Question 3

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While RSPB have no specific comment to the questions, there are few points of principle we would like to raise. • While each subject area sets out advanced thinking to promote sustainable travel, provide social and cultural hubs and facilities, as well as achieving the right balance and density of domestic and commercial premises, these typically generate large proportions of hard landscape, exacerbating the ‘heat island’ effect.⁵, ⁶, ⁷ • To meet the aims and objectives of climate resilience, we feel it important all flat roofed buildings, have at the very minimum a biosolar green roof, and ultimately wherever possible a biosolar blue-green roof. We would like to see the landscaped roofs manipulated to benefit biodiversity, contributing toward net gain and mitigating for loss of brownfield habitat on site.⁸, ⁹ Where appropriate, some roofs and terraces may also be used for community food growing. • We would also encourage and support the use of green walls wherever possible across all domestic and commercial properties or premises.¹⁰ • We would like to see all domestic housing fitted with solar panels, ground source heat and water butts as a core function of their sustainability design. __________________________ Qualifying points to responses: ⁵We would urge every effort is made to maximise opportunities for green space. We would like to see a reduction of ‘dead space’ in paved and hard landscaped areas and given over instead to soft landscape, including rain gardens. ⁶Where appropriate, hard landscape must double additionally as flood storage facility and be used innovatively, where appropriate, to convey water as part of any SuDS management train. Such measures will add value to climate resilience and placemaking. ⁷We would also expect all hard surfaces, from foot and cycle paths to roads, to be permeable and remove the need for costly and environmentally damaging gully pots and other traditional outdated techniques. ⁸Green roofs help alleviate heat island effect, absorb atmospheric pollutants, provide summer and winter thermo-regulation of building temperature, acoustic insulation and reduce rates of run-off. Blue-green roofs provide protracted water storage which can either be released more slowly back into the system or for other purposes that will reduce the impacts on potable water supplies. This might also include the irrigation of green wall systems. ⁹Solar panels will work more efficiently when used in conjunction with the vegetation of a green roof, helping maintain a constant ambient working temperature of around 25⁰c. ¹⁰Green walls will improve climate resilience by thermo regulating the temperatures of buildings, improve acoustic insulation, trap airborne pollutants and help cool the atmosphere. In addition, they will provide amenity value.

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3.1 It is noted schools are located at the district centre and Cowley Road neighbourhood centre. Schools should be well connected to provide easy access. Being located within the new community means they are accessible and promote sustainable travel. The schools require good cycle and walking links from when the schools open.

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Please see attached Letter including representations on behalf of The Crown Estate.

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No. Waste water treatment is a key activity. The best place for the sewage works is in its existing location. Under the proximity principle the City should deal with its own waste and not dump it on the villages. Otherwise a location well away from residential areas and strategic sites should be found.

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We support the proposal for the creation of new centres, to provide walkable access to new services and facilities for existing and newly redeveloped businesses on the CSP. One of the current issues with the CSP is that people use it during core hours of work e.g. 0800 – 1800, Monday to Friday. However, during the evening and at weekends CSP has extremely low levels of use. People tend to travel in and leave work by car (mostly), often all at the same time – which in itself leads to the very high levels of peak-hour congestion on to Milton Road. Furthermore, many businesses have their own café/canteen, meaning that staff remain within their building for lunch / meetings. As such, there is very little integration between the various businesses on the CSP. The centres will therefore help foster greater activity and vibrancy around the CSP (for instance, new places to eat and drink might extend the time people stay on CSP, going to a café after work to socialise with co-workers), and will encourage workers to be more physically active (for instance, by leaving the office and walking to a sandwich shop for lunch), helping to promote healthier lifestyles for people working on CSP.

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We support the proposal for the creation of new centres, to provide walkable access to new services and facilities for existing and newly redeveloped businesses on the CSP. One of the current issues with the CSP is that people use it during core hours of work e.g. 0800 – 1800, Monday to Friday. However, during the evening and at weekends CSP has extremely low levels of use. People tend to travel in and leave work by car (mostly), often all at the same time – which in itself leads to the very high levels of peak-hour congestion on to Milton Road. Furthermore, many businesses have their own café/canteen, meaning that staff remain within their building for lunch. As such, there is very little integration between the various businesses on the CSP. The centres will therefore help foster greater activity and vibrancy around the CSP (for instance, new places to eat and drink might extend the time people stay on CSP, going to a café after work to socialise with co-workers), and will encourage workers to be more physically active (for instance, by leaving the office and walking to a sandwich shop for lunch), helping to promote healthier lifestyles for people working on CSP.

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We support the proposal for the creation of new centres, to provide walkable access to new services and facilities for existing and newly redeveloped businesses on the SJIP. One of the current issues with the SJIP is that people use it during core hours of work e.g. 0800 – 1800, Monday to Friday. However, during the evening and at weekends SJIP has extremely low levels of use. People tend to travel in and leave work by car (mostly), often all at the same time – which in itself leads to the very high levels of peak-hour congestion on to Milton Road. Furthermore, many businesses have their own café/canteen, meaning that staff remain within their building for lunch / meetings. As such, there is very little integration between the various businesses on the SJIP. The centres will therefore help foster greater activity and vibrancy around the SJIP (for instance, new places to eat and drink might extend the time people stay in the SJIP area, going to a café after work to socialise with co-workers), and will encourage workers to be more physically active (for instance, by leaving the office and walking to a sandwich shop for lunch), helping to promote healthier lifestyles for people working on SJIP.