Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58065
Received: 12/12/2021
Respondent: Horningsea Parish Council
It would be interesting to learn how many dwellings in Cambridge are a) student accommodation and b) vacant investment properties (L Frazer did say she'd find out how many weren't paying Council Tax to try to get an idea of this, don't think we as a Parish Council ever received this info). If either of these figures are significant and/ or increasing I believe the Local Plan should consider ways to restrict both moving forward. If investors and colleges snap up a high % of property within Cambridge then that pushes residents out & drives the need to build more.
It would be interesting to learn how many dwellings in Cambridge are a) student accommodation and b) vacant investment properties (L Frazer did say she'd find out how many weren't paying Council Tax to try to get an idea of this, don't think we as a Parish Council ever received this info). If either of these figures are significant and/ or increasing I believe the Local Plan should consider ways to restrict both moving forward. If investors and colleges snap up a high % of property within Cambridge then that pushes residents out & drives the need to build more.