Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

Be imaginative and innovative. Don’t accept more of the same. Involve communities at design stage and employ creative people.

Very important

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Existing centres of excellence will continue to attract similar and complementary businesses, so provision for them is needed. Developing trends need evaluating to meet demand. Small, affordable start-up units for lower skilled businesses. They need to be affordable, without long initial leases or onerous conditions to enable new initiatives to get past the idea stage.

Yes, designate it for a period of time so that it can only be used for that purpose after which, if unoccupied for that time, it can be used for other purposes. Alternately, other land could be swapped by developers for prime-site industrial land.

It is the knowledge-intensive sectors that facilitate the growth of other jobs, the ‘golden goose’ has to thrive. Lower skilled employment opportunities. Could the established business buy local goods and services and create opportunities locally?

Near larger settlements and good transport links.

Very flexible

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Have a tourist tax to mitigate negative impact. New hotels above 10 beds should be outside of the city. Introduce licensing of rental properties including AirBnB. Make it tourist friendly.

Affordable social rent properties are needed most. To build inclusive, sustainable communities ‘Life-Time’ homes should be the norm. Numbers and mix should be prescribed.

Yes, somewhat agree

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