Policy S/C/HGH: Henry Giles House, 73-79 Chesterton Road

S/C/HGH: Henry Giles House, 73-79 Chesterton Road     

• Site area of 0.63 hectares. 
• Capacity for approximately 50 homes. 

1.

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.

proposals for this site must demonstrate how they will meet the following requirements: 

  a. Buildings should, in regard to building heights, massing and materials, be designed to ensure no unacceptable adverse impacts on the wider setting of Strategic Viewpoint A Castle View Mound, Shire Hall, the Castle and Victoria Road

Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. You can find more information on the Councils’ websites:

Cambridge: https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/conservation-areas 

South Cambridgeshire: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/planning/natural-historic-and-built-environment/historic-environment/conservation-areas/

, the Castle Mound and Civil War Earthworks scheduled ancient monuments, and the grade II listed Jesus Lock and associated buildings, and the pair of K6 telephone kiosks and the historic River Cam route. A Landscape Visual Impact Appraisal and

A Heritage Impact Assessment is a tool used to evaluate how a proposed development may impact heritage assets.

will be required to demonstrate that development will not have adverse impacts on these assets and key views; 

  b.

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.

should re-establish the building line facing Chesterton Road to restore the townscape character and reinstate a finer grain of development in this area; 

  c. Context-led boundary treatments, sympathetic variations in building height, and soft landscaping should be incorporated into any development proposal to protect views across Jesus Green and the wider setting of Cambridge’s Historic Core; 

  d. Tree planting should be used to improve the Chesterton Road frontage, whilst existing trees, including the silver birch tree fronting Carlyle Road, should be retained and incorporated into the development where possible; 

  e. Any new development should provide active travel links from Chesterton Road into the site and, where possible, reconnect through to Grasmere Gardens.