Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 56992
Received: 09/12/2021
Respondent: Trumpington Residents Association
If the policy is to protect the best land, the Trumpington Residents' Association questions how the expansion of CBC fits in with this? The proposed expansion area includes high quality category 2/3 agricultural land. The development would undermine the principle of protecting the best agricultural land (Policy J/AL, page 235, and the Jobs Topic Paper, page, 21). The National Planning Policy Framework states "Where significant development is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be preferred to those of a higher quality".
If the policy is to protect the best land, the Trumpington Residents' Association questions how the expansion of CBC fits in with this? The proposed expansion area includes high quality category 2/3 agricultural land. The development would undermine the principle of protecting the best agricultural land (Policy J/AL, page 235, and the Jobs Topic Paper, page, 21). The National Planning Policy Framework states "Where significant development is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be preferred to those of a higher quality".