Section 3 of the First Proposals relates to ‘The Plan Themes’, the first of which is ‘Climate Change’. The Church Commissioners for England strongly support the Councils’ aim to transition to net zero carbon by 2050 and recommend that this provides further justification as to why the Plan period should be extended to 2050 as detailed in the response to Policy S/JH. It is acknowledged that the Councils seeks to achieve this target by ensuring that development is sited in places that help to limit carbon emissions. The Commissioners wish to reiterate the comments made in response to Policy S/DS and Policy S/CB where reference is made to the Councils’ identification of development at Cambourne being the most sustainable outside of Cambridge. This is in part due to the proposed infrastructure works in the area which would help reduce carbon emissions.