Policy S/RSC: Other site allocations in the Rural Southern Cluster

This policy will allocate sites for housing in villages within the southern cluster area.

The following housing and employment allocations are proposed in or adjoining villages within the rural southern cluster.

New allocations

Housing

S/RSC/HW Land between Hinton Way and Mingle Lane, Great Shelford

• Site area of 10 hectares
• Maximum capacity limited to 100 homes, relating to Cambridgeshire Fire Service requirements for no more than 100 homes to be served via a single vehicular access. There may be potential for a higher capacity if an additional access could be provided.
• Very well located in relation to existing railway station, with resulting excellent access to Cambridge, and to Cambridge Biomedical Campus once the new Cambridge South station is open, providing the exceptional circumstances required for

  A statutory designation for land around certain cities and large built-up areas, which aims to keep this land permanently open or largely undeveloped, the Green Belt has five purposes: 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.

  release.

• 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 accommodate the following constraints:
  • Design of development should preserve key views from Stapleford

    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/

    including from Mingle Lane past St Andrew’s Church and the adjacent vicarage.

  • Areas of land not built on and water bodies such as rivers and lakes, regardless of ownership and access. These areas include parks and gardens; natural and semi-natural green spaces; green corridors; outdoor sports facilities; amenity green space; teenagers’ and children’s play areas; allotments and community gardens; cemeteries and churchyards; accessible countryside in urban fringe areas and civic spaces.

    to be provided to the east of the built development to help provide compensatory improvements to the environmental quality and accessibility of remaining Green Belt.
  • Non-vehicle access only from the access adjacent to the vicarage to St Andrew’s Church, Stapleford.

S/RSC/MF Land at Maarnford Farm, Hunts Road, Duxford

• Site area of 2 hectares
• Capacity for approximately 60 homes
• Well related to existing village – close to school, and within walking distance of Whittlesford Parkway Station. Site is supported by the parish council.
• Development should accommodate the following constraints:
  • Provide space for existing telecoms mast
  • Space for substantial landscape edge

Employment

S/RSC/CC Comfort Café, Fourwentways

• Site area of 0.8 hectares
• Suitable for employment Class E(g)(ii) (Research and development of products or processes) with ancillary E(g)(i) Offices (to carry out any operational or administrative functions) providing laboratory space for start-up and small businesses primarily.
• A brownfield site meeting evidenced demand for start-up and grow on space close to existing research parks, in a sustainable location with close proximity to the proposed future travel hub for the South East Cambridge Transport Scheme.
• Development should accommodate the following constraints:
  • Tree Preservation Orders located upon western boundary
  • Transport proposals in the area including the A505 study, the South East Cambridge busway and GCP Linton Greenway proposals (contributions will be expected).

Continuing existing allocations

Housing

The following allocation which is included within the South Cambridgeshire

Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

2018 is proposed to be carried forward into the new

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

Local Plan:

• S/RSC/H/1 (c): land south of Babraham Road, Sawston (Part of the site is in Babraham Parish) (pdf)

Allocations not proposed to be carried forwards

The following allocations are not proposed to be carried forward for the reasons set out below:

Housing

• Dales Manor Business Park, Sawston (H1/a): much of the site has been taken forward for redevelopment as employment land, making it no longer available for housing.
• Land north of Babraham Road, Sawston (H1/b): the housing development is under construction.

Employment

• Pampisford: West of Eastern Counties Leather, London Road (E/4:2) – the Greater Cambridge Employment Land and Economic Development Evidence Study (November 2020) recommends that the allocation is no longer required, as the wider area has been substantially developed.