Contents, Notes & Executive Summary
Support
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168369
Received: 19/09/2019
Respondent: Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Thank you for the invitation to comment on the above consultation. I can confirm we have read all documentation and have no further comments but very happy to support this consultation
This office offers consultation on all planning applications and will continue to do so.
Thank you for the invitation to comment on the above consultation. I can confirm we have read all documentation and have no further comments but very happy to support this consultation.
This office offers consultation on all planning applications and will continue to do so.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168371
Received: 28/09/2019
Respondent: Gillian Stephens
For years, I have been trying to draw attention to the lack of housing for seniors. Each development has affordable housing, why is there not housing for the biggest demographic group? There are many of us wanting to downsize, but we have no where to go. We want to be right in the middle of town, walking distance to shops, chemist, cafes and family. You have the whole of Marshalls to develop, please include some little cottages on one floor. Need for housing for biggest demographic group - bungalows in walking distance to facilities.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168388
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Sport England
All significant allocations will need to make provision for sport and physical activity.
Sport England wishes to comment that all significant housing allocations will need to make provision (either on site or off site) for sport and physical activity.
For football there is a Local Football Facilities Plan for Greater Cambridge which can help to identify priorities for investment.
Sport England, in conjunction with Public Health England, has produced 'Active Design' (October 2015), a guide to planning new developments, or enhancing existing areas, that create the right environment to help people get more active, more often in the interests of health and wellbeing. The guidance sets out ten key principles for ensuring new developments incorporate opportunities for people to take part in sport and physical activity. The Active Design principles are aimed at contributing towards the Government's desire for the planning system to promote healthy communities through good urban design and enhancements to the quality of existing areas. Sport England would commend the use of the guidance in the master planning process for new residential developments. The document can be downloaded via the following link: http://www.sportengland.org/activedesign
Comment
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168389
Received: 10/10/2019
Respondent: Historic England
We note that you have been able to demonstrate that jointly for Greater Cambridge you have 5.3 years of housing land supply and that the Councils will meet their individual housing requirements for 2011-2031 as set out in the adopted Local Plans. We have no particular comments in respect of these calculations at this stage and have not checked each site.
Going forward, it will be important that any allocations in your emerging Local Plan are appropriately assessed in terms of the potential impact on the historic environment.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168403
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Middle Level Commissioners
It must be understood that whilst a planning application may be acceptable to your Council it also needs to be appropriate to other parties if the development is to be delivered and developed with the minimum of delay yet maximising our respective limited resources. Decision makers, including your Council, need to be held more accountable for their involvement in the water level management, surface water disposal and flood risk elements of a development. The inappropriate raising of a developer's expectations and chasing LPA housing numbers is considered to be the start of poor solutions which, if not considered and acknowledged at an early stage, could increase flood risk.
The Board is no longer prepared to resolve, at its expense, problems created by others.
It must be appreciated that water level and flood risk management goes beyond a site being within the indicative floodplain. Therefore, landowners, house builders, developers, agents and the Council need to fully consider and act upon this.
Support
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168412
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: MacTaggart and Mickel
Agent: Rapleys LLP
Welcome the opportunity to comment prior to the final version being published. Such an approach is consistent with Government expectations regarding positive engagement between plan-making authorities and the development industry.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168416
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: MacTaggart and Mickel
Agent: Rapleys LLP
It is also noted that South Cambridgeshire Council is required to prepare an 'Action Plan' because the Housing Delivery Test indicates that delivery has fallen below 95% of the local planning authority's housing requirement over the previous three years. Would welcome the opportunity to engage in the preparation of the action plan to help significantly boost the supply of new homes in the district. The effect of the significant under supply in new homes in the period up to 2018 should not be overlooked.
Object
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168489
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Endurance Estates
Agent: Carter Jonas
Housing Delivery Test
It is understood that South Cambridgeshire District Council have also published its Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. It is understood that this document has not been published for consultation, however, it is considered that the Action Plan is not in accordance with the requirements of national planning policy and guidance.
The PPG makes clear that where an adopted joint local plan has a joint housing requirement and trajectory, the authorities will be treated as one authority for the purposes of the HDT. SCDC and CCC do not have an adopted joint local with an adopted joint housing requirement. HDT is not related to the Councils' housing trajectories, which project forward as opposed to considering past delivery. The Inspector that examined the Councils' Local Plans gave no consideration to HDT and no confirmation has been received that it is acceptable for the Councils' to be considered jointly for the purposes of HDT.
The Council's published Action Plan focusses solely on the case for considering the HDT jointly and this position is not considered to be supported by guidance. As a result of this focus it is not apparent that the Council has engaged with any of the potential stakeholders or undertaken any analysis of under-delivery in order to ascertain what steps could be taken to assist with this in the future. It is considered that the Action Plan will be ineffective in addressing under delivery.
The information contained within the uploaded Housing Land Supply Assessment makes clear that the Councils', whether considered separately or jointly, are not able to demonstrate a five year housing land supply of deliverable sites in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF.
Object
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168503
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Laragh House Developments Limited
Agent: Carter Jonas
Housing Delivery Test
It is understood that South Cambridgeshire District Council have also published its Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. It is understood that this document has not been published for consultation, however, it is considered that the Action Plan is not in accordance with the requirements of national planning policy and guidance.
