Object
Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation
Representation ID: 4755
Received: 01/09/2021
Respondent: Mrs Francessa Frew
There should be more focus on developing brownfield sites as opposed to building on high grade agricultural land such as the proposed development of 10,000 houses at Wyboston. As a nation we produce only about 50% of our food requirements. Fourteen years of food rationing ended in the UK in 1954, the recent pandemic has highlighted the necessity to be more able to meet domestic food requirements which will not be achieved by building on grade A agricultural land.
There should be more focus on developing brownfield sites as opposed to building on high grade agricultural land such as the proposed development of 10,000 houses at Wyboston. As a nation we produce only about 50% of our food requirements. Fourteen years of food rationing ended in the UK in 1954, the recent pandemic has highlighted the necessity to be more able to meet domestic food requirements which will not be achieved by building on grade A agricultural land.