Policy H/HM sets out that development proposals for 10 or more dwellings will be required to deliver the percentage splits for housing sizes (number of bedrooms) and tenures as set out within the policy. Whilst the mixes prescribed are from the Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk Housing Needs of Specific Groups study (2021) and the Housing Needs of Specific Groups – Addendum for Greater Cambridge (2021), we would caution the Authority that the percentages included within the policy are only a snapshot in time. Invariably, housing needs will change over the plan period and therefore we believe its wording should be amended to be more flexible to respond to the likelihood of changing housing needs over time.

In addition, it is considered that the prescriptive nature of the tenure mix for market homes is not robust and should be amended to allow developers, when they apply for planning permission, to deliver a mix of housing which will respond to local market demand.