Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57069
Received: 09/12/2021
Respondent: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust
The Wildlife Trust strongly objects to allocation S/C/SCL, because it allocates development on a City Wildlife Site which formed the third largest area of scrub and grassland mosaic within the City limits, valuable to a wide range of fauna including birds and invertebrates, prior to the deliberate destruction of the habitats ahead of the last Local Plan. The area was also used by local people and had significant potential to provide much needed accessible natural greenspace. This allocation is contrary to the Council commitments on addressing the biodiversity crisis and the site should be restored to nature.
The Wildlife Trust strongly objects to allocation S/C/SCL, because it allocates development on a City Wildlife Site which formed the third largest area of scrub and grassland mosaic within the City limits, valuable to a wide range of fauna including birds and invertebrates, prior to the deliberate destruction of the habitats ahead of the last Local Plan. The area was also used by local people and had significant potential to provide much needed accessible natural greenspace. This allocation is contrary to the Council commitments on addressing the biodiversity crisis and the site should be restored to nature.