Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58012
Received: 12/12/2021
Respondent: Cambridge Doughnut Economics Action Group
The current policies carried over from 2018 seem to have little protective effect: in practice the Green Belt seems to be “protected until someone with economic power wants another piece”, as exemplified by the relentless progress of the Biomedical campus and other nearby developments into the Green Belt.
The plan should list specific and very exceptional circumstances that might allow for further destruction of the green belt, and should more clearly demand alternatives of at least equal size and environmental benefit in the area if more land is taken out of Green Belt
The current policies carried over from 2018 seem to have little protective effect: in practice the Green Belt seems to be “protected until someone with economic power wants another piece”, as exemplified by the relentless progress of the Biomedical campus and other nearby developments into the Green Belt.
The plan should list specific and very exceptional circumstances that might allow for further destruction of the green belt, and should more clearly demand alternatives of at least equal size and environmental benefit in the area if more land is taken out of Green Belt