RSPB welcomes these policy principles. Use of green roofs, SuDS, street trees etc.. will help make new urban environments suitable for a changing climate whilst also contributing to biodiversity goals within the Greater Cambridge area. Although this also relates to CC/NZ, we would also draw your attention to the use of green walls to help regulate building temperature and provide insulation.

Although not necessarily relevant to high-level policy wording, we would expect GC to develop guidance on design – eg: use of biodiverse and/or biosolar roofs (not sedum), the need for SuDS source control, the necessity for biodiverse planting schemes and trees suitable to the climate conditions we expect etc…