Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options

Teversham PC is concerned about how the number of required housing has been assessed (44,400 seems like a lot). We do not believe there is sufficient infrastructure (roads, schools and hospitals in particular) and capacity for utilities delivery and whilst this might be technically outside of this plan, it is a critical barrier to delivery of the plan. In particular we have concerns about the supply of adequate water and waste water disposal to service the houses in the development strategy.

We seek a significant lowering of the amount of development, and urge greater protection of village separation, with the proposed Airport ("North of Cherry Hinton") site used as an example of the inadequate width of the buffer between settlement and new development.
We have general concerns on new development - larger sites on green space / fields, airport etc. and the way greenbelt is being used to free up brownfield sites. Whilst the wish to minimise the reliance on private car use is understandable, as a means to reducing the carbon footprint, in reality most households will still need a car. In the absence of a car ownership, the house / development will still require many regular vehicles - bin lorries, post, tradespeople.
In the absence of a car / limitations on what can be carried on public transport will also increase the demand and need for numerous taxis, household goods deliveries, grocery deliveries.

The lack of a fully integrated transport policy is disappointing. We think shared taxis such as the ones being trialled in Huntingdon would be worth considering for Cambridge and surrounding villages.

Thousands of new homes, thousands of new residents but no obvious plans to update / expand the A&E department at Addenbrookes which is already in such high demand and under extreme pressure, or GP practices or dentists -a huge problems in Cambridge at the present time.
Additional schools are mentioned, but they seem fairly ad hoc in how they are linked to the various developments. NECAAP being a case in point where the school provision seems to keep changing