Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 60739
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties
Support the vision and aims as set out in the First Proposals, do not believe this plan can achieve them.
For example, “We want Greater Cambridge to be a place where a big decrease in our climate impacts comes with a big increase in the quality of everyday life for all our communities.” This very laudable aim would only be achieved through a strategy that took as its starting point the challenges experienced in our existing built environment - for example energy inefficient buildings and congestion in Cambridge city centre. It is nonsensical to claim that “a big decrease in our climate impacts” can be achieved through building thousands of new homes.
We broadly support the vision and aims as set out in the First Proposals. However, as explained in later sections of our response, we do not believe this plan can achieve them.
For example, “We want Greater Cambridge to be a place where a big decrease in our climate impacts comes with a big increase in the quality of everyday life for all our communities.” This very laudable aim would only be achieved through a strategy that took as its starting point the challenges experienced in our existing built environment - for example energy inefficient buildings and congestion in Cambridge city centre. It is nonsensical to claim that “a big decrease in our climate impacts” can be achieved through building thousands of new homes.