Policy 13d: Housing for local workers

Comment

Representation ID: 52007

Received: 12/08/2020

Respondent: Miss Fiona Hynd

For local workers, a lot more needs to be done if you want to achieve this. Cheaper rent is not the same as affordable housing. Why not help kids who grew up here, be able to buy here and live close to their families? Instead of pushing out people who don't fit what you are looking for

Comment

Representation ID: 54515

Received: 05/10/2020

Respondent: Cambridge Cycling Campaign

Ensuring that homes are provided for local workers is important in giving people the opportunity to travel to work without driving, whether within the new district or via new cycling, walking and public transport links to surrounding areas.

Object

Representation ID: 55651

Received: 05/10/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Sustainability & Transformation Partnership

Agent: No. 6 Developments

While the support given to schemes which favour local workers is welcomed, CUH considers that
the definition of local workers should be developed further to capture other important employment
locations with concentrations of essential workers on lower to middle incomes, including
Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
The wording of the second paragraph of Policy 13d needs to be reworded to recognise that
genuinely affordable housing is a city wide issue and that all growth locations should support
delivery of high quality, accessible and affordable housing, across a range of tenures.

Support

Representation ID: 55685

Received: 02/10/2020

Respondent: St John's College

Agent: Savills

The expectation in Policy 13d that developments including affordable private rent as part of their affordable housing allocation demonstrate how these homes will be targeted to meet local worker need is welcomed.

Support

Representation ID: 55740

Received: 05/10/2020

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Policy 13d states that developments including affordable private rent as part of their affordable
housing allocation should demonstrate how these homes will be targeted to meet local worker need.
Development proposals for purpose built Private Rented Sector homes such as Build to Rent, which
are offered to employers within and adjacent to North East Cambridge on a block-lease basis, will
be supported.
Land at Cambridge North has the potential to provide key worker accommodation
to support the concentration of healthcare services in and around Cambridge.