Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 60525
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd
Agent: Turley
Taylor Wimpey support the approach that development should have regard to its context in design terms. The opening of the policy wording states that ‘the policy will require all applicants to demonstrate how their proposals sustain and enhance the unique qualities of the Greater Cambridge area and the subtleties in the different landscape and settlement forms.’ This wording suggests that all developments will need to address all of the qualities of the Greater Cambridge area through development, which is clearly unachievable and unreasonable. It is therefore suggested that this wording is amended to state that this is ‘as appropriate to the local context of the development site’.
Taylor Wimpey support the approach that development should have regard to its context in design terms. The opening of the policy wording states that ‘the policy will require all applicants to demonstrate how their proposals sustain and enhance the unique qualities of the Greater Cambridge area and the subtleties in the different landscape and settlement forms.’ This wording suggests that all developments will need to address all of the qualities of the Greater Cambridge area through development, which is clearly unachievable and unreasonable. It is therefore suggested that this wording is amended to state that this is ‘as appropriate to the local context of the development site’.