Cambridgeshire - Notice of Further Environmental Information

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 

THE TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992 
THE TRANSPORT AND WORKS (APPLICATIONS AND OBJECTIONS PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2006 
THE CAMBOURNE TO CAMBRIDGE ORDER 
NOTICE OF FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

On 12 November 2024 Cambridgeshire County Council (the Council) applied to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 for the above mentioned order under section 1 of that Act.

The draft order makes provision for the construction, maintenance and operation by the Council of a guided busway using one or more of the modes prescribed in article 2(g), (h), (i) or (j) of the Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) Order 1992.

A request has also been made to the Secretary of State for Transport to give a direction under section 90(2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 that planning permission, so far as it is required, shall be deemed to be granted for the development proposed to be authorised by the draft Order.

The draft Order makes provision for the Council to construct, operate and maintain: 
a) A two-way guided busway 13.6km in length commencing at Sterling Way, Cambourne and terminating at Grange Road, Cambridge segregated from local highways except for stretches of on road running along St Neots Road, Hardwick and on Charles Babbage Road within the Cambridge University West Cambridge Campus; 
b) Intermediate bus stops along the route and an emergency and maintenance access track running alongside the two-way guided busway for most of the length of the guided busway which will be accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. Most of the length of the track will also function as a bridleway or permissive bridleway; 
c) A new travel hub building and Park and Ride site at Scotland Farm, Dry Drayton with access for the buses over the existing bridge carrying Scotland Road over the A428; 
d) New bridges over the M11 and at Bin Brook to provide for the two-way guided busway and adjoining emergency and maintenance track; and 
e) Access roads, temporary compounds, stopping up, diversion and creation of public rights of way, highway crossings, drainage works and attenuation and infiltration ponds.

The draft Order, if made, would also permit: a) the compulsory acquisition of land for the proposed works and ancillary purposes, including worksites; the acquisition of rights and restrictive covenants over specified land; provisions for the temporary use of land in connection with the proposed scheme; and the extinction and creation of private rights; b) the temporary stopping up of highways; provisions relating to streets; and powers to survey and investigate land; c) powers to carry out certain works in the highway and the right to use private roads for the purposes of construction; d) powers to carry out works to streets; and e) acquisition of replacement land for exchange open space land.

The application is subject to an environmental impact assessment and further information is available in relation to the environmental statement which was provided with the application. That information is available to view and download online at (https://gateleyhamer-pi.com/en-gb/c-to-c/inquiry-documents/core-documents/cd-1//).

An electronic copy of that information may be inspected free of charge at the following times and locations where free internet access and computers are available:

Copies of the information may be obtained from the Greater Cambridge Partnership team please contact them via email (hello@greatercambridge.org.uk) or by calling the County Council contact centre on 01223 699906. A charge may be payable.

Representations about the further information should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport c/o Transport Infrastructure Planning Unit, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR (or e-mail: transportinfrastructire@dft.gov).

Any such representations MUST 
(i) be received by the Secretary of State on or before 5 September 2025, 
(ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or e-mail), 
(iii) state the grounds of the representation, 
(iv) indicate who is making the representation, and 
(v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the representation may be sent. (If you are sending your representation by e-mail, please provide a postal address.)

The Secretary of State may make complete copies of the objections and other representations public, including any personal information contained in them, and will copy them to the applicant for the order.

Information relating to the public inquiry which is being held to consider the application can be found at the inquiry website at www.gateleyhamer-pi.com/en-gb/c-to-c/. Please continue to check the inquiry website as new documents and information will be added regularly. Further information on the public inquiry and the inquiry website can be obtained from the programme officer, Mrs Joanna Vincent whose contact details are as follows: Tel. no: 01483 230164. Mobile no: 07483 133975. Email address: Joanna.Vincent@gateleyhamer.com

Peter Blake, GCP Director of Transport, Cambridgeshire County Council 

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