Policy S/C/HGH: Henry Giles House, 73-79 Chesterton Road

• Site area of 0.63 hectares.
• Capacity for approximately 50 homes. 

1.  Development proposals for this site must demonstrate how they will meet the following requirements:

     a. Buildings should, with regard to building heights reflective of local context, massing and contextual materials, be designed to ensure no unacceptable adverse impacts on the wider setting of Strategic Viewpoint A (Castle View Mound, Shire Hall), the Castle and Victoria Road Conservation Area, the Castle Mound and Civil War Earthworks scheduled monuments, and the Grade II listed Jesus Lock and associated buildings, and the pair of K6 telephone kiosks and the historic River Cam route. A Landscape Visual Impact Appraisal and Heritage Impact Assessment will be required to demonstrate that development will not have adverse impacts on these assets and key views;

     b. Development should re-establish the building line facing Chesterton Road to restore the townscape character and reinstate a finer grain of development in this area;

     c. Context-led boundary treatments, sympathetic variations in building height, and soft landscaping should be incorporated into any development proposal to protect views across Jesus Green and the wider setting of Cambridge’s Historic Core;

     d. Tree planting should be used to improve the Chesterton Road frontage, whilst existing trees, including the silver birch tree fronting Carlyle Road, should be retained and incorporated into the development where possible;

     e. Any new development should provide active travel links from Chesterton Road into the site and, where possible, reconnect through to Grasmere Gardens;

     f. Given the area’s 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 the likely impact of the development on the archaeological remains; and

     g. There is potential for a minimal increase of capacity, where it can be demonstrated that amenity, outlook, daylight and sunlight and heritage impacts can be assessed and mitigated effectively. Any increase in scale along the Chesterton Road frontage would need to be fully tested from sensitive heritage views including the views down Carlyle Road and the impacts on nearby Grade II listed structures and their setting. 

Figure 16: Site Plan of S/C/HGH: Henry Giles House, 73-79 Chesterton Road.