Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
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Further comments: While the recognition of the need to provide genuinely affordable homes for those working locally and who cannot afford open market prices or rents is welcomed; we consider that Policies in the AAP should make clear that local priority should extend beyond those working in North East Cambridge to those working in other locations accessible from by walking, cycling and public transport. This should include other locations in the City or on the City fringes. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) published its housing needs case in March 2020 which makes a compelling case for alternative housing tenure types to meet the needs of lower and middle income working people at the hospital. Polices 13c and 13d of the Draft NEC AAP, provide an opportunity to provide high quality, accessible and affordable homes for working people, and the policy should allow a broad interpretation of ‘local’. For instance, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the wider Cambridge Biomedical Campus will be less than 7-8 minutes by train once Cambridge South Station is opened (anticipated c. 2025). This would mean that housing proposals at North East Cambridge have a real opportunity to meet the housing needs of hospital staff and other campus employees, and it would seem unfortunate to devise policies which unfairly or unintentionally exclude NHS and other staff working in other critical roles which could be easily accessed by sustainable modes of travel. Given the potential role Build to Rent schemes could play in delivering high quality rental accommodation, CUH also wish to question the rationale of artificially limiting the amount of Build to Rent accommodation as set in Policy 13c. We consider this a good opportunity to secured high quality affordable rented properties, and that the market should determine levels of demand for this type of product.
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