Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

33. What kind of housing do you think we should provide? Smaller homes. More space for self build. When I was in my 20s I would have been very happy living in a ‘tiny house’ like a trailer I wouldn’t have been subject to the vagaries of private rental and could have had my own space. Is there a demand for this can we do this here, it could change the face of housing for those in their 20s not being forced into an overheated private rental market. The co housing at Marmalade Lane in orchard Park is wonderful (but as they admit still bloody expensive houses) can we have more of this where it is affordable the principles are certainly that this type of housing should be more affordable. Social housing is needed but should be integrated within other parts of the community. Can we get pension funds to invest in this here and stimulate this, could the partnership set up a pension investment scheme to pay for social housing here.

Don’t know

Yes should all be carbon zero. Cambridge is a centre of scientific excellence we should be world leaders on this, can’t we make this the thing that makes Cambridge special?

Ask people and work back from there but get people to think more broadly than health and schools – what about pre-schools, wrap around care? What about swimming pools and football pitches, what about theatres and music practice spaces.

Make it easier to cycle and harder to drive. Make parking in Cambridge more punitive or introduce a congestion charge. Provide transport across communities and between communities. Could the Park and Rides act as local hubs.

Health, schools, sixth form centres, wrap around child care, pre-schools, libraries, pubs, community centres, spaces for churches (all religions), public transport that allows you to live in a village and watch a film that finishes at 10.30 and get a bus home at least twice a week – ie if it’s too expensive perhaps the service could only run on some nights.

Yes

Yes, but preserve other places absolutely build close to Cambridge where people can cycle in. If you’re building on green belt land make sure you preserve nature within those communities.

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Jobs yes much more flexible as there is a tendency to always lose business from villages as shops and business premises are turned into housing. Homes is tricky I actually think you need a full consultation would the community prefer a brand new community adjacent to them or to expand the current community? Work out what’s good and bad about that? Or would they prefer urban sprawl – what’s good or bad about that. Certainly urban sprawl of a village should not come at the cost of existing residents losing access to school places or healthcare. If we are going to let villages get bigger public transport must match that with bus routes changing.

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I don’t know but I know a lot of people get very XXXXXX XXX about building in villages. I certainly think the council could spend a bit of developers money explaining why for example making Histon bigger is better than making Wilburton bigger as it means more people are likely to cycle to work. There is not a lot of communication about planning and things feel imposed upon communities which they hate. Talk to people, listen to them, talk to them and listen. That way you can make things work and take people with you.

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Within cycling distance, with good cycling links, and good public transport.