Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020
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New searchOur community feels strongly that any caravan site would be hugely detrimental to our village. Communities that are currently supporting these sites should receive considerable additional support.
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Neighbourhood Plans and Village Design Statements can help communities define what a ‘high standard’ means to them and is appropriate for a given site.
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Work with local communities to ensure S.106 payments are targeted on local priorities.
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The decline in bus services in rural areas has caused the exact opposite. Connecting rural villages with safe walking and cycling routes is beneficial for local facilities, bus services and for recreation.
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Catch up on improving public services where inappropriate development that has occurred in areas, especially villages, before the 2018 Local Plan/Housing Land Supply came into force. We support an 'infrastructure first' policy.
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As a last resort to meeting our carbon emission targets.
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Our Neighbourhood Plan consultations show that Village frameworks should be strengthened. Allowing the village to grow outside of the current development framework was the least popular option for finding housing sites. It was perceived to be bad for the environment due to loss of biodiversity assets and detrimental to the character of the village.
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Our Neighbourhood Plan consultations show that Village frameworks should be strengthened. Allowing the village to grow outside of the current development framework was the least popular option for finding housing sites. It was perceived to be bad for the environment due to loss of biodiversity assets and detrimental to the character of the village. Growth around the periphery of villages presents developers with a highly profitable but environmentally unsustainable greenfield sites. Developers will never build on more complex brownfield sites if a more profitable option exists. Additionally residents outside or on the edge of the village are more likely to use a car to access shops and schools in the village centre due to the increasing distances involved.
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No, the current 'S/11 Infill Villages' policy is appropriate for our village. The exception site mechanism has allowed us to meet our local housing need. Denser developments in an infill village would increase carbon emissions and be detrimental to the character of the village.
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Densification of existing urban areas, Edge of Cambridge: Outside Green Belt, Edge of Cambridge: Green Belt, Public Transport Corridors, Dispersal: New Settlements, Dispersal: Villages
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