Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 56501
Received: 10/11/2021
Respondent: Mr William Grain
Agent: Brown & Co Barfords
Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton (HELAA site 40462)
Allocates sites for homes or employment in or adjoining villages and we agree with this approach, however, Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton (40462) provides an opportunity to create a well located extension to Caxton with efficiently designed homes. The development will provide sensitively designed dwellings which will enhance the setting of the village along with providing much needed housing. This will also provide economic benefits through the construction jobs created and from owner/occupiers using local services and facilities.
As set out in paragraph 69 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 (NPPF) medium sites such as Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton will make an important contribution to meeting the housing requirement of the area and can be built out quickly. There is significant demand for housing within Caxton given its proximity to Cambourne and Cambridge.
The NPPF 2021 sets out in paragraph 79 that to promote sustainable development in rural areas, housing should be located where it will enhance or maintain the vitality of rural communities. Planning policies should identify opportunities for villages to grow and thrive, especially where this will support local services. Where there are groups of smaller settlements, development in one village may support services in a nearby villages. The Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton (40462) is ideally placed in relation to Caxton and given its proximity to Cambourne lends itself to be a highly sustainable location for future growth in Cambridgeshire along with the proposed new railway station at Cambourne as part of the Cambridge to Oxford Arc and this site is suitable, deliverable and developable. The Greater Cambridge Local Plan should help to meet its housing need by having a combination of large and small sites and this site would be key to achieving this aim and enable sustainable development in accordance with paragraph 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.
Allocates sites for homes or employment in or adjoining villages and we agree with this approach, however, Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton (40462) provides an opportunity to create a well located extension to Caxton with efficiently designed homes. The development will provide sensitively designed dwellings which will enhance the setting of the village along with providing much needed housing. This will also provide economic benefits through the construction jobs created and from owner/occupiers using local services and facilities.
As set out in paragraph 69 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 (NPPF) medium sites such as Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton will make an important contribution to meeting the housing requirement of the area and can be built out quickly. There is significant demand for housing within Caxton given its proximity to Cambourne and Cambridge.
The NPPF 2021 sets out in paragraph 79 that to promote sustainable development in rural areas, housing should be located where it will enhance or maintain the vitality of rural communities. Planning policies should identify opportunities for villages to grow and thrive, especially where this will support local services. Where there are groups of smaller settlements, development in one village may support services in a nearby villages. The Land at St Peter’s Street, Caxton (40462) is ideally placed in relation to Caxton and given its proximity to Cambourne lends itself to be a highly sustainable location for future growth in Cambridgeshire along with the proposed new railway station at Cambourne as part of the Cambridge to Oxford Arc and this site is suitable, deliverable and developable. The Greater Cambridge Local Plan should help to meet its housing need by having a combination of large and small sites and this site would be key to achieving this aim and enable sustainable development in accordance with paragraph 8 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.