Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 56799
Received: 05/12/2021
Respondent: Dr Andrew Laurie
Beware of BNG being used in such a way that ineffective compensation is made for irreplaceable loss of biodiversity and associated public amenity local to the development
Current policy provides rather "fuzzy" protection of designated nature conservation sites from impacts of development on adjacent land. We need much more objective policy components including buffer zones of set depth from designated site boundaries within which no development is allowed, irrespective of the ownership of the land
Biodiversity net gain calculations can easily be fudged and unscrupulous "professional" ecologists appear to be following wishes of applicants at cost of scientific process
Beware of BNG being used in such a way that ineffective compensation is made for irreplaceable loss of biodiversity and associated public amenity local to the development
Current policy provides rather "fuzzy" protection of designated nature conservation sites from impacts of development on adjacent land. We need much more objective policy components including buffer zones of set depth from designated site boundaries within which no development is allowed, irrespective of the ownership of the land
Biodiversity net gain calculations can easily be fudged and unscrupulous "professional" ecologists appear to be following wishes of applicants at cost of scientific process