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Consultation is open from 3 August 2026 9:00am to 25 September 2026 5:00pm

What this Document Library does

This Document Library contains the documents available to view during the Proposed Submission Greater Cambridge Local Plan consultation (2026). It sets out the documents and their links under the following headings:

  • Proposed Submission Local Plan and Local Plan Policies Map
  • Key Supporting Documents for the Proposed Submission Local Plan
  • Local Development Scheme
  • Supporting Topic Papers 
  • Evidence base and other supporting documents 
  • Third party documents 
  • Previous documents from earlier stages of Local Plan consultations

Proposed Submission Local Plan and Local Plan Policies Map

Key Supporting Documents for the Proposed Submission Local Plan

Local Development Scheme

Supporting Topic Papers

Development Strategy Topic Paper

Site Allocations Topic Paper

Climate Change Topic Paper

Biodiversity and Green Spaces Topic Paper

Wellbeing and Social Inclusion Topic Paper

Great Places Topic Paper

Jobs Topic Paper

Homes Topic Paper

Infrastructure Topic Paper

Evidence base and other supporting documents

Development Strategy

Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment

Site Allocations

Climate Change

Biodiversity and green spaces

Wellbeing and social inclusion

Great places

Jobs

Homes

Infrastructure

Third party documents

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge East

Land adjacent to A11 and A1307 at Grange Farm (Pampisford Estates)

Land adjacent to Cambridge Services

Land to the west of Cambridge Road

Slate Hall Farm

Previous documents from earlier stages of Local Plan consultations

Previous documents from the Draft Plan consultation (2025)

Supporting documents 

Draft Greater Cambridge Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment - Addendum Report (HELAA) (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Consultation Statement (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Duty to Cooperate - Statement of Common Ground (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Duty to Cooperate - Statement of Compliance (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Equalities Impact Assessment (2025) 

Topic Papers

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Climate Change Topic Paper (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Biodiversity and Green Spaces Topic Paper (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Wellbeing and Social Inclusion Topic Paper (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Great Places Topic Paper (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Homes Topic Paper (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Infrastructure Topic Paper (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Jobs Topic Paper (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Site Allocations Topic Paper (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Strategy Topic Paper (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Strategy Topic Paper - Appendix 17 (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Strategy Topic Paper - Appendix 18 (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Strategy Topic Paper - Appendix 19 (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Strategy Topic Paper - Appendix 7 (2025) 

Development strategy

Draft Greater Cambridge Housing Delivery Study Addendum (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Transport Evidence Report (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Accommodation Needs Assessment of Gypsies, Travellers, Travelling Showpeople, Bargee Travellers, and other caravan and houseboat dwellers (2024) 

Greater Cambridge Addendum to Accommodation Needs Assessment of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Flood Risk Sequential Test (2025) 

Housing Needs of Specific Groups in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire (2025) 

Sites

Cambourne Economic Study (2025) (ARUP and others) 

Cambourne Green and Blue Infrastructure Framework (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Rail Integration Report - Part 1 (2025) 

Cambourne Rail Integration Report - Part 2 (2025) 

Cambourne Spatial Framework Strategy - Part 1 (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Spatial Framework Strategy - Part 2 (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Spatial Options Report - Part 1 (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Spatial Options Report - Part 1 (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Spatial Options Report - Part 2 (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Review (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne Sustainability and Net Zero Framework (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambourne to Cambridge Busway Integration Report (2025) 

Cambourne Transport Vision & Principles Report (2025) (ARUP) 

Cambridge Green Belt Assessment Addendum - Cambridge Biomedical Campus Site Review of CBC Evidence (2025) 

Cambridge South East Transport Scheme Busway Extension – Grange Farm New Settlement Technical Note (2025) (Mott MacDonald) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan: New Strategic Allocations Assessment – Transport Mitigation Measures (2025) (WSP) 

North East Cambridge Transport Position Statement (2025) 

Climate Change

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan - UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standards Summary (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Local Plan Net Zero Carbon Policy Support: Carbon Budget Assessment (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Local Plan Update to Net Zero Policy Cost Analysis Report (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Local Planning Support on Net Zero Carbon: Changes in National Policy Landscape (2025) 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (2025)

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix B Part 1 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix B Part 2 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix B Part 3 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix C Part 1 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix C Part 2 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix C Part 3 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 1

