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Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options

CC/CE: Reducing waste and supporting the circular economy

Representation ID: 60751

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

Welcome this policy, co-ordination between this policy and the Minerals and Waste Plan will be essential.
How could small-scale projects be brought within this policy?

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CC/CS: Supporting land-based carbon sequestration

Representation ID: 60752

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

Strongly welcome policy: protecting carbon stocks critical. Policy focus should be on all land-based carbon stocks.
Vital to protect our carbon stocks and reiterate the distinction between a carbon sink and carbon stock.

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BG/BG: Biodiversity and geodiversity

Representation ID: 60757

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

We support the proposal for 20% Biodiversity Net Gain and support policy that development should be required to achieve BNG.
● The outputs must be ‘sense-checked’ by qualified ecologists.
● Concerns of the policy allowing off-setting off-site.
● New habitats created as part of the BNG need explicit protection from development in future rounds of planning and should be protected in perpetuity.
● As a minimum, a strong policy statement that all existing designated sites (with either national or local designation) remain protected and undeveloped.

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BG/GI: Green infrastructure

Representation ID: 60759

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

The policy is good but direction is ambiguous in explanation.
Policy should clearly relate to Great Place/Climate
Change, also unclear interaction with open space standards referred to in BG/EO.
Would like to see that provision of green space should respect the Natural England Accessible Natural Greenspace Standards.
We support the policy direction that development should meet the GI Standard given in Building with Nature.
We support list of strategic GI initiatives, Expanding Greater Cambridge’s ‘urban forest’ but statements unclear.
We are pleased to see Allotments and Community Gardening listed in this section.

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BG/TC: Improving Tree Canopy Cover and the Tree Population

Representation ID: 60761

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

We support this policy and are pleased to see that it is worded in terms of outcomes.
Want to see the policy require that best practices followed.
We welcome the policy direction “provide sufficient space above and below ground for trees and other
vegetation to mature”.
We strongly support the fact that the first five bullet points are about “protecting” existing trees on a
development site.

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BG/RC: River Corridors

Representation ID: 60766

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

We strongly support the need to protect river corridors. This policy will need precise and clear definition to ensure that it is enforceable.
We support the goal of improving people’s access to high quality green spaces, but care must be taken not threaten its environmental value.

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BG/PO: Protecting open spaces

Representation ID: 60769

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

Lack of direction and information associated with this Policy it makes it impossible to comment on.

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BG/EO: Providing and enhancing open spaces

Representation ID: 60770

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

Welcome many aspects of the policy relating to the need for new, larger and enhanced open spaces, with concerns.
Open spaces should be managed wherever possible to maximise biodiversity. The policy direction under BG/GI should also apply here.
Multi-functionality should not be used as an opportunity to reduce the overall amount of open space made available.
Request some reflection on whether SUDS could be treated as open space.
The current standards for types of open space provision must be seen as a minimum developers have to meet. Concerned that the original proposals for NE Cambridge failed to meet these standards.

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Wellbeing and inclusion

Representation ID: 60772

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

We firmly support ensuring that valuable open spaces are protected but recognise that is threatened by the planned development in the north part of the city.
Local Plan’s will only worsen environmental damage and fail to serve Cambridge citizens who are disadvantaged and the planned growth will only serve our significantly privileged citizens.
A good standard of living, affording to get onto the property ladder, is not accessible to many local residents who grow up here and additionally deterring those living in other places from coming to live here.

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WS/HD: Creating healthy new developments

Representation ID: 60774

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties

Representation Summary:

Support the idea of “high quality people-focused spaces” but want more detail on these.
Policy which restricts the development and locations of hot food takeaways seems sound.
How can we encourage and enable local families to eat a balanced and sufficient
diet? Want council involvement to see local businesses who already produce healthy food for the residents of Cambridge having a presence in local shops in
Chesterton, Arbury, Abbey and Kings Hedges.

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