Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

62. We feel as though Policy S/10 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018 is restrictive to enabling development to villages that are considered sustainable with suitable transport links and not within the Green Belt.

63. As stated within the response provided at Question 40 and further to our above response to Question 49, the new Local Plan needs to be more flexible in its approach to the settlement hierarchy. A new village group should be provided and include the less sustainable Minor Rural Centres and more sustainable Group Villages and allow for development of up to 20 dwellings.

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Response to Question 7 Question 7: How do you think we should prioritise these big themes? Rank the options 1-4 (1 - Most Preferred 4 – Least Preferred) 10. Further to the above, whilst Climate Change is the most important theme, we believe that the big themes are equally as important as one another and agree with the statements regarding each one within the consultation document. Therefore, we would propose that these are all ranked equally as all are important towards sustainability. As the NPPF states, the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development and should ‘meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. 11. Summary: Support giving equal weight to each of the four big themes and opposition to an arbitrary ranking of them.