Comment

Greater Cambridge Statement of Community Involvement Draft Consultation 2023

Representation ID: 200029

Received: 17/11/2023

Respondent: Ms Annabel Sykes

Representation Summary:

Highlight usefulness of map function, include a search button that excludes tree applications and ensure that the City boundary isn't taken as a "hard edge" in terms of working out who might be interests in applications either side of it.
There should be a Development Control Forum for important applications considered by the JDCC.

Full text:

The map function is useful to enable a view of an area that is not a particular parish or city district in order to identify recent applications. This feature is worth highlighting.
It should be possible to search in a way which picks up only planning, and not tree-related, applications. Should tree applications be mentioned in paragraph 4.26?
Paragraph 4.13 could make the role of Design Panels clearer - are they micro or macro or both?
Important applications considered by the JDCC should have an associated Development Control Forum, extending beyond Cambridge City. In addition, for important developments or applications near the edge of the City, a particularly expansive view should be taken of the notifications to give, including across the boundary.
Enforcement efforts need to be stepped up eg no action has been taken in relation to the lamentable lack of monitoring of the no-through planning condition at CBC.