Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan

Agree

It should explicitly aim for Net Zero Carbon:

Not at all

No. It should be much lower density, because at the proposed densities it will be a very unpleasant place to live, and out of keeping with the rest of Cambridge The building heights should be lower, say 6 storeys maximum to allow timber construction and hence contribute to reducing the embodied energy of the development by storing carbon. Plenty of green space must be available for the occupants in the immediate area. At an absolute minimum it should be in accordance with the ammount specified in the Local Plan,and its unacceptable to piggybank on Milton Country Park. Covid has made the need for pleasant open space even more important.

Not at all

No the AAP should require it to be an Net Zero Carbon Development. Vague aspirations about it being “low carbon” are inadequate. It should also have strong policies about embodied carbon, for example, incentivising timber construction, following guidance from RIBA and LETI It is essential that there are strong policies on energy intensity, thus incentivising a “fabric first” approach to decarbonisation. It should encourage smart grids, storage, and the use of renewable energy Water usuage should be capped at 80lppd maximum, preferably 60lppd The AAP must require passive approaches to enable buildings to stay cool during the inevitable future heatwaves , eg shading and solar control glazing. This is a real opportunity to use the councils planning powers and land ownership to create a genuine exemplar Net Zero Carbon development, (as with Eddington) but the current plans are grossly inadequate.