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 10 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 11 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 12 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 13 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 14 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 15 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 16 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 17 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 18 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 19 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 2 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 20 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 21 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 22 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 23 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 24 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 25 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 26 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 27 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 28 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 29 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 3 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 30 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 31 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 32 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 33 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 34 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 35 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 36 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 37 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 38 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 39 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 4 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 40 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 41 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 42 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 43 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 44 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 45 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 46 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 47 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 48 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 49 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 5 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 50 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 6 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 7 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 8 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D Part 9 

Integrated Water Management Study - Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (2025) 

Biodiversity and green spaces

Greater Cambridge Green Infrastructure Strategy - Vol 1: Emerging Strategy and Standards (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Green Infrastructure Strategy - Vol 2: Supporting Evidence (2025) 

Great Places

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 1 (Part A) (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 1 (Part B) (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 1 (Part C) (2025)

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 1 (Part D) (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 1 (Part E) (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 1 (Part F) (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Heritage Impact Assessment - Part 2 (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part A (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part B (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part C (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part D (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part E (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part F (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 1 - Landscape Sensitivity Part G (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 2 – Renewable Energy Development - Part A (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Landscape Sensitivity Assessment. Part 2 – Renewable Energy development - Part B (2025) 

Wellbeing and social inclusion

Draft Greater Cambridge Cultural Infrastructure Strategy Stage 1 (2025)

Jobs

Greater Cambridge Future Hotel Need Study (2025)

Homes

Housing Needs of Specific Groups in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire (2025)

Infrastructure

Cambourne North Specific Heritage Impact Assessment (2025) 

Cambourne Strategic Heritage Impact Assessment (2025) 

Cambridge East Heritage Impact Assessment (2025) 

Cambridge East Landscape Study (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2025) 

Draft North East Cambridge Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2025) 

Grange Farm Heritage Impact Assessment (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Draft Local Plan Viability Assessment (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Green Belt Assessment - Review of Representations (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Green Belt Assessment 2021- Errata (2025) 

Greater Cambridge Integrated Water Management Study - Detailed Water Cycle Study (2025) 

Third party documents 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC Landowner Collaboration Group & CBC Ltd)

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Case for Expansion (2022) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Demand and Deliverability Report (2022) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Early Assessment of Need for Amenity on Campus (2023)

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Economy Impact Study (2022) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Emerging Spatial Framework Visual Commentary (2023) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Emerging Spatial Framework Volume. 1 (2023) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Emerging Spatial Framework Volume. 3 (2025) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Granhams Road Realignment (2024) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Healthcare Impact Study (2023) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Historical Environmental Report (2022) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Hydraulic Modelling Summary (2023) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus On Site Housing (2025) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Power of Proximity (2025) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Transport Strategy (2023) 

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Vision for 2050 (2024) 

CBC Memorandum of Understanding (2025)

CBC Preliminary Ecological Appraisal - Part 1 (2022) 

CBC Preliminary Ecological Appraisal - Part 2 (2022) 

Cambridge East (Marshall of Cambridge)

Cambridge East Delivery Rates Addendum (January 2025) 

Cambridge East Initial Engagement (October 2023) 

Cambridge East Landscape and Visual Capacity Appraisal (2022) 

Cambridge East Memorandum of Understanding (2025) 

Cambridge East Site Capacity Considerations (May 2025) 

Cambridge East Transport Approach (March 2025) 

Cambridge East Transport Topic Papers (2025) 

Summary of the Constraints Evidence Base: Cambridge East (2023) 

Land east of A11 & north of A1307 Grange Farm (Pampisford Estates)
Grange Farm Memorandum of Understanding (2025) 

North Cambridge Academy Development - Education Authority letter of support (2025) 

Other documents

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan Changes Maps - Part 1 (2025) 

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan Changes Maps - Part 2 (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan Changes Maps - Part 3 (2025)

Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan Changes Maps - Part 4 (2025)

Previous documents from the Development Strategy Update (2023)

Documents published include a Development Strategy Update, Topic Paper, Sustainability Appraisal and consultation statement. The documents from that stage are available at Greater Cambridge Local Plan - Development Strategy Update document library, January 2023

Documents published between 2022 and 2025 include further evidence. Th documents from this stage are available at: Greater Cambridge Local Plan: updates following First Proposals | Greater Cambridge Shared Planning

Previous documents from the First Proposals consultation (2021)

The documents and evidence library from this stage are available at Greater Cambridge Local Plan – First Proposals document library, November 2021

Previous documents from the North East Cambridge Area Action Plan (2021)

  • Documents related to the North East Cambridge Area Action Plan can be viewed on at the following website: North East Cambridge Area Action Plan. The Document Library includes the Proposed Submission North East Cambridge Area Action Plan Regulation 19 November 2021, supporting documents and evidence base.