Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58958
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Endurance Estates
Agent: Barton Willmore
The Councils’ forecasted growth scenarios (medium and high) do not go far enough to reflect the potential growth scenarios for the area. We argue that a substantial increase in the Councils’ employment growth and housing delivery assumptions is required to ensure planned growth aligns with past performance and that aspired to in order to double GVA over the next 25 years.
The Councils’ approach to forecasting employment growth must also take into account suppressed demand and more accurately account for historic or current property market dynamics, as highlighted in the accompanying report by Savills.
The Councils’ forecasted growth scenarios (medium and high) do not go far enough to reflect the potential growth scenarios for the area. We argue that a substantial increase in the Councils’ employment growth and housing delivery assumptions is required to ensure planned growth aligns with past performance and that aspired to in order to double GVA over the next 25 years.
The Councils’ approach to forecasting employment growth must also take into account suppressed demand and more accurately account for historic or current property market dynamics, as highlighted in the accompanying report by Savills.