Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 59028
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Mrs Rona Stone
Releasing Greenbelt land next to Babraham Road: Greenbelt land is there to protect the countryside. Releasing this land damages the countryside -- of course it does. Otherwise there would be no point in having a Greenbelt. The only environmental justification for releasing it is to provide affordable housing for hospital workers, so that they are not forced to pollute the countryside further by travelling in from the villages. Therefore the houses built for this purpose must _remain_ affordable and available for hospital workers when they change hands later. What legal safeguards are in place to ensure this continuity?
Releasing Greenbelt land next to Babraham Road: Greenbelt land is there to protect the countryside. Releasing this land damages the countryside -- of course it does. Otherwise there would be no point in having a Greenbelt. The only environmental justification for releasing it is to provide affordable housing for hospital workers, so that they are not forced to pollute the countryside further by travelling in from the villages. Therefore the houses built for this purpose must _remain_ affordable and available for hospital workers when they change hands later. What legal safeguards are in place to ensure this continuity?