7.1 The Policies Map must be revised to enclose the site described in this representation within the existing settlement of Linton. The boundary shown on the First Proposals map is the same as the adopted South Cambridgeshire Local Plan shown in Appendix 7. Given the site is included in the Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory (April 2021), it means that to be consistent with the Council’s own evidence, its own First Proposals Plan and the NPPF, the Policies Map must be updated.
7.2 The change or modification to the Plan is to revise the settlement boundary around Linton as shown by the green pecked line in Appendix 8. This new boundary will follow the extent of the new built-up area of Linton leaving the open space for the development still as part of the open countryside. Without this change the Plan will remain unsound because it does not reflect the Greater Cambridge evidence as it fails to confirm the contribution of the site towards the housing trajectory. It also fails to confirm the Council’s own decision to grant planning permission as a sustainable location, as evidenced in Appendix 2.