A Local Plan is a legal document that all district Councils are required to prepare, which sets out the future land use and planning policies for the area over a set time period. Members of the Cambridge Doughnut Economics Action
A doughnutty perspective on the local planning process
The objective, according to the local plan, is aggressive economic growth: fuelled by around 40% more jobs and 40% more homes in the area in the next 20 years. That’s 40% more burden on the existing transport infrastructure, green spaces, ecosystem pollution, social inequality, shared civic space, and water supply