Cambridge urban area

Introduction

3.1.1. The Cambridge urban area includes all of the built-up areas of Cambridge, including the existing homes and businesses that fall within the adjoining administrative areas of South Cambridgeshire.

3.1.2. Our ambition is to enable Cambridge to accommodate growth of the highest quality whilst protecting and enhancing the historic environment and the key public spaces which are an important part of what makes the city so special to local people. Further growth will be directed to under used areas that are not fulling their potential as well as creating new neighbourhoods on the larger previously developed sites on the edges of the city. Within the heart of the City, the Historic Core and wider City Centre will continue to be a rich mix of cultural, educational and retail uses set within the backdrop of beautiful streets and nature rich open spaces, complemented by active, compact neighbourhoods across the wider city – new and old.

3.1.3. These new neighbourhoods must make the best use of land, providing a mix of homes, jobs and services to create thriving communities which are fully integrated with surrounding areas and reflect the key characteristics of the city. We want all of Cambridge to be a place where walking, cycling and public transport is the natural choice and where unnecessary journeys by private vehicles are not needed to help with our net zero carbon ambitions.

Polices we are proposing

• Policy S/C/LCR: Land at Clifton Road (including Cambridge Junction and Cambridge Leisure)
• Policy S/C/SMS: Garages at St Matthews Street and Norfolk Street
• Policy S/C/HTR: 137-143 Histon Road
• Policy S/C/HGH: Henry Giles House, 73-79 Chesterton Road
• Policy S/C/HRC: Horizon Resource Centre, 285 Coldham’s Lane
• Policy S/C/PDC: Cambridge Professional Development Centre, Foster Road
• Policy S/C/PPS: Police Station, Parkside
• Policy S/C/NCA: North Cambridge Academy, 108, Arbury Road
• Policy S/C/ER: 1-99 Ekin Road and 1-8 Ekin Walk
• Policy S/C/DR: 2-28 Davy Road and Garage Blocks
• Policy S/C/HPC: 1-78 Hanover Court, 1-49 Princess Court and Garage at Newtown Garages
• Policy S/C/GER: Former Garage Block, East Road
• Policy S/C/SH: 1-33 Stanton House, Christchurch Street
• Policy S/C/MRG: Milton Road Garages
• Policy S/C/SCL: Land South of Coldham's Lane, Cambridge
• Policy S/C/BRN: Land at Barnwell Road and Newmarket Road
• Policy S/C/TRP: Travis Perkins, Devonshire Road
• Policy S/C/OPK: Parcel Com4, Orchard Park
• Policy S/C/BFS: Brookfields
• Policy S/C/SRW: Station Road West
• Policy S/C/BJH: Betjeman House
• Policy S/C/OPM: Old Press/Mill Lane
• Policy S/C/NMD: New Museums, Downing Street
• Policy S/PA/CC: City Centre
• Policy S/C/AMC: Cambridge Areas of Major Change
• Policy S/AMC/NEC: North East Cambridge Area of Major Change
• Policy S/AMC/AS: Abbey Stadium Area of Major Change
• Policy S/AMC/BC: Beehive Centre Area of Major Change
• Policy S/AMC/EB: East Barnwell Area of Major Change
• Policy S/AMC/FBG: Fitzroy/Burleigh Street/Grafton Area of Major Change Policy S/AMC/SCL: South of Coldham’s Lane Area of Major Change
• Policy S/PRIA: Public Realm Improvement Areas (PRIA) in Cambridge
• Policy S/PRIA/CRP: Cambridge Retail Park
• Policy S/PRIA/EG: Eastern Gate
• Policy S/PRIA/HRRS: Hills Road and Regent Street Corridor
• Policy S/PRIA/MC: Mitcham’s Corner
• Policy S/PRIA/MR: Mill Road
• Policy S/PRIA/OPML: Old Press/Mill Lane

Figure 12: Map of site allocations and policy areas in the Cambridge urban area.