The PPG makes clear that where an adopted joint local plan has a joint housing requirement and trajectory, the authorities will be treated as one authority for the purposes of the HDT. SCDC and CCC do not have an adopted joint local with an adopted joint housing requirement. HDT is not related to the Councils' housing trajectories, which project forward as opposed to considering past delivery. The Inspector that examined the Councils' Local Plans gave no consideration to HDT and no confirmation has been received that it is acceptable for the Councils' to be considered jointly for the purposes of HDT.
The Council's published Action Plan focusses solely on the case for considering the HDT jointly and this position is not considered to be supported by guidance. As a result of this focus it is not apparent that the Council has engaged with any of the potential stakeholders or undertaken any analysis of under-delivery in order to ascertain what steps could be taken to assist with this in the future. It is considered that the Action Plan will be ineffective in addressing under delivery.
The information contained within the uploaded Housing Land Supply Assessment makes clear that the Councils', whether considered separately or jointly, are not able to demonstrate a five year housing land supply of deliverable sites in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF.
Object
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168516
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Bloor Homes Eastern
Agent: Carter Jonas
Housing Delivery Test
It is understood that South Cambridgeshire District Council have also published its Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. It is understood that this document has not been published for consultation, however, it is considered that the Action Plan is not in accordance with the requirements of national planning policy and guidance.
The PPG makes clear that where an adopted joint local plan has a joint housing requirement and trajectory, the authorities will be treated as one authority for the purposes of the HDT. SCDC and CCC do not have an adopted joint local with an adopted joint housing requirement. HDT is not related to the Councils' housing trajectories, which project forward as opposed to considering past delivery. The Inspector that examined the Councils' Local Plans gave no consideration to HDT and no confirmation has been received that it is acceptable for the Councils' to be considered jointly for the purposes of HDT.
The Council's published Action Plan focusses solely on the case for considering the HDT jointly and this position is not considered to be supported by guidance. As a result of this focus it is not apparent that the Council has engaged with any of the potential stakeholders or undertaken any analysis of under-delivery in order to ascertain what steps could be taken to assist with this in the future. It is considered that the Action Plan will be ineffective in addressing under delivery.
The information contained within the uploaded Housing Land Supply Assessment makes clear that the Councils', whether considered separately or jointly, are not able to demonstrate a five year housing land supply of deliverable sites in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF.
Object
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168530
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Axis Land Partnerships
Agent: Carter Jonas
Housing Delivery Test
It is understood that South Cambridgeshire District Council have also published its Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. It is understood that this document has not been published for consultation, however, it is considered that the Action Plan is not in accordance with the requirements of national planning policy and guidance.
The PPG makes clear that where an adopted joint local plan has a joint housing requirement and trajectory, the authorities will be treated as one authority for the purposes of the HDT. SCDC and CCC do not have an adopted joint local with an adopted joint housing requirement. HDT is not related to the Councils' housing trajectories, which project forward as opposed to considering past delivery. The Inspector that examined the Councils' Local Plans gave no consideration to HDT and no confirmation has been received that it is acceptable for the Councils' to be considered jointly for the purposes of HDT.
The Council's published Action Plan focusses solely on the case for considering the HDT jointly and this position is not considered to be supported by guidance. As a result of this focus it is not apparent that the Council has engaged with any of the potential stakeholders or undertaken any analysis of under-delivery in order to ascertain what steps could be taken to assist with this in the future. It is considered that the Action Plan will be ineffective in addressing under delivery.
The information contained within the uploaded Housing Land Supply Assessment makes clear that the Councils', whether considered separately or jointly, are not able to demonstrate a five year housing land supply of deliverable sites in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF.
Object
Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply - Main Document
Representation ID: 168545
Received: 14/10/2019
Respondent: Bloomhall Ltd
Agent: Carter Jonas
Housing Delivery Test
It is understood that South Cambridgeshire District Council have also published its Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. It is understood that this document has not been published for consultation, however, it is considered that the Action Plan is not in accordance with the requirements of national planning policy and guidance.
The PPG makes clear that where an adopted joint local plan has a joint housing requirement and trajectory, the authorities will be treated as one authority for the purposes of the HDT. SCDC and CCC do not have an adopted joint local with an adopted joint housing requirement. HDT is not related to the Councils' housing trajectories, which project forward as opposed to considering past delivery. The Inspector that examined the Councils' Local Plans gave no consideration to HDT and no confirmation has been received that it is acceptable for the Councils' to be considered jointly for the purposes of HDT.
The Council's published Action Plan focusses solely on the case for considering the HDT jointly and this position is not considered to be supported by guidance. As a result of this focus it is not apparent that the Council has engaged with any of the potential stakeholders or undertaken any analysis of under-delivery in order to ascertain what steps could be taken to assist with this in the future. It is considered that the Action Plan will be ineffective in addressing under delivery.
The information contained within the uploaded Housing Land Supply Assessment makes clear that the Councils', whether considered separately or jointly, are not able to demonstrate a five year housing land supply of deliverable sites in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF.