Question 9. How do you think we should be reducing our impact on the climate? Have we missed any key actions?

buy renewable energy from energy providers carbon offset from reputable sources require such behaviour from major contractors maximise building re-use rather than destruction and new-build reuse waste materials in construction use low-carbon concrete local carbon tax electric buses mandate all-electric for all new taxis from certain date retrofit heat pumps into council housing as gas boilers go out of use

methane capture and use at sewage works, the gas is generated anyway and burning could actually have lass impact than just venting

Engage with supermarket chains to provide leadership in support of climate change mitigation

We will never get rid of private cars commuting entirely, especially in the short term. Therefore there should be a structure for car sharing, with a website where people can log in to an interactive map and look for potential car share partners. You should also look at incentives, e.g. free parking or disincentives like a fine for driving in certain areas with only one person in the car. Although they could be more difficult, you might just need to use tactics like saying 80% of commuters are now car sharing, to try and establish it as a norm.

Better cycle paths Cheaper public transport More trees, perhaps plant fruit trees which have a double benefit

Restoration of green and blue spaces to enable them to take up and store more carbon (and improve biodiversity)

The key is co-locating, or closely locating, housing and significant employment sites to reduce the need for travel e.g. Ickleton - which is within cycle and walking distance (1.2km) to The Wellcome Genome Campus whom employ circa 2,600 staff and 1.8km from numerous employment at Duxford.

South Cambridgeshire planners appear to be becoming attracted to the idea that travel by private car can be reduced by building significant numbers of homes alongside new, large scale industrial and business premises in rural areas, including on greenfield sites. Given that many journeys will be undertaken by family members other than the person working close to home, there will be journeys for leisure and other private purposes, the lack of public transport in rural areas, and that people no longer have jobs for life and do not necessarily wish to move house when they change jobs, it is far more likely that private car use will be increased by this types of development. Furthermore, the loss of greenfield sites and agricultural land is detrimental to climate change.

No, the actions look great, let's only hope they will get implemented.

Make sure that any and every development of significant size includes all of accommodation, amenity, education, employment, and environmental mitigation - so that at least some members of each household do not need to commute. Pay particular attention to water as well as energy. Pay attention to origin of materials used in development to minimise transport impact at that stage.

I think your initiatives to reduce the impact on climate change are laudable but these objectives need to be applied in all settlements. This will mean providing for an appropriate level of growth in villages to act as a catalyst for change and sustain village communities that otherwise will simply remain without any incentive to change.

We support the list of key actions.

Land use change!

There is a limit as to how much a Local Plan can achieve (as opposed to legislative or fiscal measures) but we suggest the Plan should concentrate on the following themes: • Locating new residential developments of any scale close to existing and proposed employment areas; • Locating development close to Cambridge and in key village settlements (i.e. Duxford); • Locating development in existing and proposed transport corridors; • Encouraging new tree planting in all new developments.

Electric cars will be a part of our lives, designing houses for home charging makes sense Explicitly, solar panels on every roof feasible. So many missed opportunities still. The planning lag for new developments means they are out of phase with technology and price changes. Local food production helps health and community, doesn't help with carbon (transport isn't a big contributor overall to food's carbon footprint). A good thing, but for other lists (if you drive to an allotment, you've already lost!)

re- wilding areas rather than just planting trees stores more carbon. Farmers should be encouraged to do this- it is possible and advice can be given by rewildingbritain.com

The aims are, of course, admirable as far as they go. However, the climate impact of building on green field land does not seem to me to be taken into account. If agricultural land is taken out of food production there will be impacts if that food then has to be imported. The Plan should protect good quality agricultural land. In addition, "Considering the role of the plan regarding materials used in the construction process." is very weak given the large amounts of emissions generated by the production of cement and concrete, the manufacture and import of steel.

Have a Cambridge oyster card to allow you to use all public transport with one ticket and free, like Geneve. Encourage more bus companies to serve the city.

All the key actions identified are important and it would be good (if it doesn't already exist) for there to be a points system designed to appraise land put forward for development for the potential for development of that site to contribute to climate change objectives (e.g. higher points for land with existing or proposed- within the timescale of the development- access to affordable sustainable transport links), and for the appraisal of development plans (minimum space designated to green space, including green infrastructure such as green roofs, living walls etc.) Building space for community sustainability initiatives into plans from the outset would also be good e.g. large community recycling sites (e.g. potentially, centralisation of teracycle sites), community composting schemes, community allotments etc. Electric car charging points should also be built into developments e.g. in car parks for blocks of apartments/flats. Are there opportunities for local/community sustainable energy generation to make this free/lower cost than buying from the grid?

