Where further development is needed, we support locations which minimise impact on existing priority wildlife populations and habitats, and which are (or will be) connected via low carbon transport infrastructure and would not require further carbon-intensive, and biodiversity-fragmenting infrastructure upgrades. We are pleased that this is the case for many of the proposed major allocations. However, as the Integrated Water Management Study report made clear, the sustainable provision of public water supply (PWS) is already and will continue to be a fundamental environmental issue as to whether the development ambitions of Greater Cambridge can be met in the plan period without the further crossing of environmental limits. Therefore, we believe that the phasing and delivery of this new development must have regard to the availability of alternative PWS infrastructure and demand-side measures being developed by the relevant water companies. Failure to do so will lead to the failure of the plan’s aims to create development that is resilient to future…climate risks and leaving the natural environment in a better state than it was before.