Comment

Representation ID: 22275

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Barton Willmore

Q12) Do you support, object, or have any comments relating to the Climate Change
Statement?
2.32 We support the principles of the Climate Change Statement, in particular the need to reduce
the need to travel, particularly by the private car, and by seeking to locate development in a
way that ensures it is close to everyday services and jobs. However, the Strategy as currently
drafted fails to do just that. It fails to direct development to the most sustainable locations,
simply rolling forward previous allocations, as opposed to identifying those locations that
have greatest access to facilities through a services and facilities audit. That audit should
inform a hierarchy of sustainable locations against which development should be targeted.
The A11 corridor, Cambridge – Norwich tech Corridor is also served by regular trains between
Norwich and Cambridge. The locations served by cycle facilities into the city centre, and with
direct access to railway stations in this corridor are far more likely to achieve the shift change
to non-car modes. To secure a modal shift there has to be genuine choice that is viable,
affordable and no more time consuming than the convenience of the private car.