Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are working together on their first joint Local Plan, ensuring a consistent approach to development for the next 20 years.

LUC is providing critical evidence to support this ambitious plan.

LUC's suite of studies is informing the plan's social, environmental, and economic well-being aspects.

This includes protecting valued habitats, safeguarding green spaces, and creating a robust green infrastructure network.

• A Sustainability Appraisal - to test spatial strategy development options and draft joint Local Plan policies against sustainability objectives.
• A Habitats Regulations Assessment - to ensure that internationally designated biodiversity sites will not be harmed by proposals in the joint Local Plan.
• A Green Belt assessment - to help the councils make important decisions on future development opportunities while safeguarding the countryside and the setting of Cambridge.
• Green infrastructure and open space - green infrastructure opportunity mapping to inform an enhanced network and critical friend advice on open space and green infrastructure standards for the Local Plan.

Support Atkins Réalis to produce the Infrastructure Delivery Plan, which will identify the community, transport, utilities, and green infrastructure required to deliver the joint Local Plan.