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Yes

ID sylw: 107667

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Cala Homes (Cotswolds)

Asiant : Lichfields (London)

Yes, Cala broadly supports the aims of Draft Policy Direction 25 to deliver safe, attractive places where people want to live, with emphasis given to the need for these places to respond to climate change and have regard to environmental sustainability. Cala also recognises the importance of achieving an appropriate mix of development to provide for local need and a range of densities, ensuring that any densities are appropriate to their specific location and account for the need to maximise densities where possible.
It is noted that the policy direction includes an objective to integrate the “20- minute neighbourhood” concept when considering factors such as street design and how settlements are laid out, and the impact this will have on people’s travel choices. Cala supports the incorporation of the 20-minute neighbourhood principles into the design of new settlements, where feasible. This is important to help maximise opportunities for active travel and will ensure that parcels of development are appropriately designed to ensure active travel across new settlements with links to opportunities such as employment on site.
The concept of a 20-minute neighbourhood needs to be considered at the outset in designing any new settlements to ensure that a joined-up approach is followed. It is a concept that Cala recognises is important in delivering integrated development across its Long Marston Airfield Garden Village (LMAGV) site to help ensure that the appropriate mix of development, house types, local services and both cycle and pedestrian networks can be provided for.