Support
Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation
Representation ID: 5267
Received: 03/09/2021
Respondent: Mr Alan Dickinson
support the need for a Local Plan covering the period up to 2040
However, given the uncertainties outlined in this section, notably the forthcoming Oxford- Cambridge Arc housing requirements, the changing Strategic Framework numbers (likely to be affected by the census results, reduced immigration and a declining birth rate, together with the “levelling up” policy)
The assumptions about completion in the plan period, if at all, of the East-West rail development and the Black Cat improvements may also prove unrealistic in the light of constrained government finance.
It is important therefore that the plan is reviewed regularly and revoised as necessary as assumptions change