Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57034
Received: 09/12/2021
Respondent: Dr William Harrold
The policy amounts to building whatever is needed to meet a jobs forecast. Saying that the jobs come to Cambridge or go abroad is an arrogant stance – people outside Cambridge also have brains (I am speaking as a Cambridge University graduate). There may well be other parts of the UK which have more brown field sites, transport infrastructure and water and would be better sites for such growth. Work with the new department of levelling up to sort this out. The UK is the most unequal country in Europe -see uk2070.org.uk for evidence.
The policy amounts to building whatever is needed to meet a jobs forecast. Saying that the jobs come to Cambridge or go abroad is an arrogant stance – people outside Cambridge also have brains (I am speaking as a Cambridge University graduate). There may well be other parts of the UK which have more brown field sites, transport infrastructure and water and would be better sites for such growth. Work with the new department of levelling up to sort this out. The UK is the most unequal country in Europe -see uk2070.org.uk for evidence.