Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58002
Received: 12/12/2021
Respondent: Imperial War Museum/Gonville and Caius College
Agent: Tulley Bunting
Current jobs and homes targets may fail to reflect future needs, NPPF policies and innovation corridors goals. Revisit jobs and housing needs and targets.
Centre for Cities report, within economic corridors including Oxford-Cambridge ARC, UK Innovation Corridor and Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor (promoting employment and innovation clusters). Significant transport infrastructure investment, including East-West Crossrail and new rail hub at Cambridge South. NPPF Para 81 requires plans to support economic growth and productivity.
Middle jobs forecast may significantly underplay and restrict future growth potential and does not reflect emerging objective for Ox-Cam Arc. Agree housing delivery needs to meet need from increased new jobs to reduce in commuting and help address affordability, and homes target of 44,000 would need to be increased.
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