None to note at this current time

The aims are, of course, admirable as far as they go. However, the climate impact of building on green field land does not seem to me to be taken into account. If agricultural land is taken out of food production there will be impacts if that food then has to be imported. The Plan should protect good quality agricultural land. In addition, "Considering the role of the plan regarding materials used in the construction process." is very weak given the large amounts of emissions generated by the production of cement and concrete, the manufacture and import of steel.

Get rid of all diesel vehicles first. Then fill in all the lethal pot-holes that make cycling so incredibly difficult. Then improve segregated safe continuous LOCAL (not long distance) cycle networks THROUGHOUT the city. Then improve public transport and small-scale delivery systems and get rid of most lorries. Then get rid of all petrol vehicles. Then stop e.g., Addenbrookes from controlling interior temperature by just opening corridor windows. Insane.

We need to encourage more journeys to be made on foot, bike or public transport. Public transport should be sustainable and less of a pollutant - electric busses Cycling needs to be made easier to help people choose it over the car. I myself regular choose to drive rather than cycle as I am concerned by safety issues (due to the lack of cycle ways) and for comfort reasons.

• One of the best ways the Local Plan can help us achieve net zero carbon by 2050 is by ensuring a rapid transition to sustainable transport. How and where we plan our new developments and integrate them with existing developments will be critical to enabling that transition at the scale we require. • Every development must prioritise walking, cycling and public transport over private cars (including electric cars). • Developments in Cambridge and the surrounding area should be required to plan for at least 40% of trips by bicycle. • New developments must be planned around dense walking and cycling networks and local transport hubs (not car-reliant park & rides). • Walking and cycling networks must be in place before dwellings are occupied. • New and existing developments should seek to minimise car usage, prevent rat-running, and keep neighbourhood streets compact to reduce their negative impact. • Housing should be on quiet neighbourhood streets that are good for cycling because they have very low levels of car traffic. • Schools should never be on major roads. • All employment, entertainment, shopping and community facilities should be easily accessed by cycling and have accessible cycle parking for all types of cycles.

We are in a climate crisis. We have very little time remaining to get SERIOUS about taking ACTIONS to reduce the severity of the climate change we face. Cambridgeshire is especially at risk from local and global climate changes due to its low altitude. If we fail to take serious action then large parts of the county will be under the sea by 2050. We must move past sentiment and start putting in place SEVERE actions. This is not the time for incremental changes. It is not the time for going lightly on businesses. We are going to have to make changes that inconvenience people because we URGENTLY need to change 5 decades of selfish habits. Cycling does not come naturally to everyone but it is one of the most valuable responses to the crisis because it targets emissions, health and congestion at the same time. People who rely on their cars will be upset that cycling receives infrastructure investment that roads *should not* receive but this is necessary to stem the flow of blood from the arteries of our future. With so much land use planning included in the Local plan we have a valuable opportunity to make huge changes to the way we live and therefore the way we emit carbon, by minimising journey times and making it EASY to use less harmful transport methods. Private car dependency must END. It is not enough to reduce it. No person in cambridgeshire should *need* a car, their needs must be served by community schemes, public transport and cycling and walking. If it is not easy to transition away from car use then people will not do it, and with the crisis that faces us we cannot afford to continue draining the health of our planet.

The suggested mitigation measures identified in Section 4.1.3 of the Issues & Options consultation document are supported. It is considered that the selection of suitable development sites which could deliver those climate mitigation measures will be key to reducing the impact on the climate. The promoted development at South West Cambridge is an example where the identified climate mitigation measures could be delivered.

• Broad aspirations about reducing our impact on the climate must be translated into specific planning policies and subsequent development that will prioritise and encourage cycling. • Land-use planning goes hand-in-hand with sustainable transport. Any significant development must have a mix of uses including accommodation, amenity, education, and employment - to give people a chance to access everyday needs without travelling far. • The Local Plan, in every aspect, needs to be enabling and encouraging a full-scale transition away from private car dependency and towards walking, cycling and public transport. Every development must be fully permeable with safe, convenient and high-quality walking and cycling routes.

Provision of allotments, orchards etc. in new communities or major developments would help towards the last point.

• Broad aspirations about reducing our impact on the climate must be translated into specific planning policies and subsequent development that will prioritise and encourage cycling. • Land-use planning goes hand-in-hand with sustainable transport. Any significant development must have a mix of uses including accommodation, amenity, education, and employment - to give people a chance to access everyday needs without travelling far. • The Local Plan, in every aspect, needs to be enabling and encouraging a full-scale transition away from private car dependency and towards walking, cycling and public transport. Every development must be fully permeable with safe, convenient and high-quality walking and cycling routes.

The Local Plan, in every aspect, needs to enable and encourage less private car dependency and moves towards walking, cycling and public transport. Every development must be fully permeable with safe, convenient and high-quality walking and cycling routes.