Object

Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation

Representation ID: 5224

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Catesby Estates plc

Representation Summary:

Catesby Estates object to the proposed plan period for the Local Plan Review. 2045 is the appropriate end period for the Local Plan Review.

Full text:

Catesby Estates object to the proposed plan period for the Local Plan Review.

2045 is the appropriate end period for the Local Plan Review. A plan period to 2040 would only represent an additional 10 years beyond the current adopted Local Plan period to 2030. This would be well below the minimum 15-year period required by the NPPF.
The Local Plan 2030 Inspectors Report identified the need for the Local Plan Review to respond appropriately to longer term requirements, in particular Arc growth ambitions. With the publication of the Government’s July 2021 consultation on the Spatial Framework for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc these ambitions are now starting to be established.

A plan period to 2045 is therefore considered fully justified. Planning for any less than this period will fail to represent positive planning.