Comment

Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan

Representation ID: 53413

Received: 03/10/2020

Respondent: Fen Ditton Village Society

Representation Summary:

Can biodiversity net gain be achieved after loss of biodiversity at the new WWTP site?
How will Cowley Road Hedgerow be protected during the WWTP decommissioning and decontamination?
The biodiversity net gain (or loss) metric will only be identified once the mitigation measure has been implemented; this will be too late.
To instigate the Biodiversity Checklist, will an Environment Impact Assessment be part of every individual Planning Application for individual parts of each “Centre”?

Full text:

Can biodiversity net gain be achieved after loss of biodiversity at the new WWTP site?
How will Cowley Road Hedgerow be protected during the WWTP decommissioning and decontamination?
The biodiversity net gain (or loss) metric will only be identified once the mitigation measure has been implemented; this will be too late.
To instigate the Biodiversity Checklist, will an Environment Impact Assessment be part of every individual Planning Application for individual parts of each “Centre”?