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With the assistance of a report by the Head of Planning Services – to consider a response to the Government’s proposal to develop an eco-town site at Hanley Grange in South Cambridgeshire as part of their Eco-Towns Initiative.

Noted the contents of a report on the inclusion of a greenfield site at Hanley Grange near Hinxton in South Cambridgeshire in the Government’s short-list of 15 possible locations for new eco-towns as part of their initiative to deliver additional housing growth in sustainable ways. Noted that a joint response to the Government’s proposal was being prepared by the Cambridgeshire authorities and Cambridgeshire Horizons, and authorised the Head of Planning Services, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Planning and Transport, to approve the contents of this response to the Department of Communities and Local Government.

By means of a report by the Head of Planning Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet were advised of the inclusion of a greenfield site at Hanley Grange near Hinxton in South Cambridgeshire in the Government’s short-list of 15 possible locations for new eco-towns as part of their initiative to deliver additional housing growth in sustainable ways.

Having discussed the implications of the site proposed at Hanley Grange in terms of the adverse impact on the Cambridgeshire Planning Strategy and Cambridge Sub-Region Growth Strategy and in noting that a joint response to the Government’s proposal was being prepared by the Cambridgeshire authorities and Cambridgeshire Horizons, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that the contents of the report be noted and the Head of Planning Services, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Planning and Transport, authorised to approve the contents of the joint response to the Department of Communities and Local Government.