Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 60032
Received: 12/12/2021
Respondent: ms sally fenn
I'm writing in a personal capacity to express my opposition to the Draft Local Plan as it currently stands. I feel very strongly that local government should not be planning more economic and population growth in this area or more housing than current government targets require, but prioritising social housing and new water infrastructure to reduce stress on our rivers and wildlife.
The plan should be supporting the national ‘levelling up’ policy. It should be consistent with the government’s ‘brownfield first’ objective which will deliver badly needed homes faster. It should take into account the growing flood risk to large parts of the county and the consequences for national food supply. It needs to take into account the as yet, unknown, long-term effects on employment and travel behaviours of the COVID pandemic.
Cambridge City Council has declared a climate emergency, which this plan simply doesn't reflect. I respectfully request that it be rejected, rewritten and re-submitted for full public consultation
I'm writing in a personal capacity to express my opposition to the Draft Local Plan as it currently stands. I feel very strongly that local government should not be planning more economic and population growth in this area or more housing than current government targets require, but prioritising social housing and new water infrastructure to reduce stress on our rivers and wildlife.
The plan should be supporting the national ‘levelling up’ policy. It should be consistent with the government’s ‘brownfield first’ objective which will deliver badly needed homes faster. It should take into account the growing flood risk to large parts of the county and the consequences for national food supply. It needs to take into account the as yet, unknown, long-term effects on employment and travel behaviours of the COVID pandemic.
Cambridge City Council has declared a climate emergency, which this plan simply doesn't reflect. I respectfully request that it be rejected, rewritten and re-submitted for full public consultation.