Policy S/RRA/OHD: Old Highways Depot, Twenty Pence Road, Cottenham

• Site area of 0.6 hectares
• Capacity for approximately 1,500 square metres gross internal area of employment use Class E(g)(i) (offices), E(g)(iii) (light industrial), and B8 (storage or distribution) development replacing the existing accommodation.

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

1. Development proposals must respond to the rural setting by locating built development on previously developed land, retaining the natural screening provided by trees along the road frontage;
2. Proposals must ensure that safe and suitable site access can be maintained at all times as the site access lies within Flood Zone 3;
3. The site’s landscape boundaries should be retained and enhanced, including provision of a native buffer up to 10 metres on the western boundary and landscape and ecology within the site itself; and
4. The siting and design of buildings, in regard to height, scale and form, must respond positively to local character and ensure no unacceptable adverse impacts on nearby heritage assets or their setting, including the Grade I listed All Saints Church and the Cottenham Conservation Area. A design led approach must ensure development:
   1. Is sited to avoid obstructing or interfering with views of the church tower from Twenty Pence Road; and
   2. Reflects the local prevailing building heights.

Figure 95: Site Plan of S/RRA/OHD: Old Highways Depot, Twenty Pence Road, Cottenham