Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan for consultation

I am commenting as a member of Girton’s Neighbourhood Plan team. We are in the process of drafting our Neighbourhood Plan and have already consulted with planning officers from South Cambs Council on our first draft and are reviewing our Plan in the light of the new draft Local Plan.
We have commented separately on the Draft Polices Map for Greater Cambs as it applies to Girton’s Neighbourhood Plan area
We commend the reinforcement of measures to protect and enhance biodiversity outlined in the new LP but we also believe an opportunity has been missed. Our draft Plan outlies policy to protect designated ‘Green corridors (hedge lines) and ‘Blue corridors (two streams) that run through the Neighbourhood Plan area. The streams in questions are Beck Brook and Washpit Brook which are both tributaries of the River Great Ouse.
While we note and welcome the specific ‘Policy BG/RC: River corridors ‘ we would like to see the addition of specific designations of ‘Blue Corridor and ‘Green Corridor which can be proposed by a local community as part of a Neighbourhood Plan are in the same way that sites can be put forward for Local Green Spaces (LGS) or Important Countryside Frontage’ (ICF designations.