travel hub facilities. 

Policy I/EV: Parking and electric vehicles 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy I/SD: Servicing and last-mile deliveries 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy I/SI: Safeguarding important infrastructure 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy I/AD: Aviation development 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy I/EI:

Spatial and strategic planning that identifies and develops opportunities for decentralised energy and the associated technical, financial and legal considerations that provide the basis for project delivery.

 

• NPPF criteria met: B, D 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy setting out an overarching direction and/or objective. 

Policy I/ID:

Includes transport, energy, water, waste, digital/smart, social and green infrastructure.

and delivery 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy sets a standard / requirement that is essential to achieving an overarching objective. 

Policy I/DT: Digital and telecommunications infrastructure 

• NPPF criteria met: B 
• NPPG criteria met: a, b, c, e 
• Strategic Policy: Yes 
• Reasoning: Policy seeking to shape the broad characteristics of development. 

Policy I/CM: Construction management 

• NPPF criteria met: N/A 
• NPPG criteria met: N/A 
• Strategic Policy: No 
• Reasoning: Detailed development management policy relating to construction management. 

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