Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57057
Received: 09/12/2021
Respondent: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust
The Wildlife Trust acknowledges that the NE Cambridge allocation has the potential to be a sustainable new quarter for Cambridge, however the Area Action Plan has fundamentally failed to provide for the strategic greenspace that the new population will require, with its woeful open space proposals. The Local Plan HRA identifies the need to provide Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspaces and not rely on existing provision such as Milton Country Park which is full. It is essential that this policy and the AAP provide for sufficient strategic natural greenspace, which would also benefit other nearby communities with deficiencies in natural greenspace.
The Wildlife Trust acknowledges that the NE Cambridge allocation has the potential to be a sustainable new quarter for Cambridge, however the Area Action Plan has fundamentally failed to provide for the strategic greenspace that the new population will require, with its woeful open space proposals. The Local Plan HRA identifies the need to provide Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspaces and not rely on existing provision such as Milton Country Park which is full. It is essential that this policy and the AAP provide for sufficient strategic natural greenspace, which would also benefit other nearby communities with deficiencies in natural greenspace.