Residents of Linton have raised the issue of just how many more gardens are going to have houses built on them, how many more green spaces are going to be lost and just what effect this will have on the wildlife and rural nature of the village.

This is a problem facing the whole country. In 2000, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott introduced new national planning regulations for housing, which forced developers to “cram” in at least 12 new dwellings per acre. The flawed rules also class gardens as 'brownfield' land, meaning developments are increasingly being dumped on existing homes and gardens.

In 2005 some 32% of all new homes in South Cambridgeshire were built on garden land. This is one of the highest figures in the country and compares with 17% in Cambridgeshire as a whole. The South Cambridgeshire District Council development policy for Linton is to only allow infill development and not to increase the village boundary, so the question is whether this really is a sensible and sustainable policy?
 
Of course no-one want to see the village expanded but this policy means we are losing many gardens and Linton is becoming more urbanised. Would the residents of the village prefer to see small areas adjacent to the village set aside for development rather that fitting more houses on every green space?

It would be great to have some feedback on this issue - South Cambs says that we must have development so just where would the residents prefer it? Please let us know your thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Promoted by Ron Bradney 153 St Neots Road, Hardwick, CB23 7QJ on behalf of Linton Conservatives