Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

• In relation to design and density Linton Parish Council (LPC) would favour development, which is in keeping with the local area, with lower density, lower height of properties especially when adjacent to existing buildings.
• Consideration must be given to building appropriate housing for a village location as opposed to designs more suited to towns and cities.
• Heritage Buildings must be afforded protection from being engulfed by new dwellings and sympathetic consideration must be applied.
• Traffic from the development should be managed in such a way that the A1307 is not impacted and traffic heading towards Cambridge is not left stationary along the A1307 by Abington
• LPC raise concerns regarding the archaeological importance of the Grange Farm site.

The development boundary for Linton should not include the recent Bartlow Road (Trout Beck) and Horseheath Road (Michaelotts, Spur Road, Barrows Way) developments. These were developments in the open countryside which were approved when the Local Plan was out of date. Please revert to the previous settlements boundary as per the draft Linton and Hildersham Neighbourhood Plan

• The “Defined Development Extents” (settlement boundary) for Linton should revert to that used in the current local plan – it should NOT include the Horseheath Road and Bartlow Road developments as these were developments that resulted from the lack of a Local Plan being in place in 2015-2018. (related to Policy S/DE)

• Leadwell Meadows/Pocket Park should be recognised as Protected Open Space (related to Policy BG/PO)

• Linton Parish Council (LPC) are broadly in favour of the principles included in the draft Local Plan.
• LPC are in favour of avoiding the spread of development throughout local villages as thus smaller scale development would fail to provide adequate infrastructure and services.