Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57592
Received: 10/12/2021
Respondent: Mr Michael Jump
Growth assumptions appears unimaginative, more of the same. At no point do you consider alternative growth rates that may be appropriate for future changes, or the hopes of current residents, orbthe existing housing deficit, with its associated high prices.
If the model of growth adopted in The Plan is used for the next 100 years, 40% growth becomes 440%. This is around 700,000 homes. You cannot just assume inexorable growth, like Stalinist planners. What about the external effect eg of Covid on growth?
It is not unreasonable to ask: “At what point might the current model be forced to change?”
Growth assumptions appears unimaginative, more of the same. At no point do you consider alternative growth rates that may be appropriate for future changes, or the hopes of current residents, orbthe existing housing deficit, with its associated high prices.
If the model of growth adopted in The Plan is used for the next 100 years, 40% growth becomes 440%. This is around 700,000 homes. You cannot just assume inexorable growth, like Stalinist planners. What about the external effect eg of Covid on growth?
It is not unreasonable to ask: “At what point might the current model be forced to change?”