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Form ID: 49841
Respondent: Trustees of the Walter Scambler Trust
Agent: Pegasus Group

South Cambridgeshire is a rural District where accessibility by a variety of modes of transport is not always available. Previous appeal decisions have acknowledged the value of multi-modal trips, known as kiss&ride, park&ride, whereby it is considered sustainable to drive to a transport hub or node to access a more sustainable mode for the major onward part of a journery. Additionally, the network of bus services is a vital component of rural communities and facilitates access to higher order settlements for a wider section of the population. In this context, whilst there are obvious benefits to locating development on transport corridors, proximity to those corridors is part of a wider consideration of supporting and enhancing the vitality of existing communities. A significant advantage and benefit of the site at Park Lane, Dry Drayton is the accessibility of bus services to neighbouring higher order settlements such as Bar Hill where additional facilities and onward bus routes provide an important service to those in Dry Drayton without private car access. The support of such services through additional population benefits the existing population in terms of the availability of alternative transport modes. Additionally, the increased population would result in the support of services and facilities within the village, such as the village hall, school and pub which, along with the proposed public open space, will reduce some of the need to travel by whole community.

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Form ID: 49842
Respondent: Trustees of the Walter Scambler Trust
Agent: Pegasus Group

SCDC Local Plan 2018 policy S/7 appears to be interpreted by the Council's officers as repeating the former LDF policy DP/7. However S/7 has an additional criterion, whereby outside development frameworks "other uses which need to be located in the countryside or where supported by other policies in this plan will be permitted." One such policy in the SCDC Local Plan 2018 is H/16: Development of Residential Gardens. This states that development of land used or last used as residential gardens for new dwellings will be permitted subject to criteria relating to character, highway and amenity impacts. There is nothing in the wording of the policy or its sub-text to suggest that the policy does not apply to the whole District. The wording of the policy itself protects all potential sites (whether inside or outside village frameworks) from inappropriate development, as required by, and in compliance with NPPF paragraph 70.

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