Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57018
Received: 09/12/2021
Respondent: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust
The Wildlife Trust strongly supports the inclusion of this policy and the proposed policy direction.
We made similar representations to previous local plans which were ignored and the state of our chalk rivers and wetlands has continued to decline, dramatically in some instances, so this new approach is needed and welcome.
However, we are concerned that no mechanism has been identified to stop or delay building new homes and employment buildings if the proposed short-medium measures to provide new more sustainable water supplies are not delivered in time. This will be the true test of a sustainable Local Plan.
The Wildlife Trust strongly supports the inclusion of this policy and the proposed policy direction.
We made similar representations to previous local plans which were ignored and the state of our chalk rivers and wetlands has continued to decline, dramatically in some instances, so this new approach is needed and welcome.
However, we are concerned that no mechanism has been identified to stop or delay building new homes and employment buildings if the proposed short-medium measures to provide new more sustainable water supplies are not delivered in time. This will be the true test of a sustainable Local Plan.