Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 59304
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: The National Trust
Heritage conservation is fundamental to the National Trusts’ charitable purposes and the National Planning Policy Framework correctly establishes a very high threshold for new development to pass in historic places.
We are pleased to see acknowledgement of Cambridge’s historic environment, including the Wimpole Estate which is owned and managed by the Trust.
The National Trust understands that major infrastructure proposals lie outside the local planning authority’s consenting powers, however Local Plan policy should ensure that it establishes the highest possible safeguards for the protection of all heritage assets, historic places and important landscapes.
Heritage conservation is fundamental to the National Trusts’ charitable purposes and the National Planning Policy Framework correctly establishes a very high threshold for new development to pass in historic places.
We are pleased to see acknowledgement of Cambridge’s historic environment, including the Wimpole Estate which is owned and managed by the Trust.
The National Trust understands that major infrastructure proposals lie outside the local planning authority’s consenting powers, however Local Plan policy should ensure that it establishes the highest possible safeguards for the protection of all heritage assets, historic places and important landscapes.