[Members] Final Consultation on Modifications on Cambridge/South Cambs Local Plan

[Wendy Blythe]

Dear All,

Happy New Year!

It starts with a bang! Final Consultation on a schedule of modifications on
the Cambridge/South Cambs Local Plan started today and will finish *5pm,
Friday Feb 16.*

The Cambridge Local Plan and South Cambridgeshire Local Plan were submitted
for examination in March 2014. The plans set out how the development needs
in the area will be met to 2031.

*Why are the Councils carrying out consultation?*

Following completion of examination hearings into the Cambridge Local Plan
and South Cambridgeshire Local Plan in July 2017, the plans have reached
the next key stage in the process. The Inspectors have now asked that
consultation be carried out on Main Modifications which may be necessary in
order for the Local Plans to be found ‘sound’, although this should not
imply that they have come to any firm conclusions on the soundness of the
Plans with or without these modifications.

The Councils are therefore consulting on the Main Modifications identified
by the Inspectors and the associated Sustainability Appraisal of the Main
Modifications. At the same time the Councils have published some Additional
(minor) Modifications, such as typographical errors and factual updates.

For details of where you can view the consultation documents and how to
submit comments see attached or alternatively websites:

www.cambridge.gov.uk/mainmods or www.scambs.gov.uk/mainmods

*What can you make comments on?*

The Main Modifications Consultation Report explains the purpose of the
consultation and includes schedules of modifications for each Local Plan.
The modifications identify specific changes to the wording of the Local
Plans submitted in March 2014 or to the associated Policies Maps; the
modifications contained in the consultation document need to be read
alongside the Local Plans:

           Cambridge Local Plan: www.cambridge.gov.uk/local-plan-review

           South Cambridgeshire Local Plan: www.scambs.gov.uk/localplan

*This consultation does not repeat **the consultations already carried out *on
the Proposed Submission Local Plans in Summer 2013 and the Proposed
Modifications Joint Consultation in December 2015. As a result this
consultation does not include modifications that have previously been
consulted upon, unless that modification has been further amended
subsequently. Where such amended modifications are included in this
consultation, *comments are only invited on the new parts of the
modifications (bold text) *and not earlier parts of modifications that have
previously been consulted on. The ‘provisional’ modification from 2015 to
allocate land south of Cambridge Biomedical Campus for employment
development is included in this consultation, with revisions.

Any comments that go beyond commenting on the Main Modifications or the
accompanying Sustainability Appraisal will not be registered.

*What happens next?*

The Inspectors will consider all the registered comments and decide whether
any further hearings are required, or any issues need to be revisited. At
the end of the examination process they will present their final
conclusions in their Reports into the examination of each Local Plan. If
the plans are found ‘sound’, with any necessary modifications, they would
be able to be adopted by the Councils.

We will be in touch again shortly with more information about this and
other dates for your diaries,

Best wishes,

Wendy
Wendy Blythe
Chair, FeCRA
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