Public consultation launched in Huntingdonshire for new 'local plan'
The consultation is planned to last for 10 weeks
Last updated 20th Apr 2023
People in Huntingdonshire will have their first chance to share their views on issues facing the area, as work begins on a new local plan.
Huntingdonshire District Council has begun work on a new local plan which will guide future development across the district.
Last month the district council agreed to begin a ‘call for sites’ where it asked people to come forward with suggestions of land they think could be developed in Huntingdonshire.
The district council’s cabinet agreed this week to hold the first public consultation in its new local plan process.
The consultation is due to launch on April 26, and is proposed to be an opportunity for people across the district to provide their own input on what issues they think are facing the area.
Climate change, housing needs, and protecting the environment are some of the issues that have been highlighted by the district council in its issues engagement paper.
In a report presented to the cabinet it said: “The issues engagement paper is a fundamental step in starting to prepare a new local plan for Huntingdonshire.
“It seeks to find out what local residents, communities, businesses and organisations think the priorities are for improving the district for future generations and how to reduce the impacts of the climate crisis and ecological emergency on the local area.”
In the consultation people will be asked questions relating to highlighted topics, including on responding to the climate crisis; enhancing the natural environment; supporting places; meeting housing needs for all; promoting a prosperous economy; developing high quality sustainable communities with supporting infrastructure; distributing new growth.
The consultation is planned to last for 10 weeks. Councillor Tom Sanderson, the executive councillor for planning, said it was “extremely important” that the district council heard from “as many people as possible”.