Over the last month, people have been invited by South Cambridgeshire District Council to send in details of their land that they want the Council to consider for potential housing developments.
This does NOT mean all the sites submitted will be suitable (and some will be very unsuitable, and the owners just chancing it) but it does mean that the planners know about all the land that could be available, so there is a clear picture.
Now the process has finished, and we will get to know what land has been offered up in this area.
Next year there will be consultation on the sites, and the local Development Plan that it feeds into.
The important thing is for development to be locally owned, rather than just lumped on top of us. The development in West End, Whittlesford is a good example of development that is working:
- the site includes some affordable homes that will be managed by local charity Nicholas Swallow, and South Cambs have agreed the preference is for local people with village connections;
- unlike previous propositions, the houses fit in well with the local area;
- the gift by a Whittlesford lady which has enabled the affordable housing will be commemorated in the name of those houses - Youell Way - which keeps a local link going for as long as the houses are standing.
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