Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 59124
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: L&Q Estates Limited and Hill Residential Limited
Agent: Barton Willmore
The need for biodiversity net gain (BNG) is supported but we have concerns that the proposed 20% net gain requirement has not been fully tested in the Council’s development viability appraisal. The First Proposals Viability Report assumes separate costs for greenfield and brownfield developments that will deliver 20% BNG on site. However, there will be several sites that cannot achieve this level of net gain on site and will require higher cost assumptions for off-site delivery. It is also not clear how the report has costed off-site delivery S106 contributions.
The need for biodiversity net gain (BNG) is supported but we have concerns that the proposed 20% net gain requirement has not been fully tested in the Council’s development viability appraisal. The First Proposals Viability Report assumes separate costs for greenfield and brownfield developments that will deliver 20% BNG on site. However, there will be several sites that cannot achieve this level of net gain on site and will require higher cost assumptions for off-site delivery. It is also not clear how the report has costed off-site delivery S106 contributions.