Current Plans and Guidance

• Adopted Local Plans
• Adopted Area Action Plans (AAPs)
• Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)
• Monitoring

Adopted Local Plans

Greater Cambridge comprises the Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council areas. It therefore currently has 2 adopted Local Plans which set out the planning polices and land allocations to guide future development in the area for the period to 2031. All planning decisions in the area are required to made in accordance with the land-use polices included in these adopted plans unless material considerations indicate otherwise. For full details of the adopted Local Plans, including Policy Maps, please use the links below:

• Cambridge Local Plan (adopted October 2018)
• South Cambridgeshire Local Plan (adopted September 2018)

Adopted Area Action Plans (AAPs)

Greater Cambridge currently has a number of adopted Area Action Plan documents setting out detailed planning policies for specific sites or areas.

• Northstowe Area Action Plan (adopted July 2007)
• Cambridge East Area Action Plan (adopted February 2008)
• Cambridge Southern Fringe Area Action Plan (adopted February 2008)
• North West Cambridge Area Action Plan (adopted October 2009)

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)

Supplementary Planning Documents expand upon policy or provide further detail on specific policy issues. Greater Cambridge currently has a number of adopted SPDs which support the adopted Local Plans covering the area.

• Cambridgeshire Flood and Water SPD (adopted November 2018)
• Cambridge East: North of Cherry Hinton SPD (adopted December 2018)
• Waterbeach SPD (adopted February 2019)
• Bourn Airfield New Village SPD (adopted October 2019)
• Sustainable Design and Construction SPD (adopted January 2020)
• Grafton Area Masterplan and Guidance SPD (adopted December 2018)
• Mill Road Depot Development Framework SPD (adopted December 2018)
• Mitcham’s Corner Development Framework SPD (adopted December 2018)
• New Museums Site Development Framework SPD (adopted December 2018)
• Ridgeons Site Development Framework SPD (adopted December 2018)
• Caldecote Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)
• Fulbourn Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)
• Gamlingay Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)
• Over Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)
• Papworth Everard Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)
• Sawston Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)
• South Cambridgeshire Listed Buildings SPD (adopted uly 2009)
• Swavesey Village Design Guide SPD (adopted January 2020)

Details of other Supplementary Planning Documents and Planning Guidance, including Neighbourhood Plans within Greater Cambridge are available via the Cambridge City Council website and the South Cambridgeshire District Council website.