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Policy S/RRA/BBP: Land at Buckingway Business Park, Swavesey

Consultation runs from: 1 December 2025 9:00am - 30 January 2026 5:00pm

  • Site area of 2.11 hectares 
  • Capacity for approximately 10,000 square metres gross internal area of Class B2 (General Industrial) or Class B8 (Storage or Distribution) 
  • B8 uses would be limited to smaller premises to meet local needs. 

1. proposals must demonstrate how they will meet the following requirements: 

  a. Assessment and implementation of necessary mitigation measures in relation to odour from the nearby Uttons Drove Water Recycling Centre; 

  b. A suitable safe access to the public highway via Anderson Road; 

  c. Any new building must reflect the height, massing and scale of the existing Buckingway Business Park development; 

  d. To undertake a Landscape and Visual Impact Appraisal to fully assess landscape impacts and identify mitigation measures where necessary, including the careful arrangement and scale, bulk and massing of built form to ensure no unacceptable adverse impacts to long distance views, landscape character and the historic environment, including the Grade II* Listed Church of All Saints in Lolworth; 

  e. Enhancement of the landscape boundaries including continuation of the existing vegetation buffer with additional tree planting and sustainable drainage to address surface water drainage along the northern edge, and additional tree planting along the eastern edge; and 

  f. To undertake an archaeological assessment, including the extent, character and condition of the archaeological resource and the likely impact of the development on the archaeological remains. 

 

Supporting information

This 2.1 hectare site is allocated for employment uses to meet the demand for local warehousing and logistic and general industrial employment floorspace adjacent to an existing employment site. The policy responds to the landscape and heritage impacts identified. The required mitigation measures include undertaking a Landscape Visual Impact Appraisal and provision of additional landscaping to the boundaries of the site, and an Archaeological Assessment, required to address long distance views and ensure no unacceptable adverse impacts to landscape character and to protect the historic environment. 

is also contingent upon the provision of safe vehicular access via Anderson Road to the public highway and the completion of an odour assessment in accordance with Policy 16 in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste to ensure no adverse impact on the amenity of future occupiers.

Site Plan of S/RRA/BBP Land at Buckingway Business Park, Swavesey
Figure 113: Site Plan of S/RRA/BBP Land at Buckingway Business Park, Swavesey 

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