Foxton Neighbourhood Plan - Submission Consultation 2021

Comment

Representation ID: 168582

Received: 26/03/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

We note that the Neighbourhood Plan does not include any policies relating to flood risk or surface water drainage in Foxton. We advise that such policies are included and would like to draw your attention to the Cambridgeshire Flood and Water Supplementary Planning Document which should assist in the development of the Neighbourhood Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 168590

Received: 28/04/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Under Policy FOX/5, Cambridgeshire County Council, as landowner, objects to the inclusion of the sensitive urban edge across its land holdings as shown on Figure 14: Landscape constraints, sensitivities and opportunities (as shown in the 2017 LCA).

Object

Representation ID: 168591

Received: 28/04/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Under Policy FOX/6, Cambridgeshire County Council, as landowner, objects to the strategic views designated across its land holdings as shown on Figure 15: Key views, village gateways and sensitive edges (and the policies maps Figures 30B). Cambridgeshire County Council is currently promoting this land under the Greater Cambridge Local Plan ‘Call for Sites’ and will continue to promote the land at any subsequently stages, as appropriate. These strategic views are also shown in Figure 11: Foxton Conservation Area with listed buildings and other non-designated heritage assets. (Appendix 1 lists these buildings by category) Source: Conservation Area Appraisal.

Object

Representation ID: 168592

Received: 28/04/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Under Policy FOX/7, Cambridgeshire County Council, as landowner, objects to the inclusion of Foxton woods, as shown in Figure 16, as important green space. Cambridgeshire County Council is already working with the village to enhance the community’s enjoyment of Foxton wood through permissive paths. The management of the Foxton Woods, both for recreation purposes and growing of timber, might be restricted if designated as an ‘important green space’.

Object

Representation ID: 168593

Received: 28/04/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Under Paragraph 5.48, Cambridgeshire County Council, as landowner, strongly objects to the proposal for the creation of a larger biodiversity enhancement area on sloping agricultural fields between the woodland and village edge (Figure 14). Cambridgeshire County Council is currently promoting this land under the Greater Cambridge Local Plan ‘Call for Sites’ and will continue to promote the land at any subsequently stages, as appropriate. It should be noted that even if the land is not allocated in the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, Cambridgeshire County Council’s tenants will want to farm the land in line within future regulations but in the most commercial way.

Object

Representation ID: 168594

Received: 28/04/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Under Paragraph 7.17, Cambridgeshire County Council, as landowner, strongly objects to the identification of an enhanced chalk grassland area between Foxton Woods and the village. Cambridgeshire County Council is currently promoting this land under the Greater Cambridge Local Plan ‘Call for Sites’ and will continue to promote the land at any subsequently stages, as appropriate. It should be noted that even if the land is not allocated in the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, Cambridgeshire County Council’s tenants will want to farm the land in line within future regulations but in the most commercial way.

Comment

Representation ID: 168595

Received: 28/04/2020

Respondent: Cambridgeshire County Council

Page 43, under the description of Foxton Village, Cambridgeshire County Council, as landowner, would comment that this statement should read '….the open green spaces of varying scales and naturalness within the village are all important landscape features, and opportunities should be taken to enhance and expand them, if landowners are agreeable' and not simply 'the open green spaces of varying scales and naturalness within the village are all important landscape features, and opportunities should be taken to enhance and expand them'. Without the agreement of landowners, these aspirations will not be deliverable.