Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57031
Received: 09/12/2021
Respondent: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust
While acknowledging the passing reference to green spaces in this policy discussion, the Wildlife Trust believes that much greater emphasis on the funding of strategic natural greenspace and GI is required in the plan. Policies such as BG/BG and BG/GI and the required strategic natural greenspaces will not be delivered without explicit funding mechanisms linked to all new development, and not just the largest major developments. Detailed GI and habitat interventions and proposals will need to be developed with partners and included within the Infrastructure Delivery Plan if the Local Plan is to be truly sustainable.
While acknowledging the passing reference to green spaces in this policy discussion, the Wildlife Trust believes that much greater emphasis on the funding of strategic natural greenspace and GI is required in the plan. Policies such as BG/BG and BG/GI and the required strategic natural greenspaces will not be delivered without explicit funding mechanisms linked to all new development, and not just the largest major developments. Detailed GI and habitat interventions and proposals will need to be developed with partners and included within the Infrastructure Delivery Plan if the Local Plan is to be truly sustainable.