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Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
S/JH: New jobs and homes
Representation ID: 58795
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Redrow Homes Ltd
Agent: Savills
Summary: Land south of High Street, Hauxton (HELAA site 40283)
Policy S/JH: New Jobs and Homes, in respect to
‘Housing Needs’
With regard to the Housing Requirement (Section 2.1 of the draft Plan):
o The draft Plan, knowingly, focusses only on the ‘most likely’ of just two employment growth scenarios, with no weighting given to the scenario that is based on the most recent trends.
o Were weighting to be given to the scenario that is based on the most recent trends, it is likely that the associated housing requirement would increase by c. 9% to 48,300 homes.
Please see attached letter and enclosures for further detail.
Policy S/JH: New Jobs and Homes, in respect to ‘Housing Needs’
With regard to the Housing Requirement (Section 2.1 of the draft Plan):
o The draft Plan, knowingly, focusses only on the ‘most likely’ of just two employment growth scenarios, with no weighting given to the scenario that is based on the most recent trends.
o Were weighting to be given to the scenario that is based on the most recent trends, it is likely that the associated housing requirement would increase by c. 9% to 48,300 homes.
Please see attached letter and enclosures for further detail.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
S/DS: Development strategy
Representation ID: 58805
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Redrow Homes Ltd
Agent: Savills
‘The Buffer’: the 10% buffer proposed is not sufficient and additional sites should be allocated across the Greater Cambridge area to provide sufficient flexibility. Further work will be necessary to identify the size of an increased buffer but Savills would suggest that this be at least 15%.
‘The 5-Year Housing Land Supply’: Whilst the Councils have been nominally able to show that they will be able to demonstrate a 5YHLS on adoption of the Plan, this projection is prone to challenge and is not robust.
‘Development Strategy / Spatial Distribution’: The quantum of housing allocated to the rural area is 'paltry' and insufficient to enable existing communities to 'thrive' and/or 'grow. The approach taken to the distribution of development is not supported by robust evidence, and is an approach that conflicts with that taken to employment growth. Two options for a solution would be to either increase the housing requirement by 1,900 to 4,700 homes, and/or not include the 'additional' / 'faster' delivery of between 1,500 and 2,500 new homes on the edge of Cambridge / at new settlements and to instead accommodate these homes on sustainable sites in sustainable locations within the rural area.
Re: Policy S/DS: Development Strategy, in respect to ‘Housing Supply’ (and in particular in respect to ‘The Buffer’, and ‘The 5-Year Housing Land Supply’), and ‘Development Strategy / Spatial Distribution’.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Rest of the rural area
Representation ID: 58817
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Redrow Homes Ltd
Agent: Savills
The quantum of housing allocated to the rural area is 'paltry' and insufficient to enable existing communities to 'thrive' and/or 'grow. National policy advocates a far more nuanced and sustainable approach than the blunt tool being proposed in the draft plan. The draft plan will lead to the loss of services and facilities and a reduction in rural sustainability. Two options for a solution would be to either increase the housing requirement by 1,900 to 4,700 homes, and/or not include the 'additional' / 'faster' delivery of between 1,500 and 2,500 new homes on the edge of Cambridge / at new settlements and to instead accommodate these homes on sustainable sites in sustainable locations within the rural area.
Re: Rest of the Rural Area (Section 2.6).
Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
S/RRA: Allocations in the rest of the rural area
Representation ID: 58841
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Redrow Homes Ltd
Agent: Savills
South of High Street, Hauxton (HELAA Site 40283)
The site (HELAA ref. 40283) to the south of High Street, Hauxton is a sustainable site in a sustainable location and is suitable, available and achievable.
Re: Rest of the Rural Area (Section 2.6).
The site (HELAA ref. 40283) to the south of High Street, Hauxton is a sustainable site in a sustainable location and is suitable, available and achievable.
