Comment

Representation ID: 58022

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Imperial War Museum/Gonville and Caius College

Agent: Tulley Bunting

Implication of this policy is that outside defined areas development is focused on “local employment opportunities”. Opportunity to bring forward major new innovation cluster would be greatly limited as little support or flexibility for this.

Adopted South Cambridgeshire Local Plan Policy E/9 provides clearer and stronger strategic policy which permits employment clusters in suitable locations which draw on specialisms of Cambridge area in identified sectors and in…“other locally driven clusters as they emerge”.

GCLP should continue with Policy E/9 approach as closer accord with NPPF (Para 81 and 83). Would enable new innovation clusters in appropriate locations, and enable the area to continue as an engine for economic growth particularly in innovation sectors, also reflecting emerging OxCam ARC strategy.