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Policy S/RRA/SCS: Land to the south of Cambridge Services, A14

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

  • Site area of 24.58 hectares 
  • Capacity for approximately 90,000 square metres gross internal area of Class B2 (General Industrial) or Class B8 (Storage or Distribution), with around 2.25 hectares focused on lorry parking to provide around 150 spaces. 
  • The site should provide a range of primarily small to medium-scale units and lorry parking with associated facilities. Any storage and distribution floorspace should meet local needs. 

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

  a. Site boundaries to provide landscape buffers of a minimum of 25m wide to mitigate adverse landscape impacts of built form and light pollution as well as the provision of open space and tree planting through the site as part of a landscape led masterplan; 

  b. Existing balancing ponds to be re-profiled and watercourse utilised and enhanced for biodiversity net gain and to address surface water flooding. Existing watercourses to be utilised and enhanced, with further native planting within the drainage proposals; 

  c. 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; 

  d. The preservation of the rural countryside character with the development integrated with local patterns of tree planting and hedgerows with existing hedges to be retained; 

  e. The provision of proportionate and necessary services and facilities to support the provision of lorry parking and the 24-hour nature of this facility; 

  f. The active and passive provision of rapid and trickle electric charging for e-HGVs; 

  g. Deliver measures to integrate the site with active travel networks; and 

  h. Given the area’s high potential for archaeological remains, development proposals must be accompanied by an appropriate archaeological assessment which includes information on the significance of the heritage asset, including the extent, character and condition of the archaeological resource, and evidence demonstrating how the proposals, including the form and extent of development, have responded appropriately to the assessment to avoid or, as necessary, mitigate likely impacts of the development on the archaeological remains. 

Supporting information

This 24.58 hectare site is allocated for employment uses to meet the demand for local warehousing and logistic employment floorspace adjacent to an existing A14 Services. 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 water management measures to be introduced for flood risk mitigation and ecology benefits. 

The site is also allocated for 150 lorry parking spaces. This is to help address an identified need for overnight lorry parking provision in this area. The National Highways improvement works to the A14 removed a significant number of existing roadside HGV laybys which may have contributed to the recent increase in the number of HGVs using stopping spaces on local roads and near to local villages. The Department for Transport’s Future of Freight (2022) recognises the importance of supporting the freight industry including through high standard roadside facilities on the strategic road network and this allocation seeks to positively respond to this need. 

By 2040, all new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) will be zero emission and therefore the policy requires active and future provision for a range of electric HGV charging options to be incorporated into the infrastructure and layout of future proposals. The site has capacity for approximately 90,000 square metres of Class B2 (General Industrial) or Class B8 (Storage or Distribution).

Site Plan of S/RRA/SCS Land to the south of Cambridge Services, A14
Figure 112: Site Plan of S/RRA/SCS Land to the south of Cambridge Services, A14

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