Document library

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• Initial evidence base findings and development strategy options assessments (published November 2020) 
• First Conversation consultation results (first published September 2020)
• Call for Sites results (first published September 2020)
• Call for Green Sites results (first published September 2020)
• First Conversation (Issues and Options 2020) consultation documents (published January 2020)

Initial evidence base findings and development strategy options assessments (November 2020)

The following 18 documents were published in November 2020. There are 17 initial evidence base findings which test possible growth levels and strategic spatial options for the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan. These are accompanied by a Summary Report:

• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Development Strategy Options –Summary Report (Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service) November 2020 (pdf)  
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan: strategic spatial options for testing – methodology document (Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Employment Land Review & Economic Evidence Base Study (GL Hearn, with SQW, Cambridge Econometrics, and Iceni Projects) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Housing and Employment Relationships Report (GL Hearn with Iceni Projects, Justin Gardner and Cambridge Econometrics) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Implications for carbon emissions (Bioregional and Etude) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Integrated Water Management Study (Stantec) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Green Infrastructure Opportunity Mapping Baseline Report (Land Use Consultants) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment Green Infrastructure Opportunity Mapping (Land Use Consultants) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Habitats Regulations Assessment (Land Use Consultants) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Equalities Impact Assessment (Greater Cambridge Planning Service) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Landscape & Townscape (Chris Blandford Associates) November 2020 (pdf)  
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Housing Delivery Study – Interim Findings (AECOM) November 2020 (pdf)  
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options appraisal: Employment (GL Hearn, with SQW, Cambridge Econometrics, and Iceni Projects) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan: Existing Transport Conditions Report (Cambridgeshire County Council Transport Infrastructure Policy and Funding Team) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Transport Evidence report (Cambridgeshire County Council Transport Infrastructure Policy and Funding Team) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Stantec) November 2020 (pdf) 
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Viability Assessment (Aspinall Verdi) November 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan strategic spatial options assessment: Sustainability Appraisal (Land Use Consultants) November 2020 (pdf)

First Conversation consultation results

The following documents, published in September 2020, present the results of the comments received during the First Conversation consultation on the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which took place in January and February 2020: 

• First Conversation consultation and Call for Sites data release – summary report (pdf) 
• Comments received via the GCSPS website (xlsx format) 
• Comments received via the Opus 2 consult system and through email (xlsx format) 
• Comments received via the Opus 2 consult system and through email (full records on our consultation site - scroll to question and use search icon to view comments) 

Call for Sites results 

The following documents, published in September 2020, present the Call for Sites data received during the First Conversation consultation on the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which took place in January and February 2020: 

• First Conversation consultation and Call for Sites data release – summary report (pdf) 
• Site submissions (interactive map)
• Map of sites submitted across the whole of Greater Cambridge (pdf) 
• Map of sites submitted – Cambridge City (pdf) 
• Site submissions (xlsx format) 
• Site submissions (please see records for question 2 on our consultation site)

Call for Green Sites results 

The following documents, published in September 2020, present the Call for Green Sites data received during the First Conversation consultation on the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which took place in January and February 2020:

• First Conversation consultation and Call for Sites data release – summary report (pdf) 
• Site submissions (interactive map)
• Map of sites submitted across the whole of Greater Cambridge (pdf) 
• Map of sites submitted – Cambridge City (pdf) 
• Site submissions (xlsx format)  
• Site submissions (please see records for question 3 on our consultation site)

First Conversation (Issues and Options 2020) consultation documents 

The First Conversation (Issues and Options) consultation document 2020 and additional documents below, were published in January 2020, to support development of the emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan:

• First Conversation (Issues and Options) consultation document 2020 (pdf) 
• First Conversation (Issues and Options) consultation document 2020 (digital document) 
• Cambridge City Council Equality Impact Assessment(EqIA) 2020 (pdf)
• South Cambridgeshire City Council Equality Impact Assessment(EqIA) 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Statement of Consultation Issues & Options Stage 2020 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Habits Regulations Assessment Scoping Report 2019 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal of Issues and Options 2019 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal of Issues and Options: Non-Technical Summary 2019 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2019 (pdf)
• Greater Cambridge Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report: Non-Technical Summary 2019 (pdf)