Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 59527
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Countryside Properties - Bourn Airfield
Agent: Turley
Land at Bourn Airfield, south of Wellington Way, Bourn (HELAA site 40112)
We support the intention to carry forward the existing allocations for the new settlements allocated in the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan (2018). For clarity we consider the proposed policy maps should include both the Strategic Site Boundary and the Major Development Site Boundary. Of the three new settlement sites, Bourn Airfield is the only one not proposed to have amended annual delivery rates. Countryside consider that the annual rates for Bourn Airfield have the potential to be higher than previously stated due to the mix of tenures which has been agreed within the outline. Providing a broad mix of tenures across the sites will allow the delivery of a wide range of housing products which can be delivered without competing with each other.
It is considered that the Bourn Airfield new village has the potential to deliver the following housing trajectory: 2021/2022 – 0, 2022/2023 – 0, 2023/2024 – 35, 2024/2025 – 160, 2025/2026 – 190, with 190 housing completions per annum thereafter.
We support the intention to carry forward the existing allocations for the new settlements allocated in the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan (2018) which will continue to form an important source of supply in the Greater Cambridge Local Plan. We note that a map of the boundaries of the allocations is provided at the end of the consultation document. For clarity we consider the proposed policy maps should include both the Strategic Site Boundary and the Major Development Site Boundary.
Of the three new settlement sites, Bourn Airfield is the only one not proposed to have amended annual delivery rates. Countryside consider that the annual rates for Bourn Airfield have the potential to be higher than previously stated due to the mix of tenures which has been agreed within the outline. Providing a broad mix of tenures across the sites will allow the delivery of a wide range of housing products which can be delivered without competing with each other.
It is considered that the Bourn Airfield new village has the potential to deliver the following housing trajectory: 2021/2022 – 0, 2022/2023 – 0, 2023/2024 – 35, 2024/2025 – 160, 2025/2026 – 190, with 190 housing completions per annum thereafter.