Comment

Representation ID: 168419

Received: 14/10/2019

Respondent: Abbey Properties Cambridgeshire Limited

It is correct to review the housing supply position in case it has altered which evidently is the case. The soundness of the Local Plan was considered against the NPPF (2012). The more recent NPPF (2019) includes a much stricter test on whether sites should be considered to be deliverable.

We have undertaken a thorough review of the alleged supply in South Cambridgeshire. We have not undertaken the same exercise for sites within Cambridge City Council due to time constraints: this should not imply in any way that we agree with the assertions for any site within Cambridge City.

There are many examples of sites which fall short of the clear evidence requirement: these include circumstances where detailed planning permissions and/or the discharge of planning conditions have not taken place; it is unclear whether developers are in place; and historic delays.