Draft Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document

South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council are re-consulting on the draft Greater Cambridge Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document. The document has been prepared to provide further guidance on how the Councils will approach the use of planning obligations to mitigate the impact of new developments. It provides guidance on when planning obligations may be sought, the form an obligation may take, and how the scale of any obligation is to be determined and secured.

A draft version of the SPD was previously consulted on between November 2024 and January 2025. The results of the consultation were taken to the South Cambridgeshire District Council Cabinet, and the Cambridge City Council Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee in March 2025. It was agreed at both meetings that subject to the draft Planning Obligations SPD providing additional evidence and making necessary revisions, another round of public consultation could take place in Summer 2025.  

Following on from the South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) Cabinet meeting and Cambridge City Council (CCC) Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee meeting that were held in March 2025, the Councils processed all 198 representations received during the first consultation and have made changes to the SPD.

The re-consultation on the draft Greater Cambridge Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document will take place between 9am on the Friday 22 August 2025 until 5pm on Friday 17 October.

Full details of the consultation are available on the GCSP website including all of the consultation documents.

(Please note that this consultation is hosted on the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Consultation Platform)

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