Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58428
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Grosvenor Britain & Ireland
Agent: JDA Planning Consultancy
39. The strategy should be reviewed. More small and medium sized sites should be allocated in the Rural Southern Cluster, provided the sites are very well served by sustainable transport, in order to:
• provide homes where the need is greatest,
• reduce the need for in-commuting by workers at the research parks, and reduce carbon emissions
• improve access to labour in the life science sectors of south Cambridge,
• speed up housing delivery in the first half of the plan
• reduce reliance on windfall sites
• greatly improve housing choices for residents and sustain the villages.
39. The strategy should be reviewed. More small and medium sized sites should be allocated in the Rural Southern Cluster, provided the sites are very well served by sustainable transport, in order to:
• provide homes where the need is greatest,
• reduce the need for in-commuting by workers at the research parks, and reduce carbon emissions
• improve access to labour in the life science sectors of south Cambridge,
• speed up housing delivery in the first half of the plan
• reduce reliance on windfall sites
• greatly improve housing choices for residents and sustain the villages.