Purpose

Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council
are preparing a joint local plan, the Greater Cambridge Local Plan.
Building on the stages of plan making already carried out this
report seeks agreement to consult on a draft version of the Local
Plan starting in December. The feedback received will help shape
the final plan that the Council would consult and submit for
examination at the end of next year.

Content

Cabinet has:
 
a.  Agreed the Greater Cambridge
Draft Local Plan (Regulation 18) for Public
Consultation (Appendix A), subject to amendments proposed in
Appendix
K;
 
b.  Noted the Sustainability
Appraisal (Appendix B) and Habitats Regulations
Assessment (Appendix C) and agree them as supporting documents
that
will also be subject to public consultation;
 
c.  Agreed to the publication of the
following supporting documents to the public
consultation:
 
i.     Topic papers
for each theme (including responses to First Proposals
consultation comments) (Appendix D);
ii.    Statement of
Consultation (Appendix E);
iii.   Duty to Cooperate
Statement of Compliance (Appendix F);
iv.   Draft Duty to Cooperate
Statement of Common Ground (Appendix
G);
v.    Equalities Impact
Assessment (Appendix H);
vi.   Housing and Economic Land
Availability Assessment (Appendix I)
 
d.  Agreed the Update to the Local
Development Scheme (Local Plan
Timetable) (Appendix J)
 
e.  Agreed that any subsequent
material amendments to be made to the plan
prior to consultation commencing will be approved by the Lead
Member for
Planning and Transport in Cambridge City Council and Lead
Cabinet
Member for Planning at South Cambridgeshire District Council;
and
 
f.   Agreed that any subsequent
minor amendments and editing changes that
do
not materially affect the content be delegated to the Joint
Director of

Planning in consultation with the Lead Members for
Planning.
 
The Chair of Scrutiny and Overview Committee and the Chair
of Council agreed that this decision was urgent and, as such,
should not be subject to call-in owing to the
desirability of proceeding promptly to public consultation on the
Local Plan and thereby reducing the impact of the forthcoming
festive period on the consultation process. The consultation period
has been extended until the end of January 2026, to make provision
for this and enabling it to start promptly on Monday 1st December
2025.