Policy S/EOC/NWO: Land north of Worts’ Causeway

This 7.33 hectare site is allocated for 200 homes which responds to the landscape and heritage impacts identified in the

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

and other issues raised in the original allocation in the Cambridge

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.

(2018). The proposed landscape and design-based mitigation measures are required to ensure no unacceptable adverse impacts to landscape character and the historic environment including the setting of designated assets. A suitable landscape buffer is required to preserve the rural character of designated assets. Minimum landscape mitigation requirements have already been established and are set out in the

Green Infrastructure is a multi-functional network of public green spaces and routes, landscapes, biodiversity and heritage. It includes a wide range of elements such as country parks, wildlife habitats, rights of way, commons and greens, nature reserves, waterways and bodies of water, and historic landscapes and monuments.

Perimeter Plan that was submitted alongside the approved outline permission for this site (20/01972/OUT). The development needs to both integrate with the adjoining existing housing and provide an appropriate new edge to 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.

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In addition to being a Building of Local Interest, Netherall Farm is also an established bat roost.

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 should ideally retain the existing bat roosts but if this is not possible they must be re-located. The adjacent Netherall Hall Farm County Wildlife Site makes an important contribution to the biodiversity of the wider site and a long-term management plan will be required to maximise this contribution. However, the plan should also look at the opportunities to achieve more gains along the corridor between Land North of Worts’ Causeway and Land South of Worts’ Causeway through the retention of a country lane appearance which should be part of any landscaping proposals.

Encouraging active transport will help to facilitate access to the countryside whilst managing car use should help to reduce the urbanising impact on this edge of

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.

site. The adopted Cambridge

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.

(2018) sought the investigation of pedestrian and cycle access to the local centre in Wulfstan Way. However, application 20/01972/COND35 discharged a condition on the outline planning application to investigate a pedestrian and cycle link from the site to the north west to provide direct access to Wulfstan Way. The feasibility study submitted showed that neighbouring landowners were unwilling to make land available for this and therefore this requirement has not been retained in the new

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.

allocation.

We will consider all comments while developing the next version of the

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.

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All comments must be received by 30 January 2026 at 5pm.