Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58825
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Great Shelford (Ten Acres) Ltd
Agent: Roebuck Land and Planning Ltd
Settlement boundaries should be a positive planning tool. The inflexibility that this creates for smaller sites, including those in the Green Belt, to plug the gap to maintain supply targets in the event that delays are experienced at the larger sites. Villages in the green belt are generally relatively more sustainable, particularly at Gt Shelford. Without any safeguarded land being identified, there is still a valid concern that speculative applications could be pursued at less sustainable locations if the housing supply drops below five years during the plan period.
Settlement boundaries should be a positive planning tool. The inflexibility that this creates for smaller sites, including those in the Green Belt, to plug the gap to maintain supply targets in the event that delays are experienced at the larger sites. Villages in the green belt are generally relatively more sustainable, particularly at Gt Shelford. Without any safeguarded land being identified, there is still a valid concern that speculative applications could be pursued at less sustainable locations if the housing supply drops below five years during the plan period.